Lot 376 - Timothy Gatenby - Untitled
Oil on paper
2023
A6 (10x15cm)
Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
This auction is raising proceeds for The Hepatitis C Trust.
ARTIST INFO
About
Tim Gatenby is a contemporary British figurative artist working predominantly in oil paint. Much of his work borrows images from popular culture which he reinterprets to create humorous parodies. A playful nostalgia can be found in Gatenby’s work which subverts not only subject matter, but also technique; his blurred out visions challenge art’s relationship with the Internet world we now inhabit.
There is a twisted nostalgia to Gatenby’s paintings which distort familiar characters, typically drawn as brightly-coloured and crisp cartoons, by blurring lines between classical painting and modern imagery.
Often combining deconstructed cartoon characters with dark humour, Gatenby’s work reflects the pressures of consumerism and modern societal tendency towards over indulgence. Fast food is an ever present theme in his paintings and is used as a vehicle to convey the easiness of modern life. The radical notion that never has becoming obese required less effort.
Despite the darkness found in the various styles and themes explored, there are often playful, idiosyncratic moments that crop up, as if for his own amusement as much as the viewer’s. A joke or pun can be found through a depicted object seen out of place, or an expectation subverted by an oddity, giving the work a comedic touch of the absurd to cleverly contrast the darkness found elsewhere.
Education
He studied a BA in film at Queen Mary University before undertaking the rigorous atelier programme at Charles Cecil Studios, Florence.
Select Exhibitions/Awards
2021
Art Soup, Eligere Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2020
Nice Day Out, Waluso Gallery, London
2023
Bluey Bluey Gallery, Norwich
2022
The End of The Road, Guy Hepner, New York
2021
Disco Nap, Eligere Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2021
Art Bodega, K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong
2020
ING Discerning Eye, London (Online works release), Guy Hepner Gallery, New York Plan X Gallery, Milan
2019
(Online works release) Moosey Art, UK The Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London #Unmissable, The Other Art Fair, London
2018
RBA Annual Exhibition (Winsor&Newton Painting Award winner), Mall Galleries, London Threadneedle Art Prize, Mall Galleries, London
2012
Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London The Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
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