The Artistic Urge from Prehistory to the Present.

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I spent the weekend in london visiting galleries. I viewed exhibitions by Gerhart Richter and Ida Ekblad amoungst others. I particularly liked the work of Eddie Martinez which was displayed at the Timothy Taylor Gallery. An artist from New York who paints large canvases in bold colours. His application of paint is aggressive and areas of flat colour are separated by black line work. He uses spontaneous gesture, and the brushstrokes have speed and dexterity. He states that his gestures were limited by a temporary physical handicap from excessive tennis playing. He explored this physical injury as process. This reminds me of Cy Twombly and his attempts to thwart his draughtsmanship by painting in the dark and using his left hand.