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Fruitmarket Gallery: Toby Paterson - 30 Jan 2010 to 28 Mar 2010 Current Exhibition |
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Toby Paterson, Cluster Relief I, acrylic on aluminium, 2009 (detail)
Courtesy The Modern Institute, Glasgow |
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Toby Paterson Exhibition 30 January � 28 March 2010 The Fruitmarket Gallery is proud to announce a solo exhibition of the paintings, reliefs and constructions of Toby Paterson. The exhibition includes a selection of work made over the last ten years, presented in an installation designed by the artist, and a major new commission. Toby Paterson makes paintings, reliefs and constructions which explore the relationship between abstraction and reality. He has a keen interest in post-war modernist architecture which he deconstructs both materially and politically, developing a practice in which some works are almost understandable as architecture, while others are expressions of purely abstract form. Paterson was born in Glasgow in 1974, and still lives and works in the city. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, and in 2002 was the winner of the Beck�s Futures art prize. As well as his more gallery- based practice, he makes art for the public realm, and was recently the recipient of several public commissions, notably the completed Powder Blue Orthogonal Pavilion, part of the Portavilion project in London and Poised Array, a work made for the fa�ade of the BBC Scotland Headquarters in Glasgow. Paterson has also been appointed lead artist on the extension to the Docklands Light Railway for the London Olympics in 2012. Paterson�s work is as influenced by the architecture of Denys Lasdun, Cedric Price, and Andy MacMillan and Isi Metzstein at Gillespie Kidd & Coia as it is by the constructivist painting of Kenneth and Mary Martin, Ben Nicholson and Victor Pasmore, yet it makes its meaning primarily as painting rather than urban planning or architectural model-making. This exhibition is an opportunity to explore both the complexity and the consistency of Paterson�s practice in the context. Exhibition supported by The Henry Moore Foundation Notes to Editors 1. Toby Paterson was born in Glasgow in 1974 and still lives and works in the city. He studied BA (Hons) Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art from 1991�95 2. The Fruitmarket Gallery aims to make contemporary art accessible, without compromising art or underestimating audiences. The Gallery presents world-class, thought-provoking and challenging art made by both Scottish and international artists in an environment that is welcoming, engaging, informative and always free. The Gallery aims to give audiences the confidence to enjoy contemporary art and to understand the importance of art, artists, culture and creativity and their impact on individual and collective lives. The Gallery�s creative programme includes exhibitions, commissions, interpretation, education and publishing in both print and electronic forms. Gallery facilities include a bookshop and a caf�. The Gallery is physically accessible and family friendly. 3. A book has been produced to accompany the exhibition: Toby Paterson, Consensus and Collapse. The book reproduces much of Paterson�s work made over the last ten years, and includes essays by curator Fiona Bradley and Professor of Architectural and Urban History at the University of California, Davis, Simon Sadler, and a conversation between Toby Paterson and architect Ewan Imrie. Toby Paterson has also produced a limited-edition artwork which will be available for sale at The Fruitmarket Gallery during the exhibition. |
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