The art critic Emmanuel Cooper reviewing Stuart Feather’s first Exhibition said, “For Stuart Feather the male nude signifies both vulnerability and openness. With his contemporary themes of physical awareness and sensual pleasure, he reminds us that nakedness is also a political statement, and it is one which he handles with conviction and sensitivity”.
The paintings in this exhibition are watercolours, egg temperas with burnished gold leaf, oils, and a new direction for Feather, oil over metal leaf. In all the paintings the form is revealed through transparent glazes, giving the feeling of the light within. The metal leaf could also be considered as a carapace against the trend to make a commodity of sexuality, while the lack of brushstrokes emphasises the erotic.
Stuart Feather has been painting since the age of four, and acting from age eleven. His lack of education prevented any formal training in either art, or drama, but he has succeeded in earning a living as an artist in both over the last thirty years. His major interest in painting has always been the depiction of the male nude and the ability of figurative work to express notions and concepts.
His first exhibition was at the Drill Hall, London in 1995, for which he received critical acclaim from Emmanuel Cooper, and which also led to meeting Stewart Hardman of Adonis Art, through whom he has been selling his works ever since.
Feather drew attention to himself by taking part in the first ever public demonstration by lesbians and gay men in the United Kingdom as a member of the Gay Liberation Front. He went on to co-found the GLF Street Theatre Group and in 1977, along with Bette Bourne, co-founded Bloolips Queer Theatre, performing and touring with them until 1993, including the 1981 New York Obie Award winning production of Lust in Space. During the same period Feather started producing painted furniture, specialising in Lacquer, in New York and in London.
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