More trouble with painting.

'Why do artists continue to paint? Does painting have an intrinsic value?' These questions were the focus of the debate held at the ICA in November 2010 in 'the lead up to Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2010 at the ICA'. Bruce McLean, Vanessa Jackson, Margarita Gluzberg and Mark Leckey took part in this discussion, considering the current state of painting.
Chaired by ICA curator David Thorp. see ICA website.

The comments made by Mark Leckey in relation to his trouble with painting I consider pertinent
he states his desire of 'not just wanting to look at paintings but wanting to be in them'.

Some of the artists that are mentioned within this discussion I have also added links to.

Christopher Wool ( Born 1955. Lives and works in New York City)

http://wool735.com/cw/images/

Kerry James Marshall (born in 1955 in Birmingham, Alabama)

Kerry James Marshall: On Museums | Art21 "Exclusive"

http://youtu.be/G5mIklsZl5s

WILHELM SASNAL

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/wilhelm_sasnal.htm

Guyton \ Walker

http://www.greenenaftaligallery.com/artist.php?id=1021

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Painting Beyond Itself: The medium in the Post-Medium Condition

April 12, 2013. Frankfurt Germany. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/newsplus/painting-beyond-itself-conference-a-success/ The book: Painting Beyond Itself - The Medium in the Post-medium Condition Paperback – Illustrated, 28 Feb 2016 by Isabelle Graw (Author) http://www.title-magazine.com/2017/09/painting-beyond-itself-an-edit-day-one/ ay by Mark Dilks

Why painting still matters : http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/nov/08/why-painting-still-matters-tate-britain

In an era of installations and performance in which 'anything' can be art, this Tate exhibition focuses on the work of five contemporary painters. Please find a link to a Guardian article http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/nov/08/why-painting-still-matters-tate-britain

Luc Tuymans is not shy about admitting that he is easily one of the most influential figurative painters working today. His work - which often deals with heavy historical subjects like the Holocaust and postcolonial guilt - resists easy interpretation. So fans and the creatively curious alike will be delighted by the Whitechapel Gallery 's launch of On & By Luc Tuymans , a collection of Tuyman's writings (one of them is appropriately entitled, "I Still Don't Get It") on not only his own ideas and images, but those of El Greco, Giorgio Morandi, and Neo Rauch, to name a few. Edited by historian-publisher Peter Ruyffelaere, it also includes critical essays, dialogues and interviews by art historians, critics, and artists like Ai Wei Wei and Takashi Murakami. I actually managed to catch Tuymans after his recent Whitechapel Gallery talk in London with art critic Adrian Searle (who also wrote On & By Luc Tuymans 's introduction) abou...

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