Matters of Life and Death is a limited-edition publication
documenting the remarkable new and recent paintings of celebrated
Dallas-based British artist Richard Patterson (b.1963). An engaging
introduction by Paul Moorhouse, Senior Curator at the National
Portrait Gallery, London, discusses the dynamic and complex
relationship between figuration and abstraction in Patterson's
oeuvre. Moorhouse observes: 'Visual ambiguity defines Patterson's
art, and its most conspicuous feature is the interaction between
figurative painting, abstraction and photography that his recent
work continues. From the outset he moved between these disparate
visual languages, combining them in ways that seemed deliberately
oppositional and subversive.' Patterson's latest works are as
provocative as ever, and as he enters mid-career, have become
increasingly accomplished, cryptic and, at times, haunting. In his
illuminating essay, art historian James Cahill explores the
subjects of portraiture and personae within the artist's works,
asserting that 'his strategy of distancing his figures - whether
through a broken veil (or enclosing frame) of abstract paint, or
the gauze-like intercession of a photographic source - throws into
relief the idea that selfhood is ultimately a succession of masks.'
Curator and critic Jane Neal deftly navigates ideas of gender and
sexuality in Patterson's practice, taking us into the realms of
fetish and the male gaze, proposing that his painting overtly
'points towards the patriarchal and often misogynistic attitude to
women's bodies still prevalent in magazines, films and social
media, even in the twenty-first century. Patterson sets us up to
confront the darkness that often underlies the male gaze, even
affording it physical form.' Featuring a selection of works
executed between 2013 and 2016, many of which are published here
for the first time, the cloth-covered book is presented in a
specially printed hard slipcase and has been published in an
edition of just 500 copies. Born in the UK in 1963, Patterson
graduated from Goldsmiths College in 1986. He was included in
Damien Hirst's renowned Freeze, Surrey Docks, London (1988); as
well as Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi
Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK; Hamburger Bahnhof -
Museum fur Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany; Brooklyn Museum of Art, New
York, USA (1997-00). Other notable exhibitions include The Rowan
Collection: Contemporary British & Irish Art, Irish Museum of
Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (2002); Painting Pictures, Kunstmuseum
Wolfsburg, Germany (2003); Nexus Texas, Contemporary Arts Museum
Houston, Texas, USA (2007) and Attention to Detail, curated by
Chuck Close, the FLAG Art Foundation, New York, USA. Patterson has
had solo exhibitions at Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London (1997);
James Cohan Gallery, New York, USA (1999 and 2002); Dallas Museum
of Art, Dallas, Texas, USA (2000), Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
(2005, 2008 and 2013); the Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, USA
(2009); and the FLAG Art Foundation, New York (2014). In February
2017 he will present new and recent works at Timothy Taylor 16x34,
New York.
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