{"title":"Andrew Szczech","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMA Fine Art, City \u0026amp; Guilds of London Art School, 2021\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the centre of Andrew Szczech's practice is a response to the breakdown of structures – both physical and ideological. His paintings are built through a process of erosion and repair: gessoed surfaces are cracked open, layered with pigment, burnished, and then stilled. What remains is a kind of weathered skin – distressed, luminous, enduring. Recent paintings draw on fragments of late-Victorian wallpaper from the V\u0026amp;A archive. Alice Back Emerging Artist Award 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy practice is an ongoing search for a unique visual language, rooted in the traditions of painting. I work with traditional techniques and materials, re-imagining them in contemporary ways. Most recently, I have been drawn to egg tempera. Working with a limited palette, I am fascinated by how a small number of pigments can remain endlessly intriguing. Surface is attacked and broken down, then polished, cherished, caressed, and cosseted. A sense of beautiful melancholy quietly pervades the work.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1054\/0135\/2524\/collections\/Andrew_2119e3677e344eab58f514047e96b29d.webp?v=1783589516","url":"https:\/\/www.newbloodart.com\/collections\/andrew-szczech.oembed","provider":"New Blood Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}