‘Shezad Dawood, Iain Kiaer, Robin Megannity: this week’s new exhibitions’

by Skye Skerwin

by Robert Clark

Date
29 March 2014
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‘Shezad Dawood, Iain Kiaer, Robin Megannity: this week’s new exhibitions’

29 March 2014

Robert Clark and Skye Sherwin

Robin Megannity, Manchester

Robin Megannity imbues his images with the retro appearance of traditional oil paintings. Unusually for a contemporary artist, he makes use of oil paint's illusionistic potential, building up his fictional scenarios in fine layers to suggest real-life scenes. He employs a changing cast of actors to pose with apparently meaningful gestures amid an assortment of symbolic props. The muted colours create claustrophobic shadows and the cryptic titles (I Am Convincing Myself To Transmit, The Captain Reached For Something To Hold On To, pictured) add to the atmosphere of narrative suspense. The aim seems to be to suggest a series of storylines that have been petrified into enigmatic yet intriguing mysteries.

Bureau, to 18 Apr

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‘Shezad Dawood, Iain Kiaer, Robin Megannity: this week’s new exhibitions’

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