peterbirks | St Martin's Exhibition

OK, I finally got round to this, partly because I ought to be doing a six-monthly summary of my poker performance, and that's even more hassle than this.

Nicola Kinnier: Human Hair on a Tailor's Dummy

An interesting piece in a year dominated by paintings.

Johan Andersson, "Anna". A large piece. Portraiture/relatively realistic interpretations were also back in fashion.

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Morgan Mia: Warning (1). Use of light behind picture. Gilbert & George have done this and I aalso remember an exhibition in Hamburg at the start of the decade that used a similar technique. Impressive, but could one have it on a living room wall?

Morgan Mia: Warning 2. Disturbing, evocative, memorable.

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Jia Jia Wang: The Known Unknown. Don't see much of this watercolour style at undergrad exhibitions. Quite commercial in its own way.

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Ruth Angel Edwards: "Side By Side We Exist As Potential. Let Us Leap Into The Arms Of The Future Together!"

A huge piece, presumably of undergrad friends, with a title to match. Great fun, and I liked the willingness to go for primary colours.

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Mike Fox: Tourist 1

First of two by this painter: Achieves the difficult task of making Milton Keynes look interesting.

I would think about buying this guy's stuff.

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Yuko Ogue: Wisdom of Love.

Dark: Also strangely unsettling. Admirable.

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Ashley Jahncke: Untitled

My favourite piece. Jan's comment was "Please don't buy that. It reminds me of one of my bad dreams". So it goes.
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Manike Anne Stevens: City Escape:

Technically good. Not sure if the picture has the depth for me to want it as a permanent piece.

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Paula Day: "Shift Change"

Brilliant. A large piece. More of the same and Paula Day surely has a future in the galleries. If one kind good painting tells a story, then this is a good example of that style.

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Azalea Azman: Untitled

Jan's favourite piece. It was getting a bit late by this time, so the light isn't as good as I would have liked (memo to self -- adjust camera settings as it gets later....). It looks better in real life.

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