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Lisa Brice in Venice: Peter Doig

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On Monday the 4th May Peter Doig’s show opened at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, in the Palazzetto Tito, Venice, curated by Milovan Farronato and Angela Vettese. The exhibition is the artist’s first solo presentation in Italy, and was scheduled to coincide with the opening of the 56th Venice Biennale then next day.
For his exhibition, installed in the beautiful historic rooms of the Palazzetto Tito, the artist presents fourteen works, (six are large paintings), and several intimately scaled works, all of them new and (mostly) being shown for the first time.
The imagery in the new works is diverse, drawing on private and found visual sources.  Read more about it in Jackie Wullschlager’s rave review in the FT. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e0642100-f3dd-11e4-99de-00144feab7de.html#slide0unnamed-1

Peter Doig <i>Lion In The Road</i> (2015) Oil and distemper on Linen. 200 x 276 cm

Peter Doig Lion In The Road (2015) Oil and distemper on Linen. 200 x 276 cm

Peter Doig Lion In The Road (Detail) (2015) Oil and distemper on Linen. 200 x 276 cm

Peter Doig Lion In The Road (Detail) (2015) Oil and distemper on Linen. 200 x 276 cm

Peter Doig <i>Horse and Rider</i> (2014) Oil and distemper on canvas 240 x 360 cm

Peter Doig Horse and Rider (2014) Oil and distemper on canvas 240 x 360 cm

Peter Doig Horse and Rider (Detail) (2014) Oil and distemper on canvas 240 x 360 cm

Peter Doig Horse and Rider (Detail) (2014) Oil and distemper on canvas 240 x 360 cm

Peter Doig <i>Horse and Rider</i> (2014) Oil and distemper on paper. 64 x 94,5 cm

Peter Doig Horse and Rider (2014) Oil and distemper on paper. 64 x 94,5 cm

Peter Doig <i>Horse and Rider</i> (Detail) (2014) Oil and distemper on paper. 64 x 94,5 cm

Peter Doig Horse and Rider (Detail) (2014) Oil and distemper on paper. 64 x 94,5 cm

Peter Doig <i>Untitled</i> (2013) Charcoal and oIl on paper. 122 x 91 cm

Peter Doig Untitled (2013) Charcoal and oIl on paper. 122 x 91 cm

Peter Doig <i>Nude (1959)</i> ( Detail) (2015) Oil on paper. 76,5 x 56,5 cm

Peter Doig Nude (1959) ( Detail) (2015) Oil on paper. 76,5 x 56,5 cm

  • david doig

    Hi Lisa – like your paintings

  • Georgette Drake

    Nobody paints like Peter Doig…nobody. His work resonates within the viewer on so many eclectic levels, both attracting and drawing them in and yet sometimes disturbing them in their subliminal consciousness. Love “Lion in the Road”…my goodness, I feel a nuance of Matisse when gazing at it, as if part of that artist transferred into the soul of Doig. His “Nude” is unlike any other nude I have seen, nearly faceless with that ghostly textural body again the darkened background. “Horse and Rider” shakes me up so much, I almost cannot look at it….yet I am drawn to looking. It feels Spanish and dark with purple, blue, and green brooding. Each painting shown here tells a story all their own. I would love to hear Doig tell me what’s behind each one….each enigmatic, enthralling tale.

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