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Paradox 2015-17

"As strong as tensed muscles, as fluid as water flowing down a cascade. The motifs of Tim Hemington’s paintings are engagingly paradoxical. To combine these two ways of painting is a curious and ambitious undertaking: it is as though he is seeking to juggle with a warm coal and an ice cube at the same time. But what matters is not the disparity of these two ways of painting, but that they can sing on the same page. It is as though the painting is speaking simultaneously in two languages: English and Japanese, classicism and romanticism, figuration and abstraction. Two languages, two types of beauty, both valid."

Tony Godfrey (Excerpt from the catalogue essay for Tim Hemington: Paradox at Hino Gallery Tokyo 2017)


Flap. Oil on canvas, 135 x 270cm 2016



Scavenge. Oil on canvas, 135 x 182cm 2016



Clutch. Oil on canvas, 135 x 182cm 2016



Hunt. Oil on canvas, 182 x 135cm 2016



Hover. Oil on canvas, 135 x 182cm 2016



Soar. Oil on canvas, 135 x 182cm 2016



Figurative Painting #2. Oil on canvas, 120 x 150cm 2015

Figurative Painting #3. Oil on canvas, 120 x 150cm 2015

                                                                               Figurative Painting #4. Oil on canvas, 150 x 120cm 2015


                                               

 

 

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