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By Michael Coppelov

Belgium By Night

Oil on linen
70 x 80 x 02 cm

£1,680.00
About the Artwork

My paintings and art practice were once described as being 'bombastically analogue'. By choosing to hand paint arrays of Casio watches is to render the digital through very analogue means. For me, the slow labour-intensive act of painting sits at the opposite end of the spectrum from the digital: which is linked with speed and efficiency. 
 
 The title itself further adds to the analogue: I was attempting to cycle from Belgium to Greece. Time was against me and my perspectives were deeply distorted by sleep deprivation and awful weather. Painted in a limited palette of oil over a pink underpainting, the blue pops off the canvas and makes the illuminated screens feel like lit swimming pools – a reference to a swimming pool shop I rested besides in the city of Namur in the early hours.

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Details

Medium: Oil on linen

Year: 2024

Size: 70 x 80 x 02 cm

Ready to Hang: Yes

The painting is stretched over a wooden frame and will hang on two screws.

Michael Coppelov

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Michael Coppelov (b.1983) is a London-based visual artist.
He completed the Turps Banana Studio Programme in London in 2018, following an MFA with Merit from Glasgow School of Art and a First Class BFA from the Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford University. Recognition includes the Abbey Fellowship in Painting at the British School at Rome and an Artists Newsletter Travel Bursary. Recent exhibitions range from solo presentations in London and Dundee to group exhibitions across London, Norwich, and Ballina, including 'Ex Roma VI,' at APT Gallery, London (2026); 'Cubitt Invites' at Cubitt Studios, London (2025), and the Summer Exhibition at Assembly House, Norwich (2025). Michael has work in public and private collections.

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