Abstract
Artist, Alex Roberts presents Zeit VI, Monkey Puzzles, 2024 as part of the group painting exhibition.
“The Problem with People is an exhibition of 18 painters, focusing on different ways that artists deal with the figure in painting today. The somewhat provocative title refers to the difficulties and challenges often associated with the figure in painting, both in a literal or representational sense, but also in philosophical, ethical and material terms.
The idea of (the) painting – which is not a ‘person’ – performs as a kind of surrogate or stand in for the body. This enables artists to see and re-see themselves through painting, be it through locating the figure inside pictorial space, emphasising the figure beyond the stretcher, notions of the figure with or without a body, the figure as gesture, a shape, a place, an outline, an anthropomorphic object, or through material itself.
Exhibiting artists: Reece Adair, Keith Ashcroft, David Ballantyne, Andrew Bracey, Kate Dunn, Simon Foxall, David Gledhill, Gareth Griffith, Mary Lou Lawless-Gill, Andrea Medjesi-Jones, Dougal McKenzie, Paula Newton, Alex Roberts, Wayne Robinson, Luke Skiffington, Geraldine Swayne, Michael Stubbs, Mikey Thomas.
Oceans Apart is a gallery dedicated to contemporary painting and seeks to present and champion the diversity of painting today in relation to current critical debates and discourse. Our intention is to bring previously unseen work to the Salford and Manchester area, create new audiences and provide a platform for artists in the local region”.
Roberts’ artwork adds to the gathered grouping and distinctive field of contemporary figurative painting. Stretching the investigation with material possibilities by working with pigment and oil on polyester; transparent means to understand the transient nature of the perceived figure. Offering contemporary painting know-how with societal and cultural understanding; impacting via the non-verbal means of paint.
“The Problem with People is an exhibition of 18 painters, focusing on different ways that artists deal with the figure in painting today. The somewhat provocative title refers to the difficulties and challenges often associated with the figure in painting, both in a literal or representational sense, but also in philosophical, ethical and material terms.
The idea of (the) painting – which is not a ‘person’ – performs as a kind of surrogate or stand in for the body. This enables artists to see and re-see themselves through painting, be it through locating the figure inside pictorial space, emphasising the figure beyond the stretcher, notions of the figure with or without a body, the figure as gesture, a shape, a place, an outline, an anthropomorphic object, or through material itself.
Exhibiting artists: Reece Adair, Keith Ashcroft, David Ballantyne, Andrew Bracey, Kate Dunn, Simon Foxall, David Gledhill, Gareth Griffith, Mary Lou Lawless-Gill, Andrea Medjesi-Jones, Dougal McKenzie, Paula Newton, Alex Roberts, Wayne Robinson, Luke Skiffington, Geraldine Swayne, Michael Stubbs, Mikey Thomas.
Oceans Apart is a gallery dedicated to contemporary painting and seeks to present and champion the diversity of painting today in relation to current critical debates and discourse. Our intention is to bring previously unseen work to the Salford and Manchester area, create new audiences and provide a platform for artists in the local region”.
Roberts’ artwork adds to the gathered grouping and distinctive field of contemporary figurative painting. Stretching the investigation with material possibilities by working with pigment and oil on polyester; transparent means to understand the transient nature of the perceived figure. Offering contemporary painting know-how with societal and cultural understanding; impacting via the non-verbal means of paint.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Salford |
| Publisher | Oceans Apart |
| Media of output | Other |
| Size | 56 x 46 cm |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Nov 2025 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
Keywords
- painting
- contemporary painting
- group exhibition
- Salford
- Manchester
- contemporary art
- european painting
- contemporary art exhibition
- art exchange
- painting exhibition
- painting research
- painting networks
- figurative painting
- contemporary painting exchange
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