The Comic Power of Ken Kiff's Sequence

Fisher, James ORCID: 0000-0003-0800-5175 (2018) The Comic Power of Ken Kiff's Sequence. Turps Banana Magazine, 19. pp. 14-21.

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Abstract

The British painter Ken Kiff (1935-2001) emerged as a powerful force in figurative painting during the 1970s and 80s. He worked as associate artist at the National Gallery in 1993. He has, since this time, drifted from attention and is in some circles considered something of a parochial figure. Most available writing on this artist focuses on the formal aspects of his work; colour and composition. Kiff himself often deflected conversation around the narrative content of his imagery. This article presents a reconsideration of the comic power of Kiff’s paintings with particular attention on the Sequence, a series of works on paper that Kiff made alongside his wider practice for the duration of his career. The article is part of an initiative, with the collector John Talbot to bring together the Sequence in its entirety (some 130 pictures) for the first time in an internationally significant exhibition.

Item Type:	Article
Article Type:	Article
Related records:	Ken Kiff's Sequence #48 From the Sea to ...
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > ND Painting
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Creative Arts
Research Priority Areas:	Creative Practice and Theory
Depositing User:	James Fisher
Date Deposited:	09 Mar 2021 16:16
Last Modified:	31 Aug 2023 09:22
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/9448

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