Michael Stubbs, Untitled (blue), 1991, oil on stacked canvases, 34x34x23cms
Michael Stubbs employs many of the conventional techniques of picture making. He prepares and stretches canvas, covering it with a thick layer of oil paint. Then, some of the techniques of the patissier are used as he repeats the performance, spreading creamy paint between layers of canvas on wooden stretchers. The final layer is a confection of contrastingly coloured whorls and peaks of paint, tempting to the touch.
The paintings then take on a sculptural presence as the layers protrude into space. Always hung on the wall, the resemblance to sumptuous gateaux is there to amuse, but the work is a witty discourse on the fine balance between painting and sculpture.
The boundaries are no longer fixed. The use of found and readymade objects, collage and photography is common to both sculptors and painters. Sculpture no longer restricts itself to the floor, to the plinth nor to the outside of public buildings. Nor are painters limited to one side of an argument concerning figurative versus abstract painting.
Stubbs’ work brings into question, in a very straightforward manner, the traditionally accepted differences between sculpture and painting. Through the humour of his approach, the topic is taken outside the art school seminar room and presented to the viewer without pretension. Through a mixture of parody, and a sensuous use of paint that calls touch, taste and smell into play, a carefully considered point is made.
Gill Hedley,
‘New Voices: New Works for the British Council Collection’, Centre Albert Borschette, Brussels, Belgium (and touring), exhibition catalogue, 1992 (David Austen, Keith Coventry, Ian Davenport, Jeffrey Dennis, Peter Doig, Gary Hume, Callum Innes, Elizabeth Magill, Antoni Malinowski, Julian Opie, Fiona Rae, Michael Stubbs, Suzanne Treister, Alison Turnbull, Rachel Whiteread and Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Anish Kapoor, Bill Woodrow)
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Artists/Organisatons
Data Wall:
AESD: Agency for Economy and Space Development:
Maziar Afrassiabi, Shahin Afrassiabi,
Sam Basu, John Colenbrander,
with thanks to Julian Meinold and
Piers O'Hanlon
NIS: New International School: Matthew Stock
Treignac Projet: Sam Basu,
Elizabeth Murray.
The Real:
Phyllida Barlow, Tom Burr,
Anne Damer, Karin Ruggaber,
Audrey Reynolds, Fergal Stapleton,
Brian Wall, Martin Westwood.
Oysters Ain't:
Karen Ay, Vanya Balogh,
Fiona Banner, Richard Bartle,
David Batchelor, Rob Beckett,
Simon Bill, Hartmut Bohm,
Jake & Dinos Chapman,
Cedric Christie, Steve Claydon,
Clem Crosby, Cullinan+Richards,
Penelope Curtis, Arnaud Desjardin,
Valerie Driscoll, Richard Ducker,
Garth Evans, Urs Fischer,
FREEE ( Dave Beech, Andy Hewitt &
Mel Jordan), John Gibbons,
Tom Gidley, Paul Gildea,
Katherine Gili, Andrea Giulivi,
Stewart Gough, Naum Gabo,
Robin Greenwood, Brian Griffiths,
Zoe Griffiths, Nicola Hicks,
Peter Hide, Flore Nove-Josserand,
Helene Kazan, Michael Kidner,
Philip King, Simon Liddiment,
Ed Lipski, Colin Lowe,
Sarah Lucas, Christina Mackie,
Rebecca Johnson Marshall,
Bruce McLean, Haroon Mirza,
Cathy de Monchaux, Henry Moore,
Zadoc Nava, Paul Neagu,
Lawson Oyekan, Eduardo Paolozzi
, Nicholas Pope, Richard Priestley,
Michael Sandle, Paul Sakoilsky,
Celia Scott, Dallas Seitz,
Meg Shirayama, Jane Simpson,
Anthony Smart, Bob & Roberta Smith,
Richard Smith, Steve Smith,
Sarah Staton, Dan Stevens,
Simon Stringer, Michael Stubbs,
Gavin Turk, Jessica Voorsanger,
Gary Webb, Richard Wentworth,
Keith Wilson, Mark Woods,
Richard Woods, Lars Wolter,
Christian Wulffen.
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