Catalogue for Figure This! exhibition, London 2019, at Thames-Side Studios Gallery. Underpinned by the universal importance and immediacy of the human figure, this selection of internationally renowned artists focuses on powerful and coherent work with a real engagement with materials. Figure This! aims to refuel critical debate in painting and drawing and reclaim the relevance of figuration today. Is figuration a useful label? Can work be apolitical? What is the role of beauty? Can a gaze ever be neutral? Can figuration play a role in replacing discarded myths? These are just some of the questions that surround the project.
Catalogue for Figure This! exhibition, London 2019, at Thames-Side Studios Gallery. Underpinned by the universal importance and immediacy of the human figure, this selection of internationally renowned artists focuses on powerful and coherent work with a real engagement with materials. Figure This! aims to refuel critical debate in painting and drawing and reclaim the relevance of figuration today. Is figuration a useful label? Can work be apolitical? What is the role of beauty? Can a gaze ever be neutral? Can figuration play a role in replacing discarded myths? These are just some of the questions that surround the project.