Someone and some other, 28 September - 21 October, 2011

Robinson works in the realist tradition. His works centre on depictions of the prosaic and everyday occurrences, which somehow evoke mystery and the suggestion of a wider narrative. He will contemplate these forgotten places or moments for a long period of time before committing them to canvas, and as such the best of his paintings have a considerable meditative quality. The minimalist compositions, with their rejection of anything superfluous, only add to this effect. As an artist he is not afraid to challenge the perception of what a painting is - be it a mere representation of an object or an object in its own right. In doing so some of his still life works will actually incorporate 3-dimensional material to emphasis the essential paradox in realist painting. An early work depicting a skirting board was, for instance, mounted in a box constructed by real skirting board.