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James William Murray

Brighton
James William Murray’s minimal and conceptual work explores the sensuality and fragility of the body through the materiality of painting, sculpture, and photography.
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James William Murray’s minimal and conceptual work explores the sensuality and fragility of the body through the materiality of painting, sculpture, and photography. His work seeks to move beyond the binary of abstraction and figuration by examining the iconographic, symbolic, and indexical potentialities of form, material, and process. The memento mori and theological concept of the relic are recurring points of reference. His material approach emphasises a corporeal engagement with elemental materials. For example, his monochrome graphite paintings involve burnishing carbon pigment into linen, canvas, and timber to create allusive surfaces that reflect and distort light through their underlying textures. His works on paper, made with copper particles suspended in beeswax, preserve fleeting impressions of touch in motion. 

James William Murray (b. 1988) is a British artist living and working in Brighton UK and Heiloo, The Netherlands. He has presented his work in international solo, group, and two-person exhibitions at venues including Saturation Point, London, UK (2024); Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke, Belgium (2024, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017); Museum Jan Heestershuis, Schijndel, The Netherlands (2024); iCOON Museum, Hook van Holland, The Netherlands (2024); Canopy Collections, London, UK (2023), The Church Tower of Sint Anna ter Muiden, Sluis, The Netherlands (2023); PS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2023); Abingdon Studios, Blackpool, UK (2021); Rule Gallery, Denver, CO, USA (2021, 2019); and Towner Eastbourne, UK (2018, 2016). 

 

Touched 3

Untitled (Agathaidas & Phalanthus)

Cross Form Emerging #2

Cross Form Emerging #3

Untitled (Alexander, James, Simon, Thomas)

Touched #1

Graphite Painting #2

Untitled (Bob & James)

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Highlights: 28 October - 3 November, 2024

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