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The Illegality of Motiveless Actions

By  Louise Marchal 2006 - 2007

Louise Marchal

Painted during my M.A. this piece summed up much of what I was working on and thinking about in terms of the action of painting within what seemed to be a predominantly conceptual art world. This work as well as others from the same body of work were shown in my solo exhibition Play |> Pause || in 2008 at The Fishmarket in Northampton.

Louise Marchal

Jayne West / The Fishmarket, Northampton

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Further Reading at The Lit & Phil, Newcastle Upon Tyne

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Monument to Obscurity - a biography of a contemporary of Augustus John

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