— ABOUT —
Dylan Lisle is British figurative painter. He studied at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen, graduating in 2000, and has since developed a practice rooted in classical techniques with a contemporary edge.
Lisle worked from studios in Aberdeen and Edinburgh for many years before relocating to Manchester, where he has been based for the past 13 years, working from 1853 Studios in Oldham. His work has been exhibited extensively across Scotland and England, with solo exhibitions in London, Edinburgh, and Aberdeen, as well as group shows in New York, London, Eton, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester.
Statement
My current body of work is a meditation on the historical societal functions of folklore, mythology and traditional aphorisms. It is an inquiry into the important mechanism of folk wisdom and oral tradition relative to the cultural and psychological paradigm shift of the meta-modern age.
Using traditional indirect painting methods and the dark aesthetic of the painters working in the baroque period, I create paintings that encourage the viewer to reconsider the messages carried by traditional narratives within the frame of the digital media age. I aim to encourage discourse on the impact of replacing the function of narrative heritage with social media and internet based communication.