10 Years of Painting Shows
To mark the end of our 10th anniversary celebrations The MAC will present a major exhibition of new painting.
We are delighted to announce that the following artists have been selected to participate in New Exits: 10 Years of Painting Shows.
New Exits whilst set within the context of the many significant painting exhibitions the MAC has presented since its inception, is primarily an opportunity to draw attention to and celebrate the painting practices that have emerged and continue to flourish through the work of graduates of the BA and MFA Fine Art courses at Belfast School of Art since 2012.
With art theorists and curators appearing to have fallen in love with painting again, and the critical debates around representation versus abstraction having dissolved, it seems that painters have re-asserted their relevance within our increasingly image saturated society.
Using artist and writer Thomas Lawson鈥檚 seminal 1981 Artforum essay, Last Exit: Painting, as an important touchstone for our exhibition, it could be said that the intervening 40 years have seen a constant ebb and flow in painting鈥檚 popularity and relevance, with the tide firmly back in its favour.
To mark the end of our 10th anniversary celebrations The MAC will present a major exhibition of new painting.
We are delighted to announce that the following artists have been selected to participate in New Exits: 10 Years of Painting Shows.
New Exits whilst set within the context of the many significant painting exhibitions the MAC has presented since its inception, is primarily an opportunity to draw attention to and celebrate the painting practices that have emerged and continue to flourish through the work of graduates of the BA and MFA Fine Art courses at Belfast School of Art since 2012.
With art theorists and curators appearing to have fallen in love with painting again, and the critical debates around representation versus abstraction having dissolved, it seems that painters have re-asserted their relevance within our increasingly image saturated society.
Using artist and writer Thomas Lawson鈥檚 seminal 1981 Artforum essay, Last Exit: Painting, as an important touchstone for our exhibition, it could be said that the intervening 40 years have seen a constant ebb and flow in painting鈥檚 popularity and relevance, with the tide firmly back in its favour.
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