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.
Nutbeam
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Painting
35cm x 30cm
Oil on linen
Of the works viewed so far the forms on this painting appear to be the most anthropomorphic. When interpreted as two figures standing face to face in embrace, red for female, blue for male, the playful composition is reminiscent of the mechanomorphic works of Max Ernst and Francis Picabia, challenging social stereotype and gender.
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