Cool Hunting

What is the origin of ideas? Where do trends come from?

The term Cool Hunting has genesis in the 1990s obsession with branding and logo, particularly in fashion. There is an acknowledged awareness of the symbiotic links between fine art, fashion, design and the prediction forecasting which leads the commercial appearance of the goods we use, the magazines we read and the clothes we wear. The exhibition Cool Hunting looks at a small group of artists who draw inspiration from the plethora of information and images that surround us in fashion, advertising, branding, beauty and lifestyle.

Angus Hood works by amassing imaginative responses to glimpsed images and found material, creating surprising hybrids which play with the nature of painting itself. Ross Flemington titles all his works ‘model’, as if searching for an ideal pictorial conclusion while Lyndsay Mann layers suggestive images from fashion with subversive deletions to confuse the message. Kerry Harker’s paintings are also based on a reductive process of erasure leaving a decorative arabesque which hints at her sources. Victor Kastelic gives full on impact from his multiple ‘cloudburst’ of narrative drawings and Christine Frew selective portraits of celebrity glamour are altered from glossy magazine to delicate watercolour.

The exhibition has been developed by Talbot Rice Gallery and the artists. An inclusive education programme supports the exhibition.

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Cool Hunting - The Origin of Ideas

mit Ross Flemington, Christine Frew, Kerry Harker, Angus Hood, Lyndsay Mann, Victor Kastelic