Leslie Farago
My work is about:
Parameters of the surface and its ability to hold memory and narrative
I explore painting as a language to represent a section of time and place, and to glorify Banality of being lost in motion
Car journeys
Nostalgic
Political swiping
Shaping future
Colour staining the gravelly smog infested facades in an attempt to mask, layer and set back monotony the speed of application,
gestural and opacity, thickness,
layering of washes painting as an object
Patterns found
Vistas recorded
Paintings feed off one another - the residue of one painstaking drawing is usurped by a print taken and a new print begins
The process of recording is cyclical and unexpected
I am intrigued by human touch placed on the grey.
I have reexamined the same plot of land over a 15 year period
Colour vibrancy thickness delicacy
These journeys sharpen my decision making
Selected Exhibitions
2019
Shells: Gypsy Corner, London
SKINS: 18 Malden Road, London
Spots.: MAP. London
2018
34 Open: CPG, London
Sunset Flip: Joseph Wales, Margate
Hospital Rooms 20x20: Griffin Gallery, London
2017
Summer Exhibition: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Street Lights II: Idea Store, Whitechapel, London
2015
45th Generation Roman: Blissfields Festival, Hampshire
2012
Welcome to the Pleasuredome ‘Salthill Centre’, Ealing, London,
Summer Exhibition: Royal Academy of Arts, London
2011
Paintings of the Bunkers: Lisa Hauck, Camden, London
Dark Matter: Ginglik, Shepherd’s Bush, London
2010
Residents: Brentford Gallery, Brentford, London
2009
Summer Show: Royal Academy of Arts, London
2008
Wessex Tales: Gallery 52A, Bethnal Green, London
South Kentish Town Tales: Kells Picture House, Kerry, Ireland
2007
Art Park Project: Westgate Car Park, Oxford
Text Driven: Stroud House Gallery, Stroud
First Class Post: Folkestone Gallery, Kent
Another Product: Cornerhouse, Manchester
2006
Hollow Salon: Hollow Contemporary Art, Islington, London
Manual Labour: Tara Bryan Gallery, Borough, London
Teratoma: Ozepes Gallery, Waterloo, London
