Mark Braunias and Brenda Nightingale
Opening Wednesday 15 March, 5 – 7pm
The Pedagogical Lobster unites two artists whose association has predominantly been formed through art educational context and histories. Mark Braunias and Brenda Nightingale are both ex-art teachers and also alumni of Ilam School of Art albeit from different decades. They now return to the institution as visual practitioners to present their own recent artistic investigations to a new generation of students.
The over-riding premise of this exhibition is to mash together multitudinous works on paper that subvert ideas about drawing in relation to painting. These artists tease out that blurred boundary between the two processes by drawing almost exclusively with paint itself. Are these studies for more ‘finished’ paintings or are they finished as presented? Are they drawing? Are they painting? The viewer is invited to draw their own conclusions. The metaphorical lobster submerged in watery paint fluids with all arms, legs and claws extended awaits in eager anticipation. Pedagogical Lobster runs until Thursday 6 April.
