Rural Rides, New Glasgow Society, Glasgow, 2021
3 - 30 September 2021
New Glasgow Society
Regina Res Publica (Gina), 2004 oil on canvas 167.6 x 224.8 cm
Regina Res Publica (Gina), 2004 (detail)
Regina Res Publica (Gina), 2004 (detail)
'Ripe for the Picking Series', 2008 oil on panel 60 cm diam.
'Ripe for the Picking' Series, 2008 oil on panel 60 cm diam.
Ruby, 2020 oil on canvas board 12 x 10 cm
Ride a Dark Horse, 2011 charcoal on paper 120 x 80 cm
Rooting and Rhymes in the Forest, charcoal on paper, 120 x 80cm
Delia, Delia Ballerina, 2011 charcoal on paper 120 x 80 cm
The Clown, 2010 oil and pencil on watercolour paper 84 x 60 cm
Sweet Cheeks, 2010 oil and pencil on watercolour paper 84 x 60 cm
Old Jonny, 2010 oil and pencil on watercolour paper 84 x 60 cm
She Casts Her Own Shadow, 2012 oil on canvas on paper and fabric 30 x 26 cm
When Strings Are Attached, 2012 oil on canvas 40 x 30 cm
Uncloaked, 2012 oil and mixed media on canvas 24 x 18 cm
Tarzan and the Ox Bow, 2012 oil on canvas 24 x 18 cm
Rubens Sur L’Herbe, 2013 oil on canvas 26 x 20 cm
Rope Swing Derrick, 2012 Oil on canvas 18cm x 24cm
Yellow Kite, 2013, oil on canvas, 20 x 26 cm
Ruby 2020 oil on canvas board 12 x 10 cm
Photos: Stefan Krajcik
Sharon Thomas: Rural Rides
Preview: Friday 3 September 6-9pm
Artist Talk: Saturday 18 September 2pm
Rural Rides presents the work of artist Sharon Thomas, spanning the last 15 years, offering significant works made in New York during the post 9/11 years of the early 2000’s, to those made more recently in Glasgow.
Thomas uses Old Master painting techniques to present grand narrative landscapes that hark back to the now contested British Imperial age. Large allegorical works are presented alongside delicately rendered portraits in oil paint, charcoal, and pencil. Thomas’ awkward characters embody traditionally gendered roles presented with new and unsettling situations. These beautiful and challenging works offer the viewer a personal analysis of contemporary social orders within which gender, class and politics are at war.
A limited-edition catalogue accompanies this exhibition with its preface 'Sharon Thomas, Regina Res Publica, 2004: A Response' written by Dr. Gráinne Rice (2021).
N.B: ‘Rural Rides’ refers to title of a late work by English journalist and politician William Cobbett (1763-1835)