Aidan Doherty
Appearing in this year’s Jerwood Contemporary Painting Prize, Doherty’s work has previously been exhibited at Saatchi’s New Sensations and at the Royal Academy Summer show. A recent graduate from Wimbledon College of Art, Doherty is interested in painting as a tool for investigating and decoding the detritus that surrounds us on a daily basis. Exploring the relationship between surface, pattern, form and geometry, he creates semi-abstract works, beginning with a single shape that crystallizes through his brushwork. Doherty has been previously shortlisted for the Celeste Art prize.
Split Egg
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Painting
25cm x 19cm
Oil on canvas
Splitting the painting into two halves, a clear horizon is defined in this work. The canvas is divided vertically by a coffin-like mass, formed by triangular slats echoed by the green and yellow patterning that forms the bottom half of the painting. The three-dimensional aspect of the central object marks a stark contrast against the flat properties of the orange horizon.
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