ALASTAIR GORDON

LIST OF ARTWORKS

July.16 - September.16.2020

 

alastair Gordon

Born in 1978, Alastair Gordon lives and works in London, and earned a MA in Fine Arts at Wimbledon School of Art. My paintings strongly reference a form of trompe l’oeil painting that proliferated in the seventeenth century in Northern Europe: a specific form of illusionism called quodlibet (what you will). From here I paint an array of selected objects to appear as ‘pinned’ or ‘taped’ in low relief on a wooden surface. My approach to painting is deeply rooted in an historical tradition of trompe l’oeil illusionism. I find this an ideal vehicle to explore more contemporary questions about the function of images today, the processes of painting, of illusion, representation and how artists utilise their source materials.

 
And What We Discover Must Not Be Concealed, 2017, oil and acrylic on wood, 50 x 40cm, £3500.jpg

Alastair Gordon, And What We Discover Must Not Be Concealed, 2019, oil and acrylic on wood, 50 cm x 40 cm, 20 in x 16 in

 
Righteousness and Bliss Shall Kiss One Another, 2017, oil and acrylic on wood, 50 x 40cm, £3500.jpg

Alastair Gordon, Righteousness and Bliss Shall Kiss One Another, 2017, oil and acrylic on wood, 50 cm x 40 cm, 20 in x 16 in

It Can Exist, In and For Itself, Without Things, 2017, oil and acrylic on wood, 50 x 40cm, £3500.jpg

Alastair Gordon, It Can Exist, In and For Itself, Without Things, 2017, oil and acrylic on wood, 50 cm x 40 cm, 20 in x 16 in

 
He Dreams of Being an Honest Coward, 2017, oil and acrylic on wood, 50 x 40cm, £3500.jpg

Alastair Gordon, He Dreams of Being An Honest Coward, 2019, oil and acrylic on wood, 50 cm x 40 cm, 20 in x 16 in

Vanity. Vanity. All is Vanity, 2017, oil and acrylic on wood, 50 x 40cm, £3500.jpg

Alastair Gordon, Vanity. Vanity. All is Vanity., 2017, oil and acrylic on wood, 50 cm x 40 cm, 20 in x 16 in

 


Alastair Gordon, Tear, 2014, oil and acrylic on wood, 50 cm x 40 cm, 20 in x 16 in