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Fontanelle
Paul Becker
January 15 February 6 2005
1-6pm
Private View Friday January 14 6-9pm |
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Leda |
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In
his paintings, Paul Becker uses the interaction of human and animal
as the basis for a dysfunctional narrative that threads its way ambiguously
through a series of heavy anxieties, childhood fears and differing
emotional states. These sometimes indeterminate representations and
subfusc, crepuscular tones tread a shaky line between nightmare and
sweet dream. |
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The drawings,
shown for the first time at Transition, follow this same line; using
a semi-familiar childrens illustration archetype to offer
security and comfort but also mystery, equivocation even violence.
It is left to us to decipher whether these drawn and painted scenes
are meant to represent an alternate reality or part of the dream.
Figures seem passive (often sleeping), animals appear benign, but
the disturbing juxtapositions of gentleness and implicit menace
only serve to make events too indeterminate for us to fathom.
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In the corners
there is light/ That is good for you/
And behind you, I have told you,/
There are awful things
You Will Miss Me When I Burn - Palace
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Paul
Becker was educated at The Slade. His first solo show was at the Chapter
Gallery in Cardiff in 2003. He curated
sympathy at Keith
Talent and G39 in Cardiff in the same year. Most recent group shows
include If You go Down to the Woods Today at The Rockwell Project,
The Relaxed Audience or Why We Are So Wise at Jeffrey Charles
and PCP at MOT. This is his first solo show in London. |
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