Gavin Chilcott

Gavin Chilcott is a kind of ‘slacker classicist’. His ambiguous forms, often resembling fragments of Greco-Roman statues, columns and vases, litter pastel landscapes that recall 20th century Surrealists like Yves Tanguy, Jean Arp, Giorgio de Chirico and Salvador Dali. In this drawing his coloured pencils seem to mimic the naive line of an especially gifted and exuberant child.