Alison Watt - Phantom
Take a look at Alison Watt's 'Phantom' at the National Gallery
National Gallery associate artist Alison Watt will be presenting her new work 'Phantom' this March.
The canvases in this exhibition appear at first to be overwhelmingly white but this sensation is arrived at with a surprisingly varied palette that includes grey, burnt sienna, cadmium red and yellow. She chooses titles for her works during their creation, or shortly after, selecting words with an ambiguity that allow spectators to find their own interpretations.
Two of the works, 'Pulse' and 'Echo', feature a large knotted form, possessing a sense of weighty physicality that seems to push the folds of fabric into the spectator's own space. There is an aggressive thrust to these pictures, offset by the little open folds that suggest an entrance. The notion of a point of entry becomes the dominant theme in the rest of the series, but in these first two paintings it is the forceful and physical property of the knots that give the works their character.
Phantom' will be on display in the Sunley Room from Wednesday March 12th to Sunday June 22nd. The National Gallery is open daily from 10am to 6pm and till 9pm on Wednesdays.
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