Untitled

Simon Ling (1968 - )

oil on canvas

2016

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Whitehall
    In this richly textured untitled painting by Simon Ling, we look at a gathering of small logs, perhaps cut from a fallen tree and left together in what appears to be a lush green landscape. The logs are painted in a way that makes them look almost animated, drawing our attention actively towards them, as if they were in conversation with us. Ling is interested in how we look at the environment we find ourselves in; in what we perceive when we look; and how we relate to what we see. His work points to a deep connection with the world around us. Ling works with paint to investigate how the creative mind perceives everyday scenes, inviting us to ask questions about the very experience of perception, and where it sits in relation to reality and the human mind.
  • About the artist
    Simon Ling was born in Bradford, Yorkshire. He studied at Carmarthen College of Art before going on to Chelsea College of Art (1988-91) and Slade School of Art (1993) in London where he currently lives and works. Solo exhibitions of his work have been held at Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne (2018); Kunsthalle, Bergen, Norway (2017) and by his gallery Greengrassi a number of times over the past two decades. Group exhibitions with his work have been held at venues including Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, US (2024); Le Consortium, Dijon, France (2023); Blanc Art Group, Beijing, China (2022); Contemporary Arts Society, London (2021); Camden Arts Centre, London and the Lewinsky Art Gallery, Plymouth (both 2022); the Hong Kong Museum of Art; Guildhall Art Gallery, London and Leeds Art Gallery (all 2019).
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  • Details
    Artist
    Simon Ling (1968 - )
    Title
    Untitled
    Date
    2016
    Medium
    oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    height: 183.0 cm; width: 122.0 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from greengrassi, March 2022
    Provenance
    greengrassi, London UK; from whom purchased by UK Government Art Collection, 31 March 2022
    GAC number
    19064