Head to Head : Painters respond to four questions

13 Jun-19 Jul 2014

Overview

Phillip Allen, Nicholas John Jones, Donal Moloney, Paulina Michnowska Flore Nové-Josserand, Ivan Liotchev, Matthew Musgrave, Estelle Thompson. Painting remains popular, yet arguably, making and thinking about painting gets increasingly difficult; its conceptual avenues can seem depleted, overshadowed by pressures from an ever-busier world and seductive new technologies. But is this really the case or does the modern world present new roles and possibilities for painting - if so what are they? What drives so many artists to continue to paint? HEAD TO HEAD takes on four questions important to the continuing progression of painting. In response to each, a ‘pair’ of works offers a differing avenue of approach. Standoffs, arguments, and flirty winks provoke a charged space to deliberate current issues in painting.