Just a short post to implore you to get down to the Menier Gallery on Southwark street, and see Eloise O’Hare’s new exhibition Undiagnosed Madness, whilst its still on.
After suffering the pretensions of some truly awful academically led, art theory inspired conceptual work recently, it was refreshing to see something different; art infused with raw childlike imagination, unfettered by the constrictions of current art philosophy.
O’Hare’s wonder and singular approach infuses everything with enthusiasm and whimsy, the paintings are composed in a naive idiosyncratic style, colours are vivid and expressive, perspective and composition takes a back seat to lyricism and storytelling. There’s a touch of Stella Vine about some of these paintings, especially the super hero inspired ones and perhaps the St Patrick in Ireland series.
