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Two painting shows

Today we have two links to two current painting shows one in London and the second in Manchester. The first is a link to Andy Parkinson wonderful patterensthatconnect blog and recent post about a new painting show ‘ At the Point of Gesture’ which opened at the Lion and Lamb Gallery on 23 February 2013 and runs until 23 March: curated by David Ryan it’s a show of abstract paintings and a video, by five artists Clem Crosby, Gabriel Hartley, Andrea Medjesi-Jones, David Ryan and Alaena Turner.

The second  link is to a review of the Treatment (i’m shamelessly promoting a show i have work in – sorry!) at PS Mirabel entitled ‘Treatment : An Exhibition of Contemporary Abstraction’ by Marielle Hehir  and this is up on Abstract critical.

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Paul Klee

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Feather Plant, (Federpflanze), 16 5/16 x 12 3/8 in. Oil and pen and ink on canvas mounted on cardboard, 1919 by Paul Klee

“Polyvalence of forms is a feature specific to Klee’s painting and one not encountered in that of his contemporaries. It results quite naturally from the procedure of constructing a picture from formal elements before these have acquired a representational function. The requirements of an individual picture, not those of an individual theme,caused Klee to delve into his treasure chest of forms and produce, say,coloured circles, which then give the picture its particular life and, possibly, a particular subject matter.” ~ Werner Schmalenbach

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The choice between being figurative and abstract

 

 

KAZIMIR MALEVICH, Suprematist Composition: Airplane Flying, 1915

“The choice between being figurative and abstract is really so instinctive that it scarcely is a choice. Making abstract art is an ascetic activity, a way of testing oneself as to what one can do with limited means: it’s like fighting with one hand behind one’s back or being a vegetarian cook. Making a figurative art is an inclusive activity, a way of testing oneself as to how many things one can handle simultaneously. Mondrian and Malevich were afraid of having too much to work with. Braque and Picasso were afraid of too little.” ~ David Sylvester, (To be as real as the real thing’ in the Independent on Sunday Review for 15th December 1996)

 

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