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Pollock’s paintings are quiet, meditative and at times playful. While entering into a dialogue with the history of painting itself, Pollock’s work addresses notions of loss and desire. Since graduating last year from BA Fine Art at the Slade he has exhibited in ‘Highlights from the Frank-Suss Collection’, ‘Not Famous Yet’ and ‘Absorb Art’. The language of Pollock’s ‘Interior’ paintings references the architecture of grand painting galleries and stately homes. Reinterpreting the interior design from historical paintings - which he treats as source material – he captures their often stuffy atmosphere through his rich use of color, classical perspective and dislocated vantage point. Appearances can often be deceptive and Pollock’s work rewards the attentive viewer, who on closer inspection realizes things are not quite as they seem.
Painting
25cm x 22cm
Oil on copper
Both of these paintings establish a Shakespearean balance between comedy and tragedy, while trying to disrupt our more puritanical expectations of the work. The small and diminutive scale at which these works are made allow the paintings to develop a more intimate dialogue with the viewer, and behave as a keyhole to a more private and ambiguous place.