Reflecting the persistent engagement with literature throughout his painting practice, Aaron’s PhD defines criteria for the classification of a painting as fiction. Drawing upon the literary autofiction of Ben Lerner and Rachel Cusk, Aaron argues that this shift away from painting’s art-historical preoccupation with ‘truth’, through the explicit use of fiction as a method, allows a visual knowledge of the fictions woven throughout everyday reality to be gained through painting. If I were taller exhibition is the final outcome of Aaron’s PhD research.
Image: Personae (Baskerville Circumflex), 2022, gesso, acrylic, pencil and oil on linen, 55.3 x 82.6 cm.
