Painting

A unique style of painting produced with the repetitive application and removal of acrylic paint onto aluminium mesh. I'm in some way removed from the gestural act of painting, I only view the results of my labour once the paint is dry and the painting is turned over. The imagery resonates a sense of loss and irreplaceable time.

I,m in some way removed from the creative act of painting, only viewing the results of my labour once the paint is dry and the painting is turned over. The imagery for my paintings resonate a sense of loss, renewal and irreplaceable time.

Selected paintings by Chris Follows in chronological order:

'Butlins 1977' - 2006 - Acrylic Paint and perforated mesh info»
'FLAT' Group Show : Chris Follows at Arlington Gallery 'Flat' 7th July - 4th August 2006 an exhibition showing work of seven artists all of which responds to the quirky domestic upper space of Arlington Gallery London info.. Arlington Gallery Tel: 020 72679127
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'The Boat' - 2006 - Acrylic Paint and perforated mesh info»
re:INVENTING exhibition 22nd May – 28th July 2006. A collaboration between ING Wholesale Banking, National Marinetime Museum Greenwich and Wimbledon School of Art. The Exhibition will show artists response to the ING and NMM collections. ING Wholesale Banking, 60 London Wall, London, EC2M 5TQ and later this year at the NMM Greenwich.Exhibition by appointment only (Private View 23 May 2006) tel: 020 7767 6021
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Express Yourself 2004 - Acrylic Paint and perforated mesh info»
Some paintings rely on found imagery, ‘Express Yourself’ was based on part of a large poster I found in a bin outside a local sports shop, the text ‘x-press yourself’ caught my eye as it seemed to perfectly contradict my painting process . If I use found images I always paint them to scale, found images are used directly in the painting process they are used as ready made templates for the painting; this also explains why there painted in reverse. Top of page!

Plough Lane 2002 - Acrylic Paint and perforated mesh info»
Plough Lane a defunct Football Ground and old home of Wimbledon Football Club. This painting references photographs taken just a few months before the stadium was demolished. The painting of an empty defunct football terrace was inspired by my interest in places, objects and things that have come to the end of their lives, I deliberately left empty holes in the mesh on the grey sections of the stand to emphasise the passing of Plough Lane. Top of page!

Malcolm Morley poster 2002 - Acrylic Paint and perforated mesh info»
The Malcolm Morley exhibition at The Hayward Gallery showed a documentary with Morley painting outside he had an easel and stool and was busy painting a picture of a tiger, for a momentI thought he maybe painting direct from life but as the camera pans out you see he’s actually painting an advertisement of a tiger, displayed on the side of a coach, parked in a safari car park. On leaving the exhibition I picked up an exhibition poster with the intention of creating my own homage to the Morley exhibition and the tiger documentation. By reproducing a section of this picture I question my relationship to it and it to me, in a way I have claimed the imaged for myself therefore a viewer who is not familiar with the original picture or its context will judge it within the context of my practice. Unintentionally the man in the picture has a slight resemblance to myself, so the painting could easily be mistaken as one of my own holiday snaps. More interesting those who are familiar with the original are likely to dismiss my work as a cheep imitation therefore the value of the art original instantly out values any imitation unless the imitation can in some way become as ‘famous’ as its original :) Top of page!

Haydons detail info»

Haydons on office ceiling tile info»
Another painting of the same shop, this time I used an old perforated ceiling tile, a more ghostly representation.

Plough Lane info»

Dopelganger info»

Dopelganger