Robin Megannity 'Compression' Friday 4 July- Friday 25 July 2014 Preview Thursday 3 July |
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The Studios Gallery is pleased to announce Robin Megannity’s first solo exhibition, Compression on tour from Bureau – Manchester www.bureaugallery.com The exhibition opens with a preview on Thursday 4th July 6.30 - 8.30pm, all welcome! Compression features new paintings by Robin Megannity that make open reference to art-historical conversation; to the austere traditions, affecting themes, and sombre characters recurrent within the history of oil painting. Megannity is interested in the complexities of painting as devices for producing meaning today: the position, relevance and intention of art with ‘traditional’ associations. He attempts to exploit the dramatic potential of techniques ‘appropriated’ from an academic heritage, whilst embracing the formality and cultural weight inherent in a painting practice. His paintings present quiet, suspended stories, and demonstrate a capacity for narrative association. Yet he resists a fixed narrative and there is an ambiguity to his images. They convey a personal and idiosyncratic perspective, rather than a specific statement. Engaging with and referencing a cast of actors, costumes and props (often staged in his studio, photographed, and then altered during the translation into paint), themes emerge and interweave, are hinted at, elaborated in titles, but remain open, refuting a clear conclusion. The exhibition takes its title, Compression, from associations with the tensions Megannity aims for in the scenes he constructs, the pressurised or claustrophobic environments. It also references the compression of data; the painted image becomes a compressed file where information he gathers during production stages is clipped, enhanced or lost.
The exhibition continues till Friday 25th July, at The Studios, 12 Union Road, New Mills, High Peak, SK22 3ES. Viewing times Thursday 11am – 7pm Friday 11am – 4pm or by appointment tel: 07753842861 More info: New Mills – 20mins direct from Manchester Piccadilly or 40mins from Sheffield. Tel: +44 7753842861
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