Paul Wallington
Born 1993, Johannesburg, South Africa
Lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa
Paul Wallington received a Bachelor of Fine Art (Hons) from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, in 2019. Wallington works predominantly in oil painting. His earlier work drew inspiration from South African literature and poetry, and his paintings mirrored many of the issues which dominate stories coming out of a transforming South Africa. More recently his work has focused on the inner workings of his studio, finding inspiration in the debris of magazines, films, books or collages. This mess of pop cultural references are consumed, digested and regurgitated onto the canvas, changing their form and meaning. Wallington is interested in the relationship between fiction and reality and the ways in which transposing an image onto the canvas creates new possibilities with different meanings. His paintings have strong visual links to artists such as Francis Bacon and Francisco Goya.
Wallington’s latest solo exhibition ‘The Third Room’ was held at 99Loop Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. The artist has participated in several group exhibitions in South Africa including ‘Untitled 8.99 at The Box (Attebury House) (2021) in Cape Town, ‘Home is where the art is’ at Zeitz Mocaa (2020), Cape Town and ‘Scape’ at The Strangers Club (2018), Cape Town. He also exhibited in Germany in the group exhibition ‘Blue Iguana’ at Chez Malik’s in Hamburg in 2020.
Born 1993, Johannesburg, South Africa
Lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa
Paul Wallington received a Bachelor of Fine Art (Hons) from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, in 2019. Wallington works predominantly in oil painting. His earlier work drew inspiration from South African literature and poetry, and his paintings mirrored many of the issues which dominate stories coming out of a transforming South Africa. More recently his work has focused on the inner workings of his studio, finding inspiration in the debris of magazines, films, books or collages. This mess of pop cultural references are consumed, digested and regurgitated onto the canvas, changing their form and meaning. Wallington is interested in the relationship between fiction and reality and the ways in which transposing an image onto the canvas creates new possibilities with different meanings. His paintings have strong visual links to artists such as Francis Bacon and Francisco Goya.
Wallington’s latest solo exhibition ‘The Third Room’ was held at 99Loop Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. The artist has participated in several group exhibitions in South Africa including ‘Untitled 8.99 at The Box (Attebury House) (2021) in Cape Town, ‘Home is where the art is’ at Zeitz Mocaa (2020), Cape Town and ‘Scape’ at The Strangers Club (2018), Cape Town. He also exhibited in Germany in the group exhibition ‘Blue Iguana’ at Chez Malik’s in Hamburg in 2020.
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