Merlin James

6 Jun-10 Aug 2013

Overview

Parasol unit presents the work of painter Merlin James, focusing on a selection of works from his early career in the 1980s to the present. This will be the artist’s first major one-person exhibition in a London institution. Merlin James’ somewhat enigmatic paintings address a vast and eclectic range of subject matter and richly metaphoric imagery. James' works interrogate traditional approaches of painting, often actively integrating the physicality of the canvas and stretcher into the composition, as well as incorporating dust, glue or debris into the surface.