Created using paint scraped and heat gunned off of the woodwork of Henry Tate's former residence whilst working as a painter and decorator, these works hope to capture time in the form of layered paint, echoing back to a period when Henry Tate lived within the house itself.
'Un-Painting - Cadogan Square (After Henry Tate)' references the direction of modern art in the 20th Century in which ideas surrounding painting and sculpture came under interrogation. Combining ideas around minimalism, assemblage, abstract expressionism, and the artists physical exertion as part of the work, the series uses Tate Gallery as a direct precursor to the works fabrication. The influence of the Tate Galleries as a means to spread artistic ideologies is recognised worldwide, and arguably without such institutions many contemporary works such as these would not come into being.
Oil paint, lead paint, and wood on paper
100x100cm
