| BOC
Emerging Artists Award Winner 2002/3
31 October - 29 November
Private view: 30 October 6-9pm
Standpoint
is pleased to present a body of new paintings by RCA Graduate Simon Keenleyside
made with the support of the BOC Emerging Artists Award. Simon Keenleyside
In his paintings, Keenleyside creates environments that are familiar yet
unreal; his new works depict gardens. As is the nature of gardens, the
paintings aim to open up a world full of wonder and delight.
They
explore the potential the garden has to be a place for digging and daydreaming,
a location in which one can dream about the future and reflect upon a
nostalgic past. By allowing the materiality of the paint to become the
image, Keenleyside builds up the surface to a point where the marks stop
describing the landscape and become the landscape itself; although he
does not see himself as a landscape painter and claims no affinity with
its tradition. Rather he presents fantastic, synthetic vistas which are
a blend of autobiographical memories of places he has experienced, (many
from his childhood in Essex), and diverse references such as medieval
tapestry, Dutch flower painting, the works of Ellsworth Kelly, Prunella
Clough and Raul De Keyser.
The
BOC Emerging Artist Award The BOC Group is one of the largest and most
global of the world's leading gas companies. BOC launched the Emerging
Artist Award in 2002. The annual award supports the work of a promising
UK graduate working in two dimensions by financing studio rental, materials,
providing a travel bursary and covering the costs of a London-based exhibition
at the end of the yearlong award period.
The award is administered with the assistance of Art for Offices / International
Art Consultants who provide support, advice and assistance to the awarded
artist.
Information: www.boc.com/artist
www.afo.co.uk
www.standpointlondon.co.uk
Gallery Open: Wednesday - Saturday 12-6pm
Tube: Old Street (Northern Line - Bank Branch)
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Contacts: Rebecca Finney standpoint@btopenworld.com
Charlie Heavey charlotte@afo.co.uk |
