Rowan Moore & Jock McFadyen: In Conversation

Join Rowan Moore and Jock McFadyen in conversation, as they explore the fascination of the places McFadyen depicts on his canvases, and their relationship to the act of painting.

What 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.

Join Rowan Moore, architecture critic for The Observer and author of the 2019 Royal Academy artist biography on Jock McFadyen, for a discussion of the roles of paint and place in the artist's work, with the artist himself.

This event has been organised to coincide with Guildhall Art Gallery's current temporary exhibition, 'Jock McFadyen and Jem Finer: Underground and Surface', and the London Festival of Architecture. Arrive early to explore the exhibition before the talk.

Accessibility

The talk will take place in the Basinghall Suite at Guildhall Art Gallery (entrance via main Gallery entrance).

This location is wheelchair accessible and seating is provided for the duration of the event.

The event is designed for adults. Accompanied children are welcome, although the suggested minimum age is 8 years old.

This is a ticketed event, and numbers have been kept deliberately low to aid enjoyment and promote health and safety.