Now located in London, David Surman Was raised in a small coastal village in southwestern England. The rural landscape and access to animals have left an indelible impact on the artist, which devotes his memory and draws from a wide range of art -historical references in his paintings.
Surman’s most recent oeuvre can be seen in his solo exhibition at Rebecca Hassock Art Gallery. In comparison with previous collections, After the flood Is less abstract but gesturing in the same way, because sweeping brush strokes is delaying a bull mirror or the curled moons of a shy horse.
Interested in the ways in which we project our experiences and ideologies to the natural world, Surman gives recognizable topics in a way that reflects our tendency to attribute human emotion and feeling to other species. “I like to paint animals because they shortly link the interpretative routines of people and they look at paint without the self -consciousness that they can bring in abstract painting,” he said in An interview from 2023Add:
The beings that I paint are entangled in our human problem, which is the separation of the world caused by consciousness. The way my animals look at the viewer, deliberately puts a feeling of intensity, perhaps troubled involvement, a kind of accusation or affection. But in any case the being has a trace or residue of conscious freedom of choice.
In “Old Stew Head”, for example, viewers, for example, come across a deeply difficult fox that grasp a weak fish in his jaws. The dog in “Bathers at K’Gari” is anxious in the same way because it wears a young puppy under a clear blue sky.
After the flood Continue in London until March 29. Find more of the artist on His website And Instagram.
