Ian Davenport
Although he studied at Goldsmiths in the late '80s and exhibited at Hirst's Freeze exhibition, painter Ian Davenport is not really that similar to the rest of the YBA crew.
Davenport is clearly fascinated not only by the colour of paint but also by its physical properties. His huge multi-coloured works are created by letting the paint run down a tilted surface (paper, fibreboard, aluminium, a wall in Southwark). These pieces examine the balance between the the natural world's tendency towards the random and the artist's desire for control.
Whilst the process of creating this kind of painting must be a little bit tedious (a bit like watching paint dry?) the results are consistently engaging: vibrant, textured, and rhythmical. Like a more mathematical Jackson Pollock, or a less anal Bridget Riley.
Click here to read Tom's review of Ian Davenport at Alan Cristea, March 2009.
Davenport is clearly fascinated not only by the colour of paint but also by its physical properties. His huge multi-coloured works are created by letting the paint run down a tilted surface (paper, fibreboard, aluminium, a wall in Southwark). These pieces examine the balance between the the natural world's tendency towards the random and the artist's desire for control.
Whilst the process of creating this kind of painting must be a little bit tedious (a bit like watching paint dry?) the results are consistently engaging: vibrant, textured, and rhythmical. Like a more mathematical Jackson Pollock, or a less anal Bridget Riley.
Click here to read Tom's review of Ian Davenport at Alan Cristea, March 2009.
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