Peter Doig
Orange Sunshine
1995-6, Oil on Canvas
276 x 201cm |
The
contemporary snowboarders seem oddly out of place in the Renoir-dappled
sky and Derain-speckled drifts. But it’s the way Doig
masters this illusionary effect of the paint that creates
a convincing, almost tangible fourth dimension - the muffling
stillness of the air, the soggy feel of slushing snow, the
crisping smell of twilight. Doig plugs into a nostalgia that
photography can never capture: the physicality of his paintings
makes these generic memories more vivid and desirable than
the viewer’s own. |