Description: Postmodern, pre-modern, new realist, magic realist? Idiosyncratic certainly, Piddock's work delights in ignoring current fashions in contemporary art. His paintings blend fact and fiction, past and present. They sidestep the logic of the frantic succession of avantgarde styles that dominated the 20th Century and the attitude that was subsequently enshrined at the heart of the contemporary art establishment in the form of the 'Cutting Edge' and look instead for innovation within established traditions.
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Theseus & the Minotaur - London Bridge I | 86 x 122 cm
Greenwich Park | Oil on board | 78 x 300 cm
This painting has been selected for the RA Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy, Burlington House, Piccadilly June 18 to August 18 2024, 10am to 6pm Tuesday to Sunday and 10am to 9pm on Friday