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George Shaw

Opens: 18/02/2011 Closes: 15/05/2011 Baltic, Gateshead
Straw’s body of work has always been associated with a sense of Englishness, as a result of his use of everyday landscapes. His most recent paintings are based on photographs taken during his childhood. By focussing on a natural setting, he explores an alternate state of mind, unsettling the viewers perspective. For more information visit: http://www.balticmill.com/whatsOn/future/ExhibitionDetail.php?exhibID=149 Buy: http://www.balticmill.com/contact/index.php
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The Independent“For all their unremarkableness, these paintings are utterly remarkable...” And yet, for all their unremarkableness, these paintings are utterly remarkable. They seem to have captured, quite uncannily, the quidditas of the humdrum, and to be raising it up in front of our eyes as if inviting us to look behind and beyond...
 
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Financial Times“His is a terrific skill...” His is a terrific skill, however, and his paintings, both alienating and comforting, hyperrealist and dreamy, are a refreshing antidote to the installation and video that often dominate these cathedrals of contemporary art...
 
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