An exhibition featuring paintings of ‘all things nostalgic and animal’ is taking place in Preston city centre.
Small Horse is a two person show by Ruth Murray and Sarah Grant running at The Birley until next Saturday (28 June).
Sarah said: “We are honoured to be selected as part of The Birley’s Open Call for proposals, supported by Arts Council England.
“Small Horse is all things nostalgic and animal. The exhibition embraces the friction in contemporary painting between irony and sincerity, delighting in its subjects with a sense of mischievous affection. Leonardo da Vinci is said to have remarked that ‘the smallest feline is a masterpiece’. We agree!
“In a time of global collapse, the steadfast love of our pets remains one of the few constants. With that in mind, we wholeheartedly embrace the culture of the ‘cat meme,’ reclaiming the oft-dismissed ‘pet portrait’ trope and bending it to our own ends – not in pursuit of a dispassionate truth about domestic life, but as a means of interrogating form and reimagining these images as tokens of idealised memory.”
