Paul is 51 and has been living in his own flat for almost a year now following a long period of homelessness. He did this acrylic on canvas painting at an art class run by Loaves and Fishes, a charity helping homeless and vulnerable people in Salford and Manchester. “It started from looking at a German print,†he explains, “then I added my own background and colour.â€
Jeremy Deller – conceptual, video and installation artist and Turner Prize Winner – on View of Building by Paul Gorman:
“I really like this. I can totally understand it. This kind of work is the kind of work I would make if I were painting – something like a fantasy almost of a building, almost like he’s a frustrated architect. I like the simplicity of it, there’s a lot of charm about it. It’s quite heartfelt as well. Work like that is something I can really enjoy. Art is a way of escaping a certain reality, possibly, and you can see that here especially in the subject matter, which is about where you live, it’s a home. It makes it more poignant. You can see he really enjoyed making it.â€
Unframed Prints available in sizes A4, A3 & A2
A3 and A4 are printed on 300GSM High Colour Matt Paper
A2 where available, is printed on 200GSM High Colour Gloss Paper
All prints have a bleed space that varies between artworks