Antistrophe - Toby Ziegler
Oil on aluminium - 280 x 173cm
Metaplasmus - Toby Ziegler
Oxidised aluminium and timber 200 x 100cm
Toby Zeigler's paintings reminded me of old photographs and distant memories, remade with todays technology. Although I am interested in his method and technique, I think there is a manufactured feel to the paintings. I struggle to stay interested, I'm not sure what the purpose of the circular type disks scattered all over the painting are, but they remind me of when you've been looking at a screen for too long and spots appear in front of your eyes. In the painting 'Antistrophe' I can't actually get beyond the spots, while in 'Metaplasmus' the white spots are more subtle and I can make out the landscapes and buildings.
David Hockney
Derek Johnson
Oil on canvas
Patrice Valota
Wax and pigment on board
Patrice Valota
Wax and pigment on board
Detail
Patrice Valota's paintings are stunning, he uses wax, pigment and a blowtorch to create these large paintings. In places the surface has a smooth shiny texture and the light reflects upon it, other parts have been worked into with a knife and show the way in which the pigment is bleeding into the wax.
Edgar Degas
Bronze
Baccus Barleycorn - Edith Simon
Scapel painting
Night Tide - Luke Elwes
Detail
