MICHAEL BAUER – BUTTER BEBOP
2015-09-14Unlike previous works by Bauer in which compositions were restricted to the painting’s centre, his new paintings spread throughout the canvas, and in some cases continue off the edge. Each painting is a conversation illustrated with an endless variety of mark making. In various ways and though countless lines and colours each mark of Bauer’s represents a distinct moment in time, a thought inferred by another thought. Simultaneously abstract, realistic, pointillist and symbolist Bauer creates a conversation for which there is no singular entry point. Impressions that creep into his paintings are an important part of the artist’s process. In this new series there is an unmistakable link to the heathery colourful masses of Odilon Redon’s flower paintings. Bauer explains this further,
‘Sometimes Something materialises and I react. I realise where it might have originated from and I react again. It is about the process of painting, which is a playful and sometimes tunnel-vision activity. When these references appear I don’t focus on romanticizing the memories but instead use them to create a certain artificiality.’
Opposite – Buegel, 2015
Exhibition runs through to October 7th, 2015
Alison Jacques Gallery
16 – 18 Berners Street
London
W1T 3LN
