Derrick Guild
RSA Born: 1963Place of Birth: Perth
Born in 1963 in Perth, Scotland, Derrick Guild has been the recipient of many awards for his unique work. Guild's paintings and objects reference European still life of the 15th to 19th centuries. The drama, allegory and naturalism inherent in this period of painting speak to Guild of ever-present dilemmas of the human condition. His works are classical, formal and at the same time contemporary in their sense of dislocation and ambiguity.
"In my work I am trying to create fluidity between the past and present. I make still life paintings using oil on canvas and objects that use a wide range of materials including cast resin, oil paint and miscellaneous materials. In the paintings, I am trying to harness the look and feel of the great European still life tradition. I want to hijack the high drama and emotional integrity that resonates in the work of that era. I aim to marry that look and feel to contemporary ideas and thoughts that include religion, colonialism, genetic modification, sexuality, commodification of nature, fecundity, humour, appropriation, addiction, beauty, absurdity, surrealism and realism. This list is always growing and is never closed. I feel the still life format easily allows narrative and metaphor, complexity and simplicity to be conveyed. Whilst every painting can be read alone, I feel that they are each a single sentence in a much longer and ongoing dialogue. The objects are in a sense three-dimensional versions of my still life paintings. They have developed from the realisation that an object resonates differently when it interacts in a space as a real object. I am trying for a more heightened sense of realism so that the experience of the object is not filtered through the two-dimensional canvas.” Derrick Guild
During the International Festival in August 2019, Derrick Guild held the solo exhibition Ever After at The Scottish Gallery. Featuring paintings, objects, photographs and installation works, the display created a cabinet of curiosities for the post-modern, digital world.
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Label Anne Hyde after Sir Peter Lely View details
Derrick Guild
Label Anne Hyde after Sir Peter Lely
2019oil on linenH:173cm W:122cm£22,000Bread as Cake (roll version), 2015 View detailsDerrick Guild
Bread as Cake (roll version), 2015
oil on linen under oval mountH:16cm W:21cm£1,750Derrick Guild in his Studio, 2015 View details-
After Eden No. 4 View details
Derrick Guild
After Eden No. 4
2016-17oil on linenH:61cm W:42cmSoldEver After, after Raeburn and Liotard View detailsDerrick Guild
Ever After, after Raeburn and Liotard
oil on canvas in four piecesH:40cm W:38cmSoldPieces of Duncan, after Danloux View detailsDerrick Guild
Pieces of Duncan, after Danloux
acrylic on linenH:41cm W:35.5cmSoldCast View detailsDerrick Guild
Cast
2016-17acrylic on linenH:142cm W:112cmSoldAfter A. D. View detailsDerrick Guild
After A. D.
2017acrylic on linenH:62cm W:51cmSoldLabel Philip (after Velasquez) View detailsDerrick Guild
Label Philip (after Velasquez)
2014oil on linenH:71cm W:56cmSoldFollower 8 2015-16 View detailsDerrick Guild
Follower 8 2015-16
oil on canvasH:29cm W:23.5cmSoldFollower 3 2015-16 View detailsDerrick Guild
Follower 3 2015-16
oil on canvasH:29cm W:23.5cmSoldBurnt Cassowary, 2013-15 View detailsDerrick Guild
Burnt Cassowary, 2013-15
oil on linenH:198cm W:153cmSoldPhotograph: William Van EslandBoarhills Botanical, 2014-15 View detailsDerrick Guild
Boarhills Botanical, 2014-15
oil on linenH:163cm W:112cmSoldPhotograph: William Van EslandLoading
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