Ollanege consists of six new paintings by Michael Andrew Page that sit at the intersection of representation and contemplative abstraction. Using the architectural structure of the bivvy, a basic tent or temporary shelter, as the starting point, each work begins with a process of preparing drawings and sketches. These are then transcribed to CAD and rendered. The resulting models are multiplied and manipulated to produce an image that is both recognisable from its origins, as a shielding congregational structure, but also transformed to a jewel-like abstraction, reminiscent of a stained glass window.
The basic image is transcribed onto the canvas via a photographic printing process called cyanotype. Paintings are built up with layers of oil mixed with refined poppy oil and resins that provide a transparency to the works, honouring both the light-perforated quality of the bivvy and the resultant paintings aesthetic similarity stained glass.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022
OLLANEGE, Project Native Informant, London
2019
FYSSHYNGE, Gao Gallery, London
2015
Art Rotterdam, Edel Assanti, Rotterdam
2014
Count the leaves in Vallombrosa, Edel Assanti, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018
Group Show, Gao Gallery, London
2017
The Sleeping Procession, Cass Sculpture Foundation
2016
Shrines to Speed, Leila Heller Gallery, New York
2015
The Frivolous Now, Alon Zakaim Fine Art, London
2014
Starter, L’Escargot, London
Dean’s Suite, Royal Collage of Art, London
2013
PNTG NOV, Hockney Gallery, London
Notes to Self, Dyson Gallery, London
2012
Slade School of Fine Art Degree Show, London
2010
Jerwood Drawing Prize, JVA Space, London
The Common Room, Mare Street Studios, London
Home
Courtesy of the artist and Project Native Informant, London
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