Suzanne Treister British, b. 1958
Q.Would you recognise a Virtual Paradise? Entering the Kitchen in Reverse No. 1, 1996
oil on canvas
168 x 213 cm
66 1/8 x 83 7/8 in
66 1/8 x 83 7/8 in
'That these are narrative paintings is indisputable, and many of the roots of the narrative, both of the paintings and the world that they are narrating, lie within the field...
"That these are narrative paintings is indisputable, and many of the roots of the narrative, both of the paintings and the world that they are narrating, lie within the field of fantasy or in fantastic fiction. This in turn draws from the dark Gothic world of the fairy-tale. Castles, dungeons, dragons, a context within which all is made animate. This realm has always been one that contains and articulates occluded hopes and fears, and which, through the suspension of ordinary cause and effect and the acceptance of the non-linear has mapped possibilities and nightmares. It is a commonplace of pop psychology that these stories and the terrain that these stories transverse are isomorphs of the subconscious and of atavistic structures of belief and meaning." Richard Grayson, We're Not In Kansas Anymore, Toto", 1994
Works from this series featured in a major retrospective exhibition of the artitst's work at Modern Art Oxford in Autumn 2025 - Spring 2026.
