Dimensions: image: 200 x 299 mm
Copyright: © Peter Doig | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Curator: Peter Doig created this image, titled "Daytime Astronomy". It's part of the Tate collection. Editor: The mood is so nocturnal, though! The limited palette and contrast give it a very moody, dreamlike quality, almost sepia-toned. Curator: It does play with contrasts, and the title is ironic. Consider Doig's interest in depicting environments that evoke memory and place, especially in the context of globalization. Editor: Memory is palpable in the layering and textures. The blurred lines almost make it hard to tell the landscape, but the composition is a little unsettling. Curator: That's true. I'd suggest thinking about the imagery's relationship to contemporary ideas of home and identity. Editor: I see it now, the distortion adds to that feeling of dislocation. A powerful image.
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Born in Edinburgh and raised in Canada, Peter Doig returned to live and work in the UK in 1979. He is known for his large landscape paintings, shown at the Tate in 1994 when he was shortlisted for the Turner Prize. Doig often bases his work on found images, such as photographs, which he abstracts and personalises to stretch the idea of representation to the limit. Works such as these etchings hover between being abstract marks and recognisable images. The restricted colour, inspired by the snowy landscapes of Canada, adds to the abstract character of the image. Gallery label, August 2004
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