Richard Baker

Blenheim Walk- Private View

"His work has evolved through an unhealthy obsession with eBay, specifically with the section devoted to modernist furniture. This unlikely source of Bakers inspiration row upon row of Earnes and Panton Chairs, often tired, neglected and badly photographed are his coveted objects. Unable to own them, he has managed to acquire them through other means- by a considered process of layering, scraping re-drawing and glazing he carefully renders these objects his own" Press Release.

The press release entices audiences to come and discover these paintings and explore his "unhealthy obsession". It descriptively describes the work and the physicality's of the paintings "layering, scraping, re-drawing and glazing". His work exhibited within a long thin corridor, an interesting space due to the width and height or the room transforming his personal obsession into an intimate space. There were many students that had come to see his work as well as an outside audience.