A stunning collection of paintings, sculpture and decorative art from the 13th century to the present day.
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A stunning collection of paintings, sculpture and decorative art from the 13th century to the present day.
John Moores 2010
This exhibition is being held at the Walker Art Gallery, 18 September 2010 - 3 January 2011
2009,
Oil and alkyd on linen,
240 x 190.3 cm
Every painting is an index of the place it was made, be it the Royal Palace for Velasquez,
the solitary studio (costume and mirror) for Rembrandt, the lonely bedroom for Van Gogh
or the crowded 'Factory' for Warhol. My paintings are emblems of a place where, alone
and in a detached manner, I am able to commence painting by dropping my trousers and
pants to my ankles and howling the names of my forebears.
Wielding a wide brush or roller loaded with dripping paint I do not consider myself to be
so different to the suburban so-called s*xual deviants who install a wet room for s*x and
p*ssing in the second bedroom of the house. These, my paintings, reflect a studio (a site
like a wet room but less domestic and more market orientated) where the commonly
repressed desires to slosh about and make a mess are processed and mediated.
Stuart Cumberland was born in
Hampshire in 1970. He studied at Bath
School of Art 1989-92 and The Royal
College of Art London 1997-99 (awarded
the RCA Saatchi Fellowship 1999-
2000). He is a lecturer and researcher
at Westminster University. Solo shows are '
Congratulations' The Approach London 2007, 'Fort/Da' The Approach 2009, 'Stuart Cumberland' Maruani &
Noirhomme Gallery Knokke Belgium
2009, 'Stuart Cumberland: Comma 10'
Bloomberg Space London 2009 and '
Gone/There' Nicholas Robinson Gallery
New York 2010.
Group shows include 'The Way We Work Now' Camden Arts Centre London 2005 and 'What Kind of Painting?' Sprüth Magers Projekte Munich 2008.
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