Biographical Information Education: BA from St. Martin's School of Art, MA from Chelsea School of Art Exhibitions: Tate Britain, Dallas Museum of Art, Bonnefanten Museum, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Scottish National Gallery, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and more Recognition: First prize at the John Moores exhibition in 1993 propelled his career. He also was nominated for the Turner Prize and was the 2017 Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon. Website: unfortunately, I could not find his personal website but her is an informational site: http://www.artnet.com/artists/peter-doig/ Response I have a tendency to go in circles deciding between artists when doing awareness posts, so this time I tried to dive into an artist’s work which immediately drew me in without hesitating. Peter Doig’s work definitely had that effect on me, and though he is quite a widely renowned artist, I knew next to nothing about him in the beginning. The artwork of Peter Doig is strongly connected to magical realism with his chaotically colored paintings with reflections and landscapes which border between real life and fantasy. I appreciate that when looking at the two paintings above, I can identify the objects, but there is a surreal movement to the pieces as well. The brush strokes are very animated and broad yet still have a purpose to them, which I have attempted to portray in my work as well. I also feel as if the compositions are dynamic, despite using horizontal and vertical lines, since the lines are loosely painted and intersect. He has mentioned how he builds up many layers before he is satisfied with his work and I would like to work with layering paint more to create more depth as well.
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Natalie Kim
10/31/2019 07:51:07 pm
Wow, I can definitely see the link between his work and yours, mainly because of the mark-making the use of color in your works. The fact that he uses layers in paintings is something I find interesting because it seems as though he creates his works using the clay techniques of additive and subtractive (?) methods but with paint instead.
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