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(detail) features the work of 118 international
artists who have each selected a close-up from one of their paintings.
These details are printed and displayed together to give both a tantalising
glimpse into each artwork, and create a huge collage of images. The exhibition
launched at H-Project Space, Bangkok in June, and now tours to Transition
Gallery and on to The Usher Gallery, Lincoln.
At H-Project Space the exhibition responded to the unique
setting of the gallery, a traditionally constructed Thai house. The 118
artworks fitted into the distinctive wooden framework of the walls, completely
filling and transforming the space. The show will be re-imagined in a new
configuration as it moves Transition, creating a show that is responsive to and
transforms each venue. Seen on mass, the different artworks will became a form
of collage. Connections between the painting details are deliberately made by
the curator in the display, as well as being formed serendipitously. Viewers
are encouraged to make their own associations and interpretations of the
juxtaposition of images.
(detail) features a wide range of painters, from the
well-established to recent graduates. Their work encompasses abstraction,
landscape, figuration and conceptually driven practices and employs a wide
variety of mediums. The reproduced close-up allows us to focus on the
brush strokes, surface and minutiae of the painting. It is most commonly used
in the art world in the pages of the exhibition catalogues or monographs. The
idea of the detail is also something that is particular to the painters’
approach to both making a painting and viewing work in the gallery.
