C-Alan

C.-Alan-is-a-British-artist-and-printmaker-who-studied-at-the-Royal-College-of-Art.-His-practice-combines-traditional-etching,-meticulous-drawing-and-carefully-constructed-colour-with-a-contemporary-interest-in-satire,-idiom-and-the-absurd. Influenced-by-the-graphic-traditions-of-Goya,-Hogarth-and-Gillray,-C.-Alan-is-interested-in-the-way-familiar-phrases,-social-conventions-and-everyday-anxieties-can-be-transformed-through-visual-metaphor.-Animals-frequently-appear-as-surrogates-for-human-behaviour:-comic,-vulnerable,-threatening-or-strangely-dignified.-His-images-often-begin-with-an-idiom-or-familiar-turn-of-phrase,-which-is-then-disrupted-and-reimagined-to-create-an-ambiguous-visual-narrative. Working-through-the-slow,-materially-demanding-processes-of-intaglio-printmaking,-C.-Alan-brings-historical-techniques-into-dialogue-with-contemporary-image-culture.-Humour-and-apparent-absurdity-operate-as-points-of-entry,-while-beneath-the-surface-the-work-explores-power,-vulnerability,-human-relationships-and-the-unstable-boundary-between-comedy-and-unease.