Good mourning bell

Pratt, Mike (2011) Good mourning bell. [Show/Exhibition]

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Abstract

Pratt's work confronts the established conventions of painting, through an immediate and unashamedly direct indulgence in painting as an activity in its own right, combined with an ethically questionable position of borrowing, remaking and 'wrongful' appropriation. Authenticity, style and the cycle of assimilation that exists both within contemporary art and popular culture are central concerns in Pratt's work. Contemporary artists such as Christopher Wool and Paul McCarthy as well as 20th Century artists who reshaped the process of Art such as Basquiat, Polke and Warhol, all become the fodder for Pratt's lexicon. However, rather than paying homage to his forerunners Pratt borrows and steals, walking a fine line between mimicry and imitation. Through this method of sampling and re-mastering Pratt combines stylistic quotation with deadpan observation and dumb mark making, layering and obliterating his paintings until work is deemed at an end, yet never resolved.

Item Type:	Show/Exhibition
Subjects:	W100 Fine Art W200 Design studies W900 Others in Creative Arts and Design
Department:	Faculties > Arts, Design and Social Sciences > Arts
Related URLs:	Author
Depositing User:	Helen Pattison
Date Deposited:	10 Apr 2012 13:36
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2017 08:10
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/6086

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