Campbell explores the urban landscape, a subject that is a recurring thematic to his practice. However, in this latest body of work, Campbell looks to seek out beauty in our everyday items. Divine subject matter is elevated, viewed as art, as sculpture. Benches and fences become more than their functions. They are a comment about the aesthetic of our constantly changing landscape. The emphasis on the man-made is also commented on by observing littler and waste. The discarded became a vignette of British still life. These paintings are a celebration of ignored artefacts of design and purpose. In the act of painting, these objects take on a new narrative and context of visual language.
Things in a different light _ Christopher Campbell _ Sep 2019
