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34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
University College London : B - Fine Art
Days of the Comet, British Art Show 7
The British Art Show is a survey exhibition, taking place every 5 years, organized by Hayward Gallery National Touring Exhibitions, Southbank Centre and supported by the Arts Council, England. The exhibition aims to show artists who have made a significant contribution to British contemporary art in the previous five years. ‘In the Days of the Comet: The British Art Show 7’ (BAS7) was curated by Lisa Le Feuvre and Tom Morton. The exhibition traveled to Nottingham, London, Glasgow and Plymouth during 2010/2011, exhibiting work by 39 artists. Each venue showed approximately six paintings of mine (number of works varies slightly). When BAS7 began in Nottingham (23.10.10 - 09.1.11), the exhibition attracted 114,901 visitors; when at the Hayward Gallery, London (16.2.10 - 17.4.11) it attracted 39,303 visitors (Southbank Centre information). An illustrated catalogue was produced for BAS7.
Together with the curators, we selected five paintings (2008-11), for Nottingham Contemporary. I made three paintings especially for this exhibition: ‘Cinema’, ‘Outline of a Thing’ and ‘Queue for Words’. ‘Man with Heavy Limbs’ (not previously exhibited), was added to at a later stage (Tate Collection loan). These new works intended to communicate and expand upon my interest in using different types of paint, mark, surface and scale. All encompassed the core pursuits of my painting practice concerning time, audience, design, materiality and the creation of atmosphere through colour. In particular, ‘Cinema’ showed mixed media experimentation, creating surface contrasts of matte and gloss; crisp edges and powdery areas.
During the life of the exhibition, there was discussion and discourse on a local, national and international level. The exhibition has been reviewed in national newspapers and radio, as well as Artforum International. My participation in this exhibition contributed to my nomination for a Philip Leverhulme prize, which I won in 2011.
