Receptacles

Location

Country: France
City: Paris
Place: British Embassy

David Leapman's paintings defy our attempts to impose fixed meanings onto them. The two forms within this painting look like boxes perched on long sticks, or possibly open hands. But then, almost as soon as we have recognised them as such, we notice something incongruous, and the meaning slips away again. They are like a visual equivalent of that moment when the precise word we are fumbling for is just on the very tip of our tongue, before it eludes us completely. Although the precision of line and use of bold, obstinate colours seems to establish a framework of absolute values, Leapman's enigmatic painting embraces uncertainty and irresolution.

Places

Subjects

abstract

Materials & Techniques

acrylic (paint), canvas, Dayglo, painting (as object name)

Artist

David Leapman (1959 - )

Title

Receptacles

Date

1998

Medium

Dayglo and acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

height: 144.00 cm, width: 185.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Beaux Arts Gallery, March 2000

Inscription

verso, tr: David Leapman 1998 / Receptacles

Provenance

Beaux Arts, London

GAC number

17458