The phrase 'Point of Entry' is often encountered in reference to situations of high drama or tension: birth, bullet wounds, crime scenes and border control being among the disparate usages to which it is applied. Perhaps as a result of these particular associations it carries with it a weight of ... Read more
The phrase ‘Point of Entry’ is often encountered in reference to situations of high drama or tension: birth, bullet wounds, crime scenes and border control being among the disparate usages to which it is applied. Perhaps as a result of these particular associations it carries with it a weight of expectation and significance. On this occasion it brings together the work of three remarkable artists: Oliver Clegg, Daniel Pitin and Nicola Samori. The artists are all figurative painters whose work is concerned with the relationship between the surface they paint on and the subjects they depict. Each painter approaches this way of working from his own unique perspective, but each is concerned with how the viewer becomes implicated in the journey of the expression and resolution of the artist’s ideas and feelings. Art, particularly painting has the ability to render that which is invisible, visible. Atmospheres and memories can be translated into a form that can not only be seen by the eyes but also felt. With this in mind, the question of how the viewer can ‘enter’ a painting becomes even more pertinent.
