Perfectionism: A Trick of the Eye
Curated by Becca Pelly-Fry
July.16 - September.16.2020
Jonny Green, Nautilus, 2020, oil on linen, 183 cm x 137 cm x 4 cm, 72 in x 54 in x 1.5 in
Jonny Green
Jonny Green studied Painting at Norwich School of Art, followed by an MA at London's Royal College of Art. Green makes paintings of sculptures. In this new series, hastily assembled cardboard pieces stuck together with tape are meticulously rendered in oil paint. He explains this approach as ‘an attempt to dignify and document or give testament to something that seemingly lacks dignity or a voice’. The resulting paintings are both still-life and portrait, animate and inanimate.
Click here to view a video of Green describing his artistic process.
Jonny Green, Orange Stanza, 2020, oil on linen, 40 cm x 30 cm, 16 in x 12 in
Jonny Green, Green Stanza, 2020, oil on linen, 30 cm x 40 cm, 12 in x 16 in
