
¡Venga! ¿Estás listo para conocer un pintor verdaderamente maldito? ¿Conocías a Ken Currie? ¿ No? Me lo imaginaba, pero no pasa nada que yo te lo voy a presentar…
Ken Currie, pintor escocés, nació en Inglaterra en 1960, pero estudio y vivió en Glasgow y por eso se le considera escocés…Sus cuadros son oscuros, violentos…
Estudio en la escuela de arte de Glasgow, graduándose en 1983. Fue parte de los “New Glasgow Boys”, un grupo de jóvenes pintores figurativos de la ciudad. Entre otros, en el grupo figuraban Peter Howson, Adrian Wiszniewski and Steven Campbell, todos famosos pintores escoceses.
Los cuadros de Currie exploran, con cierta profundidad, el tema de la mortalidad y su gran interés en todo lo relacionado con el cuerpo humano, siendo igual lo físico como lo metafórico. A la mortalidad, Currie le llamaba “el terror” y en una entrevista concedida en 2021 a la revista británica Tatler Asia, el pintor dijo que le gusta que sus cuadros floten en ese espacio liminar entre la bello y lo horripilante. Tambien ha dicho que le gusta representar cosas que emergen de lo oscuro pues adquieren un toque teatral.
Sabemos que Currie idolatra al pintor británico Francis Bacon y que también adora al gran pintor sevillano Diego Velázquez, dos pintores que yo también ciertamente admiro, aunque no al nivel de idolatrarlos…
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Are you ready to meet a truly dark painter? Did you know about Ken Currie? No? I figured as much, but it’s okay, I’m going to introduce him to you…
Ken Currie, a Scottish painter, was born in England in 1960, but he studied and lived in Glasgow, which is why he is considered Scottish. His paintings are dark and violent.
He studied at the Glasgow School of Art, graduating in 1983. He was part of the «New Glasgow Boys,» a group of young figurative painters from the city. Among others, the group included Peter Howson, Adrian Wiszniewski, and Steven Campbell, all famous Scottish painters.
Currie’s paintings explore, with some depth, the theme of mortality and his great interest in everything related to the human body, both physical and metaphorical. He referred to mortality as «the terror,». In a 2021 interview with the British magazine Tatler Asia, the painter stated that he enjoys having his paintings float in that liminal space between the beautiful and the horrific. He has also mentioned that he likes to represent things that emerge from the darkness as they acquire a theatrical touch.
We know that Currie idolizes the British painter Francis Bacon and also adores the great Sevillian painter Diego Velázquez, two painters whom I certainly admire as well, although not to the point of idolizing them…
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Those two examples are somewhere between scary and depressing. You can certainly sense of mortality in them.
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Absolutely! Disturbing art, no? Would you hang one of those on your salon?
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Very doubtful.
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I’ve no doubt. I would keep them in my basement safe but never on my walls! 😊😀😊
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Nice information
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Thank you 🙏🏻 Sir! Good morning Sir, how is your day?
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Last time I was in Edinburgh, I had a chance to see the Unknown Man portrait at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Seeing Professor Black in surgical robes standing behind the covered remains of a body was quite moving. Thanks for sharing, and have a good day 🙂 Aiva xx
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I can imagine. It is always better to actually stand in front of the painting to really appreciate its depth, meaning and colours. Thanks so much Aiva! 😊🌹😊
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