Artist Profile

Josh Foley

The task of writing about one’s process is a fraught one. For myself, there are many shifts of method and material between each exhibition and each picture that, by the time I’ve written this sentence, a new way of approaching the question of how to paint may have emerged.

I remember, during my studies at university, when my painting project was still framed by classical surrealist tropes (Ernst, Dali, Tanguy),

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