Matthew Krishna, 'Boat', oil on canvas, 2018, 200 x 300cms
Wow. I
loved seeing the exhibition of paintings by Matthew Krishanu. ‘The Sun Never
Sets’, at the Midlands Art Centre in Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham today. What a
skilled and daring painter. The paintings were very open and direct, very pared
down in the drawing and the incredibly thinly applied oil paint, and executed
with a tremendous precision and lack of fuss. Some of the drawing erred a bit
on the clumsy side, but it wasn’t problematic, but most of it was very
sensitive and beautifully observed, particularly when it came to the gestures
and poses of the people depicted. Indeed, I came away very inspired and feeling
more confident in my own mind about trying to return to a more direct way of
painting as exemplified by Krishna, but also some larger scale work. If only I can find the lightness of touch
and the feeling of air in his paintings. I’ll be visiting this show again.
'Skeleton', oil on canvas, 150 x 200cms, 2014
Here’s a
link to his website, with details of the exhibition in the news section. He
looks like he is a busy man this year with some interesting other shows this
year, including one at Ikon Gallery in Birmingham: http://www.matthewkrishanu.com
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