In Response

TURPS

TURPS Correspondence course 20/21 group show

Artists are the orators of human life. Artists digest, investigate, ponder, contextualise, deconstruct, question and rationalise the experiences of human beings and the world in which they exist. This exhibition presents work by artists who are carrying out this role in two ways; that of introspection versus that of extrospection. Remarkably, this creates a reflection of the fundamental ethos on which the TURPS Correspondence course is built, where each artist presents their work outwards to their mentor and thereupon absorbs the feedback back into the development of their painting practice.

This group of artists consists of 26 London based participants of this year's TURPS correspondence course. This years course is unique; as painters we are used to working independently and the nature of the course is that of a slow digestion of critical feedback, of introspection and experimentation; this year more than any other these facets of the course in particular that of solitude have been magnified due to the Covid 19 Pandemic. This exhibition will be the first time our work will be shown together. We hope to use this exhibition as a platform for dialogue between all of us, who, although working alone, have embarked on a huge shared experience, furthering our painting practice throughout a surreal and significant point in time. We plan to expound this dialogue by presenting Artists talks by some of the painters throughout the show.