Alistair Frost

2007

Biography

b. 1981 Cheltenham

2005-07 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London
2000-04 BA [hons] Painting, Glasgow School of Art

Previous Exhibitions:
2006 In Brief, Jerwood Space, London
2006 Belief in Flowers, Meinblau Gallery, Berlin
2005 The Valley, Bloomberg Space, London
2005 Voodoo Shit, Hales Gallery, London
2005 The Last Chickens Of Sainsbury, The Chateau, Glasgow

Selectors' Comments:
If Alistair Frost's tidy inventory of artefacts comes off initially as 'teacher's pet' - a little too tidily figured out - look again. The investigation cuts a swath from Boetti to Bouillabre to Broodthaers and makes you wonder what's earnest and what's ironic. But it's the big-hats' salute to that other earlier Belgian that makes you relax and smile at it all.

Artist's Statement:
UMBRELLA <> SHELTER
PROTECTION <> ARMOUR
AMOUR <> SUIT OF ARMOUR
COLLAR <> COLOR
AMOUR <> MOURRA
SUITE <> SUITE OF AMOUR
STOP <> REPEAT
PARROT <> MIMIC
CAMOUFLAGE <> LEOPARD
SPOT <> STOP
ARRET <> REPEAT
BASE D'ART OK

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Base D'Art OK, 2006; Ink and watercolour on paper

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Base D'Art OK, 2006; Ink and watercolour on paper

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Katarina Forss

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Dido Hallett