In the first dual-sited exhibition across Studio KIND. in Barnstaple and The Plough Arts Centre in Great Torrington, members from Contemporary British Painting members have been invited to respond to the 2019 book ‘Slow Painting’ by Helen Westgeest, who considers the role of painting in a world fuelled by the digital, technological advancement, and information overload. ‘The fleeting nature of digital mass media appears to have unlocked a desire for more physically stable and enduring pictures, like paintings. Slow Painting charts how, in a world where the constant quest for speed can leave us exhausted, the appeal of this ‘slower medium’ has only grown ... Our culture today is marked by the ever-growing presence of images, and because their rate of circulation also keeps going up, we are increasingly discouraged from engaging in critical reflection on the individual image. By contrast, the world of painting represents a long tradition of works of art that stimulate contemplation on strategies in visual communication ...’ Artists include: Susan Absolon, David Ainley, Iain Andrews, Amanda Ansell, Karl Bielik, Claudia Böse, Day Bowman, Lesley Bunch, Robbie Bushe, Ruth Calland, Simon Carter, Jules Clarke, Graham Crowley, Gordon Dalton, Lisa Denyer, Sam Douglas, Natalie Dowse, Nathan Eastwood, Geraint Evans, Susan Gunn, Kirsty Harris, Roland Hicks, Marguerite Horner, Barbara Howey, Phil Illingworth, Bryan Lavelle, Andrew Litten, Paula MacArthur, David Manley, Enzo Marra, Gavin Maughfling, Ruth Murray, Stephen Palmer, Mandy Payne, Ruth Philo, Katie Pratt, Narbi Price, Freya Purdue, Katherine Russell, Harvey Taylor, Sally Taylor, Molly Thomson, Ehryn Torrell, Marius von Brasch, Joanna Whittle, Sean Williams Invited to exhibit alongside Contemporary British Painting members are a number of artists from around Devon. This includes: Llyr Davies, James Dearlove, Stuart Edmundson, Petra Freeman, StevieRay Latham, Janet Sainsbury, Bill Stewart, Peter Stiles, Kieran Walsh The exhibition includes a tribute to former Contemporary British Painting chair, Judith Tucker, at The Plough Arts Centre.