Abstract / Description of output
The first exhibition by Graeme Todd In London since 2010.
For twenty years Graeme Todd has systematically explored the spatial construction of paintings and their material properties. His subject matter is drawn from various sources – including tourist photography, art history and the landscape surrounding the places where he lives and works – but landscape for Todd is a place of the imagination, not somewhere that you can actually go. Consequently his paintings combine motifs that refer to actual geographies and histories with a more personal and surreal calligraphy. Todd’s animated mark-making merges with the chance effects of the materials that he uses – including acrylic paint, ink, pencil and varnishes – to create sensual, hallucinatory surfaces that explore painting’s illusionistic potential.
For twenty years Graeme Todd has systematically explored the spatial construction of paintings and their material properties. His subject matter is drawn from various sources – including tourist photography, art history and the landscape surrounding the places where he lives and works – but landscape for Todd is a place of the imagination, not somewhere that you can actually go. Consequently his paintings combine motifs that refer to actual geographies and histories with a more personal and surreal calligraphy. Todd’s animated mark-making merges with the chance effects of the materials that he uses – including acrylic paint, ink, pencil and varnishes – to create sensual, hallucinatory surfaces that explore painting’s illusionistic potential.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Eagle Gallery |
| Publication status | Published - 22 Oct 2015 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- LANDSCAPE
- ART
- abstract painting
- visual art
