Fully Awake 5.6

Fletcher, Brendan

Abstract

Fully Awake 5.6 is an exhibition curated by Fully Awake is curated by Sean Kaye (British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow) and Ian Hartshorne (Head of Painting at Manchester School of Art) with support from independent artist curator Harry Meadley. The curators bring extensive experience to the project and have developed the exhibition emerging from the activities of the national organisation Teaching Painting, of which Hartshorne and Kaye are founder members, with Magnus Quaife. The exhibition explores new ways to understand the development and variety of contemporary British painting. It offers an accessible but critically rigorous platform for audiences to better understand the impact that different generations of artists have upon one another. The exhibition embraces an intergenerational approach to celebrating the practice and teaching of painting, by including artists from a broad range of backgrounds and styles.

In total 72 artists who teach painting in the UK will have been invited to select one artist they had taught and one who had taught them to exhibit alongside each other. By taking this perspective the public has the opportunity to view a lineage of influence among artists that is not normally seen.

Artists included:

Artists include:

Brendan Fletcher with Tim Allen and Sarah Hardacre

June Forster with Carolyn Wallace and Tom Voyce

Martin Fowler with Kevin Phillips and Hessian Sachs

Robert Holyhead with Sharon Hall and Michael Irwin

Celia Johnson with David Ferry and Natalie Ramus

Vincent Lavell with Mike Knowles and Jay Chesterman

Rebecca Sitar with Mali Morris and Susan Laughton

Mia Taylor with Tim Stoner and Grace Payne

Sally Taylor with Gerry Davies and Kirsty Boutle

Freya Wright with Nelson Diplexcito and Helen Sayer

• Exhibition Performance Type: Exhibition
• Start Date: Sep 6, 2019
• End Date: Nov 3, 2019
• Deposit Date: Jun 21, 2023
• Keywords: Painting, Teaching Painting