Art Now - Alan Michael
Discover Art Now from Alan Michael at Tate Britain this spring
Visit Tate Britain this summer and discover the art-work of Alan Michael.
Alan Michael is a painter who lives and works in Glasgow. He is interested in the idea of things colliding and works a puzzling and eclectic array of imagery into his canvases, with references drawn from both high and low culture.
Text, clothing, plants, cars and figures appropriated from art historical and media sources are grouped, repeated or reflected in his compositions with apparent indifference.
Sometimes reminiscent of the cool, slick finish of advertising, his painterly style, like his artistic intentions, is hard to pin down. Using a seemingly impenetrable and private language to skew the familiar, his paintings are impersonal yet beguiling and goad the viewer to disentangle a narrative of connections. For his Art Now exhibition the artist will present new paintings, not seen before in London.
This fantastic new exhibition runs from Saturday May 3rd to Sunday July 20th. The Tate Britain is open daily from 10am to 5pm.
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How to get there
Underground - Pimlico (Victoria Line, 600 metres approx.), Vauxhall (Victoria line, 850 metres approx.), Westminster (Jubilee, District and Circle Lines).
Buses - A number of buses service the area, including the 2, 3, C10, 36, 87, 88, 159, 185, 436 and 507.
Boat - Tate Boat runs every forty minutes along the Thames between Tate Modern, the London Eye and Tate Britain.
Train - Vauxhall or Victoria stations are both located nearby.
Taxi - A taxi drop off/pick up point is situated on Millbank, just outside the Millbank entrance.
Car - There is a limited amount of pay and display parking in the streets surrounding Tate Britain (free at the weekends and after 18.30). Free parking at other times is only available to SEN groups booked into sessions.
Coach - Drop-off point on Millbank
By bike - There are bike racks outside the gallery to the left of the Manton entrance (at the end of Atterbury Street on the corner with John Islip Street) and also on Millbank near the entrance to the Clore gallery.
