The Scottish Connection: British Figurative Painting
Matt Price, Flash Art
November 2011
Figurative painting in Britain over the past two decades is a story of fragmentation, of individual accomplishment that has never coalesced into a discernibly British painting style. The practices of Chris Ofili, Peter Doig, Glenn Brown, Jenny Saville, Andrew Grassie and George Shaw illustrate some of the diverse techniques and concerns that have come out of British figurative painting to international attention in this time, and suggest that their practices are connected to international more than specifically national debates. […]