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As the year progresses and the summer slips by, Halloween \u2013 the anarchic time of the year when ghosts and spirits were believed to roam free – silently creeps up on the calendar. Michael Ajerman<\/a> is obsessed with pumpkins. His first pumpkin painting surfaced impulsively and quickly in 2004. Ever since then, the London-based American artist considers this \u201ca breathing space in his practice\u201d and produces these orange-glowed paintings every year recording the space between memories, sensations and portraiture.<\/p>\n

\"glossolalia\"<\/a>
\nMichael Ajerman, glossolalia. Image courtesy of the Artist and Transition Gallery<\/a>, London. Copyright of the Artist.<\/em><\/p>\n

Although each of these paintings contains the same round-shaped hollow subject, Michael\u2019s painting reflects different ideas and different years. Each pumpkin spends a lot of time closely with Michael before the pivotal spark emerges and he decides how to translate its menacing beauty and immortalise it in paintings \u2013 whether it is to carve a face, choose a scale, or minimising the information.<\/p>\n

\"Pumpkin<\/a>
\nPumpkin Oilon Board, Michael Ajerman, 14×14 inches, 2003-4. Image courtesy of the Artist and Transition Gallery<\/a>, London. Copyright of the Artist.<\/em><\/p>\n

A collection of these ominous paintings can be seen at Transition Gallery<\/a> from 4 to 27 October 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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