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DCA Galleries during Altered States of Paint. A painting on the wall shows a silhouette of a person in side profile. Planets and stars are imposed on the top, in a surreal style.

Altered States of Paint

Angela de la Cruz, Till Gerhard, Eleni Christodoulou, Jutta Koether, Neil Clements, Fiona Jardine, Anselm Reyle, Johannes Kahrs, Fabiénne Audéoud

05 July - 07 September 2008

Challenge your preconceptions about painting with this exhibition of rebellious, spirited and playful works that extend your idea of what is possible with paint, canvas and a wall. Bringing together works by both emerging and internationally renowned artists, many of whom were showing in Scotland for the first time, the exhibition was inspired by the idea of the gallery as a gateway to visionary experiences.

DCA Galleries during Altered States of Paint. A very large - floor to ceiling - canvas is covered in abstract, loose black paint. There are figures within the painting.

The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out.
 

Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception (1954)

The exhibition is named after the 1980 Ken Russell film Altered States, in which Edward Jessup (William Hurt) undertakes a series of extreme sensory experiments to find life’s meaning.

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Paintings from Altered States of Paint in DCA Galleries. The pictures are A4 size, and are made with black ink. They are abstract pictures - there is one of a hill covered in foliage, another of a house in disrepair, and another of a hole in a floor.

Artists' Video | Altered States of Paint

Exhibition images

DCA Galleries during Altered States of Paint. A large pink, abstract canvas hangs on one wall. A sculptural work made of pink and grey material hangs on the other.
DCA Galleres during Altered States of Paint. One wall in the galleries is painted dark grey, and there are small black and white canvases hanging on it. An installation in the middle of the room looks like a white piece of fabric on top of a black plinth.
Abstract paintings from Altered States of Paint in DCA Galleries. There is a colourful image that contains yellow, green and grey paint, and four smaller pictures that are black-and-white.
DCA Galleries during Altered States of Paint. A very large - floor to ceiling - canvas is covered in abstract, loose black paint. There are figures within the painting.
DCA Galleries during Altered States of Paint. A painting on the wall shows a silhouette of a person in side profile. Planets and stars are imposed on the top, in a surreal style.
Paintings from Altered States of Paint in DCA Galleries. The pictures are A4 size, and are made with black ink. They are abstract pictures - there is one of a hill covered in foliage, another of a house in disrepair, and another of a hole in a floor.
DCA Galleries during Altered States of Paint. A large pink, abstract canvas hangs on one wall. A sculptural work made of pink and grey material hangs on the other.
DCA Galleres during Altered States of Paint. One wall in the galleries is painted dark grey, and there are small black and white canvases hanging on it. An installation in the middle of the room looks like a white piece of fabric on top of a black plinth.
Abstract paintings from Altered States of Paint in DCA Galleries. There is a colourful image that contains yellow, green and grey paint, and four smaller pictures that are black-and-white.
DCA Galleries during Altered States of Paint. A very large - floor to ceiling - canvas is covered in abstract, loose black paint. There are figures within the painting.
DCA Galleries during Altered States of Paint. A painting on the wall shows a silhouette of a person in side profile. Planets and stars are imposed on the top, in a surreal style.
Paintings from Altered States of Paint in DCA Galleries. The pictures are A4 size, and are made with black ink. They are abstract pictures - there is one of a hill covered in foliage, another of a house in disrepair, and another of a hole in a floor.
DCA Galleries during Altered States of Paint. A large pink, abstract canvas hangs on one wall. A sculptural work made of pink and grey material hangs on the other.
DCA Galleres during Altered States of Paint. One wall in the galleries is painted dark grey, and there are small black and white canvases hanging on it. An installation in the middle of the room looks like a white piece of fabric on top of a black plinth.
Abstract paintings from Altered States of Paint in DCA Galleries. There is a colourful image that contains yellow, green and grey paint, and four smaller pictures that are black-and-white.
DCA Galleries during Altered States of Paint. A very large - floor to ceiling - canvas is covered in abstract, loose black paint. There are figures within the painting.
DCA Galleries during Altered States of Paint. A painting on the wall shows a silhouette of a person in side profile. Planets and stars are imposed on the top, in a surreal style.
Paintings from Altered States of Paint in DCA Galleries. The pictures are A4 size, and are made with black ink. They are abstract pictures - there is one of a hill covered in foliage, another of a house in disrepair, and another of a hole in a floor.