Dimensions: support: 1518 x 1210 mm frame: 1530 x 1220 x 40 mm
Copyright: © Alan Davie | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Curator: Alan Davie's "Entrance to a Paradise," held at the Tate, is a powerful and complex work. Editor: Paradise? It feels more like a descent, with all those dark, clashing strokes! Curator: Davie often explored symbolic languages, and I see it as paradise being veiled, obscured by our own anxieties. The chaotic brushwork represents the struggles we face to attain inner peace. Editor: Interesting. I was thinking about the post-war context. Perhaps this 'paradise' is a critique of idealized visions after such devastation, a reflection on broken promises. Curator: Possibly both. Davie drew inspiration from various cultures and mythologies, suggesting a universal quest. Ultimately, the symbols can be interpreted personally. Editor: Well, it certainly leaves a lasting impression, this supposed paradise. Food for thought.
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An interest in the subconscious world runs through Davie’s work. This layered painting is an accumulation of spontaneously applied marks. The result is a picture in which line and colour no longer describe shapes but operate as autonomous pictorial elements. For Davie the separation of these elements from their traditional descriptive function required him constantly to paint over images until, almost by chance, he struck upon the right one. He described these as ‘rare magical moments when I was completely surprised and enraptured beyond all knowing’. Gallery label, September 2016
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