The Work The impetus for the work comes from the discomfort one can experience in busy city centres. The paintings focus on the energy and activity generated by large crowds and the sensual overload found in these places. Fundamentally placed between abstraction and figuration, the work uses the language of paint to investigate the sensations of being in frenetic urban spaces. Thisis an ideal in which to explore the space between the physical and mental realms, and how those relate to shape our identity. Selected Exhibitions

Nought . One %                                   Chapman Gallery                          May 01 Group Show                                           International 3                                Oct 01  Superstition                                           Rivington Gallery                          Oct. 00 Rent                                                        Kirkby Gallery                            April 00 John Moores 21 Open                          Walker Art Gallery                     Sept 99  Lost in Space                                        Ikon Touring                               April 99 A Formal Engagement                         Turnpike Gallery                         May 99 10th Mostyn Open                                 Oriel Mostyn Gallery                   Dec 98 Bittersweet                                             Whitworth Art Gallery                 Nov 97 Stroke                                                     Castlefield Gallery                      Oct 97 Art 99                                                      Houldsworth Fine Art                 Jan 97     Affordable art Exhibition                       Connaught Brown                       March 96  Pulse                                                       Bluecoat Gallery                         Feb 96 John Moores 19 Open                          Walker Art Gallery                      Nov 96 Ten                                                          Cornerhouse                               Nov 95 .

Features Project The Features project is an ongoing project where participants are invited to fill in questionnaires about themselves. The completed forms are part of an ongoing art project concerning notions of visual language and picturing. The first Features Questionnaire asks for a description of the face, some of the completed portraits have already been exhibited in Rent, a recent show at Kirkby Gallery. If you wish to take part in Features, then you can request a form at: mailto:rimmer@j434.fsnet.co.uk

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John Rimmer ( ID 114) @ designbank.org.uk