Fresh Meat at Whatiftheworld
Thursday, January 24, 2008
25 Jan - 23 Feb 2008OPENING: Friday 25 Jan 2008 18h00
Limited edition catalogue available
Whatiftheworld / Gallery 208 Albert Rd. Woodstock
‘Fresh Meat’ is a show of new painting, by a group of painters who have come together to strengthen the presence and position of their shared attitude. Painting tends to be hemmed in and misunderstood both by a conservative mainstream and by other artists who see themselves as conceptual. This group of painters is well acquainted with contemporary theory and philosophy of art, but is taking it into a new debate which aims, as Francis Bacon put it, to “deepen the game”. Limited edition catalogue available, featuring essay by Robert Sloon (Artheat).
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‘A couple of young deer graze in the forestry undergrowth. The dappled light plays along their fawn hinds, as they browse on the fine greenery. Dreaming of happy deer things. A twig snaps. A panther, black as night, swoops out a tree and stalks away with a deer dangling by its throat. A trace of blood smears a leaf. A meal is sustenance for some, and gory death for others.
Painting has had a long and tiresome history. It has been the yardstick by which people measure art. It has moved in and out of fashion. At the height of the modernist movement it was declared dead, a victim of it’s own diminishing returns, on its last legs, eating its last dinner. Then a twig snapped.
This metaphor of life and death, destruction and creation, although sounding unfortunately like it could be sung by Elton John, moves in the paintings on this show too. It reflects on the vigour that contemporary painters have brought to the medium, having supped well. It also reflects on the themes many of the paintings work with. And it, perhaps, reflects on the time in which we live, where the world is not necessarily a safe place to hang out.’
Excerpt from ‘The Last Dinner’ by Robert Sloon
Participating Artists:
Georgina Gratrix
Rebecca Haysom
Jake Aikman
Justin Brett
Trasi Henen
Matthew Luke Hindley
Linda Stupart
Lauren Palte
Lisa Brice
Lizza Littlewort
Love to see you all there.
Labels: Fresh Meat, What if the world
posted by Robert Sloon at 12:02 PM
6 Comments:
Mr. Sloon, why would you decide to curate a show of painters?
You have stated in the past that painting does nothing for you… or in fact, that you "don’t get" painting.
he's got, yeah baby he's got it
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Congratulations to Painting. x
Novice Pecorino,
Sister Bench, recovering from her recent exorcism of a Haitian demon from a young curator/artist was in need to fill her body and soul with joy. She visited an exhibition of paintings, her second love after Jesus.
Shocked by what she saw, Sister howled … she implored Jesus. Why she asked had He forsaken her? I, Novice Pecorino knew at once; the very same death demon had escaped to haunt this group of painters. Their works, the demons disgorge.
Sister; still shattered after her last encounter with the Petra-Loa clutched her crucifix. She bled from the wounds of Christ. Father Geronimo, bless him, kept his motor running. In prayer we raced Sister to cloisters.
Art Heat is blocked on our website. Bishop Mascarpone, sensing our dread gave his consent for Father and I to enter. Gobbledygook is Sisters favourite expression when commenting on curators piddle. Gobbledygook we found. Father Geronimo left it to me to find clues. I know Sister’s last hope is to exorcise those artists, to save her second love—painting—from the beast.
At midday prayers Sister softly whispered to me from her bed. “Bad drawing, bad colour, dreadful subject matter, appalling surface treatment, feeble jokes, poor mark making, bad, bad, bad. No theory, no philosophy, no history, no flair, amateurish, little talent, no struggle, no debate, no self criticism, no sensitivity, no contemporaneity, NO FEELING”. Exhausted, the stigmata still evident now bleeding more profusely she slipped into unconsciousness. Just before doing so she murmured “except for Georgina and Brett”.
Yours in deep sadness and in the desire for Sisters well being,
Novice Pecorino.
You are an anus Sister P
And you have diarrhoea.
You need to take your big, bad no comma self outside of your private lavatory.
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