One Day, Something Happens: Paintings of People: A Selection by Jennifer Higgie from the Arts Council Collection

Marc Notes: Published to accompany the Arts Council Collection, UK Touring exhibition, held at Leeds City Art Gallery, 6th March-7th June 2015; Nottingham Castle Museum, 20th June-6th September 2015; Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, October 2015-February 2016; Atkinson Gallery, Southport, 13th February-22nd May 2016;and Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, 15th October 2016-8th January 2017.; Celebrated writer and art critic Jennifer Higgie illuminates her fascination for the figure in modern British painting through the works of artists as diverse as David Hockney, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Paula Rego and Peter Blake. Teasing out common themes, from representations of joy and loneliness to masks and the carnivalesque, she offers a very personal journey through contemporary figurative art. Contributor Bio:  Higgie, Jennifer Jennifer Higgie is the coeditor of "frieze" magazine. She has published writings on such contemporary artists as Ricky Swallow, Magnus Von Plessen, and David Noonan.