The raw and honest paintings by Paul Haworth move between the poles of his very personal life and the galaxy of images that everyone of us is surrounded by. In his work he allows his close friends, enemies, heroes and fellow artists such as Donald Judd to take place, in the hope of gaining a better understanding of his own position as an artist.
Haworth conceives his paintings as a group, an accumulation of different stories. Navigating between the temporary and the permanent, between art that is rooted in today's society and abstract art that is separate from life, he never becomes cynical.
"As a painter I try to be unafraid to change position, make mistakes and question myself through my work. I try to deal with the questions I have about the world and about art through painting and to do this without the knowing self-awareness that is so present today in society, art, the internet etc.", says Haworth. Drips, tears in the canvas, heavily worked areas, under painting, he leaves it all in.
