Paul Painting is a visual artist living and working in Cape Town. Aptly, Paul's surname is in fact 'Painting'.

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Artist's statement.

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Thematically my work has invariably returned to an intensely personal series of responses : central themes include the nature of duality , the complexities of guilt , memory and desire , and the allure of the macabre , the mysterious and the forbidden . The persistence of these themes is allied to a preoccupation with the fringe , with alienation and feelings of dislocation and uncertainty , the paradoxical lure and repulsion of assimilation and integration . At its rawest my work probably stems from these agitated psychological states , and the outsider figure crops up persistently , often in the shape of misfits , criminals and anthropomorphized beings 

Paul's themes encompass elements ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous. His moody and enigmatic narratives are offset by their wry sense of humour.

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SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP SHOWS

Rust en Vrede 2019 Birdlife
Woordfees 2018
Footprint Biennale 2016
Eclectica Modern 2016
Beyond Skin-Theartbusiness,Piketberg,2012
Portraits-Rust-en-Vrede 2012
Self Portraits -Rust-en-Vrede 2011
Phantasmagoria-Salon 91 2011
Work- KZNSA 2011
phan-tas-ma-goria- KKNK 2011
Solo-Rust-en-Vrede 2011
Stellenbosch Woordfees-2011 (group)
Inprint-travelling 2010(group)
Coppertone-Salon 91 2010 (group)
Print-These Four Walls 2010 (group)
Summershow-iArt 2009 (group)
Recent Work-AVA 2008

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