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Winston Wächter is pleased to present the small things, an intimate exhibition of new paintings by London-based artist Claire Partington.
In the small things, Partington mines the visual language of the Northern Renaissance, drawing direct inspiration from the stark, magical surrealism of masters like Jan van Eyck and Lucas Cranach the Elder. Historical motifs of virtue, fidelity, and mortality are seamlessly updated into the "social media filtered" identities of today.
"Treating the painting and framing as a whole, I aim to create small objects of reflection and intimacy," says Partington. "My young subjects may feel familiar, but they inhabit their own very distinct and magically unattainable realm."
Claire Partington graduated from Central Saint Martins in 1995 with a 1st in Fine Art Sculpture and gained a Post Graduate qualification in Museum Studies in 2000. She started making ceramic works after attending night school classes in 2005. Her work features in notable international collections including the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, National Museums Scotland, Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Museum of London, Seattle Art Museum, Ömer Koç Collection, Istanbul and the Reyden Weiss Collection in Germany. She was awarded a Contemporary Art Society Commission in 2022 with the Walker Art Gallery, and was the recipient of the Virginia A Groot award in 2018.
