The Persistence of Painting
Jennifer Aldred, Amelia Barratt, Max Boyla, Michael Clarence, Sooun Kim, Amanda Seibæk, Amy Winstanley
Patricia Fleming Gallery
Amanda Seibæk, Swarm, 2025. Mixed media on linen, 150 x 180cm
Amelia Barratt, Swat, 2025. Oil on canvas, 40 x 45 cm; Michael Clarence, Goodbye to a Friend, 2025. Oil on canvas, 31 x 26 cm
Amelia Barratt, Flyover, 2025. Oil on canvas, 110 x 100 cm; Amelia Barratt, Swat, 2025. Oil on canvas, 40 x 45 cm
Amy Winstanley, Fold Your Time, Make it Mine, 2025. Oil on canvas, 150 x 180 cm
Max Boyla, Puddle in the sky, 2025. Dye, acrylic, and bleach on satin, 140 x 130 cm; Max Boyla, It does nothing to my heart, 2025. Dye, and acrylic on satin, 120 x 140 cm
Sooun Kim, Silent Flight’s Grain, 2025. Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm; Max Boyla, Puddle in the sky, 2025. Dye, acrylic, and bleach on satin, 140 x 130 cm; Max Boyla, It does nothing to my heart, 2025. Dye, and acrylic on satin, 120 x 140 cm
Sooun Kim, Plumeform, 2024. Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm
Michael Clarence, A rush of heat from your kiss, 2025. Distemper, oil and enamel on canvas, 65 x 55 x 3.5 cm; Michael Clarence, Nihon buyō (Japanese Dance), 2025. Distemper and oil on canvas, 65 x 55 x 3.5 cm
Michael Clarence, The Seed and the shower, 2024-2025. Distemper and oil on canvas, 65 x 55 x 3.5 cm; Michael Clarence, Warm Rain Garden, 2025. Distemper and oil on canvas, 65 x 55 x 3.5 cm
Amy Winstanley, Seeds, 2025. Oil on canvas, 66 x 61 cm
Jennifer Aldred, Ian, 2025. Pen, paint and pencil on PVC, 240 x 240 cm
The Persistence of Painting
Jennifer Aldred, Amelia Barratt, Max Boyla, Michael Clarence, Sooun Kim, Amanda Seibæk, Amy Winstanley
Patricia Fleming Gallery
15/11 – 20/12/2025
The Persistence of Painting builds on the legacy of the benchmark exhibition of the same title held at the Centre of Contemporary Art Glasgow (CCA, Glasgow) in November 1995. That exhibition positioned painting as the medium “most central to visual art”, suggesting how with any mention of art brings to mind visions of pigment on canvas. Staged at a time of increasing technological development and new forms of mass reproduction, the sentiment of the 1995 exhibition continues to resonate today. Embracing this, The Persistence of Painting at Patricia Fleming Gallery acts as a high decibel echo of the CCA exhibition. Specifically featuring artists from or who work in Scotland this exhibition demonstrates how, in a new post-digital age, an appreciation for tangible materials persists; how the physicality of painting can spark higher states of consciousness and an engagement with the stuff of the world, human and more than human alike.
Photo credit: Bart Urbanski