JON PILKINGTON – OSWALD MY BOY
2022-05-02With this new series, Pilkington expands on themes he’s been exploring for a few years now: antique porcelain figurines, pottery and motifs. He experiments with loose impressions, art historical references and his own fantasy, blending together traces of an elusive past to portray a personal (re-)collection of bygone times.
The title of the show is both a direct reference to the artist’s own dog, Oswald, who joins him to the studio every day and to The Beatles’ song ‘Martha My Dear’, which is about Paul McCartney’s sheep dog, but also to the many dogs portrayed in the paintings. The titles of the works on the other hand, directly refer to the activity in the paintings. They’re all three-word titles which were made up beforehand, as themes to inspire the content, to create scenes in response to them.
Opposite – A Butcher’s Dozen, 2022
Exhibition runs through to June 25th, 2022
Keteleer Gallery
Bremdonck
Bredabaan 93 (Plataandreef)
2930 Brasschaat
Belgium
