{"title":"DON'T HESITATE","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0470\/2440\/6687\/files\/Tylee_Don_t_Hesitate_upcoming_1024x1024.jpg?v=1776311911\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eOpening, Friday 8 May, 5 - 7 pm. All Welcome\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDon't Hesitate\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThe principal subject of Alexandra Tylee’s still-life paintings is one of the most ubiquitous and conventional in art - the flower. But due to the imagination and invention of painters they remain still one of the premier subjects against which artists test their skill and through which they discover a range of meanings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eOften you can feel the presence or influence of photography in the background of contemporary still-life painting, but Tylee’s approach is just the opposite; it seems to have come from a place untouched by the camera’s way of seeing things, or of desires to create photographic effects in paint. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eInstead there’s a sense in which Tylee’s process of painting the flower subtly re-designs it by simplifying and flattening it’s essentials to touch on the elegant formal qualities that you might find in Japanese prints. There’s a touch of the naïve about it her work too, that might remind you of 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Century American Folk Art. Tylee’s carefully toned, often low lit backgrounds create a quiet and antique space which illuminate the arrangements.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eTylee also uses reclaimed picture frames, and this probably heightens the suggestion that these pictures come from an older, more analogue world. 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