{"product_id":"places-and-paint-rowan-moore-in-conversation-with-jock-mcfadyen","title":"Places and Paint: Rowan Moore in Conversation with Jock McFadyen","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Dedham Vale was to John Constable, and waterlillies were to Claude Monet, the towers, roads, wrecks and graffiti of ex-industrial east London are to Jock McFadyen. He has made these landscapes of decay and regeneration his own. Yet he is clear that his choice of locations is not the main concern of his art: “the subject of all my paintings is the paint,” he says. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRowan Moore will explore the fascination of the places McFadyen puts on his canvases, and discuss with him their relationship to the act of painting.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003eJoin Rowan Moore, Architecture Critic for \u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eObserver \u003c\/em\u003eand author of \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jock McFadyen by Rowan Moore\" href=\"https:\/\/guildhall-art-gallery.myshopify.com\/products\/jock-mcfadyen-by-rowan-moore\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethe 2019 Royal Academy artist biography on Jock McFadyen\u003c\/a\u003e, for a discussion of the roles of paint and place in the artist's work with the man himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003eThis event has been organised to tie in with Guildhall Art Gallery's current temporary exhibition, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jock McFadyen and Jem Finer: Underground and Surface\" href=\"https:\/\/guildhall-art-gallery.myshopify.com\/products\/general-admission-underground-and-surface\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e'Jock McFadyen and Jem Finer: Underground and Surface'\u003c\/a\u003e. If you haven't visited the exhibition already, why not come early and take a look around before the talk?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003eThere will also be an opportunity for Rowan and Jock to sign copies of Rowan's book at the end of the event. Copies of the book can be purchased online via the link above or in the Gallery's onsite shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate: \u003c\/strong\u003e30th June 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTime: \u003c\/strong\u003e15.00-16.30 (Arrival from 14.30)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVenue: \u003c\/strong\u003eGuildhall Art Gallery, Basinghall Suite (Enter via main Gallery entrance)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTicket Prices\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e£15.00\u003c\/strong\u003e Full Price\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e£10.00\u003c\/strong\u003e Concession (Under-18s, 60+, Students, Disabled Visitors, Art Fund Members, City of London Guides Association Members, Guildhall Art Gallery Volunteers, City of London Corporation Staff)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFree \u003c\/strong\u003efor Friends of Guildhall Art Gallery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003eIf applicable, please bring proof of your concession status (student ID, FOGAG membership card etc.) when attending this event.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003eGuildhall Art Gallery is fully wheelchair accessible. If you have any access requirements or other queries relating to this event or to the Gallery, feel free to contact us at guildhall.artgallery@cityoflondon.gov.uk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guildhall Art Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Full Price","offer_id":57994592321910,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Concession","offer_id":57994592354678,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Free","offer_id":57994592387446,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/4726\/1863\/files\/Pink_Flats_Crop.jpg?v=1780583320","url":"https:\/\/guildhall-art-gallery.myshopify.com\/products\/places-and-paint-rowan-moore-in-conversation-with-jock-mcfadyen","provider":"Guildhall Art Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}