Peter Doig: Bonnefantenmuseum. (Maastricht, Netherlands).Peter Doig's strange, folksy folk·sy adj. folk·si·er, folk·si·est Informal 1. Simple and unpretentious in behavior. 2. Characterized by informality and affability: a friendly, folksy town. 3. paintings trade in atmospherics at·mos·pher·ics n. 1. (used with a sing. verb) a. Electromagnetic radiation produced by natural phenomena such as lightning. b. Radio interference produced by electromagnetic radiation. . Conjured from photographic sources-snapshots, film stills, album sleeves, and advertisements--the artist's melancholic mel·an·chol·ic adj. 1. Affected with or being subject to melancholy. 2. Of or relating to melancholia. , often romantic images evoke literary or cinematic narratives and describe uncertain or questionable topographies that can appear, paradoxically, uncannily un·can·ny adj. un·can·ni·er, un·can·ni·est 1. Peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature; eerie. See Synonyms at weird. 2. So keen and perceptive as to seem preternatural. familiar. This exhibition, organized by Bonnefantenmuseum curator Paula van den Bosch, will include some twenty major paintings made over the last decade, augmented by a sampling of works on paper. Seen together they should provide ample evidence of Doig's continuing engagement with painting's potential to describe a place that lies just beyond our rational everyday. May 11-Sept. 7; Carre d'Art, Musee d'Art Contemporain de Nimes, France, Oct. 9-Jan. 4, 2004. |
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