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Vincent Hawkins

Date of birth 08.Jun.59
Place of birth Hertfordshire
Country of residence United Kingdom

My work coincided with looking at his paintings and photos/montages. The latter I found to be of particular interest because of the way in which he recycles old imagery. In 'Swanage', of about 1936, bones, driftwood and dead trees form a setting. Nash somehow pictorially reclaims from what seems a metaphor for ‘spent life’ and presents it as having further possibilities.

I tend to recycle forms, using them in the way you'd use templates. I work like this in order to build a painting rather than endeavouring to convey an easily readable subject. What I want to do is bring something to the work that is recognisable as 'feeling.’

I usually work in an improvisational way. I find this allows for a trial and error approach to working. I never know exactly how it is going to turn out because I do not start with a clear idea. Things I have been involved with, or have been looking at, generally begin to filter through into the painting. This seems to be the way that it works and is something I have learned to trust.
Group Exhibitions:

2007
Layer cake Fabio Tiboni Arte Bologna Italy
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London

2006
John Moores 24, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London and British tour

1997
Group Show, Clapham Art Gallery, London

1990
Old Subject New Object, Bonningtons Art Gallery, Nottingham, UK

1987
Recent Graduate Show, Angela Best Gallery, Canterbury,

Bibliography
Anne Buhantas (ed.), John Moores 24, Liverpool: Walker ArtGallery, 2006, illus.

Exhibitions Oh Deborah!, 01.Dec - 13.Jan.08, Contemporary Art Projects


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