Through the Looking Glass, Darkly

The paintings that Beard is exhibiting in Exposure Gallery deal with questions of the painting surface and materials, portraiture and the theme of metamorphosis.

The surface materials Beard has chosen to use are mirrors and enlarged photographs, painted upon with many layers of bright clear lacquer and oil colour. The mirror transmutates from that of a 2 dimensional surface into a liquid space that reflects our reality in new ways, containing the viewer in the world of the painting’s subject. The photograph changes from portraying a snapshot of reality into a painted, organic fantasy. So too the portraits, both human and animal, undergo a metamorphosis in themselves, dissolving into their space and even reducing down to their skeleton or disappearing altogether.

All sales, further information, press enquires and interview requests:
Chloé Nelkin
T: 020 7907 7200,
E: chloe.nelkin@exposure.net

Hannah Leiser
T: 020 7907 7130
E: hannah.leiser@exposure.net

Exhibition:
Thursday 4th March – Thursday 1st April 2010
Gallery Opening Times:
Monday – Friday 10.00 – 18.00
Entry: Free