Philip Braham | Prescient Nature
Philip Braham discusses the work in his exhibition Prescient Nature. ‘Philip Braham’s title Prescient Nature speaks to the ecology of the future, how an icy forest, or landscape billowed in snow, or the reflection of winter trees in still water are not raw materials available for man’s disposal, but closer to the philosophy of Martin Heidegger’s realm of sky, earth, mortal and divine with the artist an agent in aletheia, the disclosure of truth. Braham makes beautiful paintings, beauty, a human perception, all the more poignant given its fragility.’ – Guy Peploe
Closer to Home | January 2021
We are delighted to open 2021 with a major exhibition of new work by artist Philip Braham. In this new collection of paintings and photographs he explores the landscape around his new home and studio in the marches between Highland and Lowland: ancient disputed lands, rich in human history: agricultural, religious and violent. The thin mantle of the earth bears witness to the human struggle, the beautiful indifference of the passing seasons dictating the rhythms of farming, social life, warfare and death.
Philip Braham has exhibited with The Scottish Gallery since 1984 and Closer to Home presents his sixth solo exhibition with The Gallery. We are delighted to showcase this haunting body of work from an artist deserving of particular contemplation.
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Philip filmed some beautiful films of his Perthshire home landscape, which feature in his work throughout the exhibition.
