17 September - 31 October 1999 Through mythology, story telling and games we have always invented strange creatures - we like to play god and give our alien creatures a sense of eternity to transcend the ephemeral and uncertain. Simon Granger's paintings of animals seduce us into believing that they could be soft, funny toys, but their distant stare and their imposing presence remind us that they cannot be touched or even disturbed. They confidently hover in their own safe world captured in a moment of complete existence |
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Animal 22 1999 oil on canvas 170 x 212 cm |