Exhibiting works from the last five years by artists who live, breathe and think through painting, and passionately so, “Painting Today” brings various generations and tendencies to convene. Within the context of the exhibition, “painting today” is being used in two senses: first in order to emphasise the subjects, forms and approaches adopted by contemporary painting; second to underscore the current social atmosphere, and its socio-political picture. Is there any other art medium that is as discussed, as old and worn, and yet remains as loved and contemporary as painting is? Under the current pluralistic art environment, where a wide variety of media are being brought into play, painting continues to provide a strong and fertile space for thinking. Emphasising how painting is neither market nor populism-oriented, but rather rests on solid critical ground, the exhibition reminds us of how painting as a medium prioritises imagination. The exhibition’s title, which underscores the performative dimension of painting as an action, draws attention to gestures and processes rather than static phenomena. Through an intensive research process, “Painting Today” was conceived in full awareness of the inherent difficulties any attempt at assembling a comprehensive exhibition involves. Therefore, the curatorial process, which adopted an almost instinctive approach, mindful of maintaining subjective and objective balances, brought about a pluralistic exhibition, which articulates a choreography of its own, screening through current painting tendencies.
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