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TURPS PAINTING MAGAZINE ISSUE 29

 

Publication Date: 22nd November 2024

 

FEATURING

 

Romania: Peter Harrap on Alexandru Chira 

 

George Chapman interviews Caroline Walker 

 

Sarah Longworth-West talks with Charley Peters 

 

David Caines visits Andrew Cranston

 

Matt Davis on Philip Guston and Rufino Tamayo 

 

Mark Jackson interviews Richard Aldrich

 

Dick Frizzell’s Art History

 

Scott McCracken in conversation with Phoebe Unwin 

 

Jordan McKenzie interviews Michiel Ceulers

 

Bettina Semmer is Betty from Berlin

 

Shaun Caton looks at Italian Futurists

 

Matt Dennis in conversation with John Bunker

 

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The idea to establish a magazine about painting, made predominately by painters, became concrete in 2003 during one of our many discussions - arguments about our own work and other painters that interested us.

 

These discussions are vital to us and we wondered if there might be a demand for a magazine that could act as a forum for the ideas and views of painters. 

 

Partly because art criticism is not a science and because we believe good painting is not driven by ideological principles, Turps does not carry a singular position or attitude about painting, but is as open as possible, in order to allow dialogues to develop.

 

What excites us most is that, uniquely, the contributors are not critics or professional art writers, but practitioners whose contributions will hopefully illuminate their own work as they reflect on their contemporaries and their interest in the history of painting.

 

We would like to thank all our contributors and readers for their support in helping to make the magazine a success.