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TURNERESQUE
The spirit of J.M.W. Turner in contemporary modern
British painting is currently on view at The Penzance Art Gallery, 1 East
Terrace, Penzance Cornwall, TR18 5HU.
International gallery artists and entrepreneurs Melanie
Anne Camp and Vaughan Warren are celebrating J.M.W. Turner’s triumphant
exhibition at Tate St. Ives by placing the lessons in paint inherent in
Turner’s work and continuing the debate through the context and juxtaposition
of Turner’s engravings of the South Coast and their journey through paint in
response.
An illuminating use of watercolours and oils contrasts
vividly with the reappraisal of some of J.M.W. Turner’s more traditional images
(St. Michael’s Mount and The Fighting Temeraire) executed in acrylics; a medium
unknown to Turner.
The proposition that by understanding Turner’s Universal
approach to mediums (one type informing another) painting moves ever forward to
encompassing the idea of J.M.W. Turner’s relevance to contemporary fine
artists.
Patrick Heron said of painting, “The only way forward for
painting is to find new ways to fragment the pictures surface…and the way to
find that is through colour”.
The Future of Painting is on show at The Penzance Art
Gallery, until 5th May and will become a fixture on the PZAG calendar
for other painters to explore.
The Penzance Art Gallery, 1 East Terrace, Penzance,
Cornwall, TR18 2TD 01736 332999 contact www.thepenzanceartgallery.com