KEN KIFF: THE HILL OF DREAMS │ Marlborough Fine Art, London → 17 April 2015

Sequence No. 35, Walking (the dead father), c.1990, acrylic on board, 56 x 44 cm

Sequence No.29, Liquorice Pipe Man, c.1990, acrylic on board, 39.4 x 54 cm

Rider in the Forest, c.1970, acrylic on board, 53 x 38 cm

Green Hat, Early 1970’s, pastel on paper, 79 x 57.5 cm

Sequence No.37, Talking with a Psychoanalyst: the hand, c.1990, acrylic on board 55 x 37 cm

Sequence No.57, Excrement, c.1990, acrylic on paper, 68 x 55 cm

Sequence No.59, Goddess, Attendant and Cloak, c.1990. Acrylic on paper, 68 x 54.5 cm

Sequence No.67, Unlikely Angel, c.1990, acrylic on paper, 56 x 38 cm

Sequence No.132, Words, c.1990, acrylic on paper, 71 x 57.2 cm

Sequence No.154, Crouching Man, c.1990, acrylic on paper, 67.5 x 100 cm

Sequence No. 165, Protruding Tongue, c.1970, acrylic on board, 68 x 87 cm

Woman in Sky, 1999, acrylic on board, 80 x 78.5 cm. / 31 1/2 x 30 7/8 in.

Man and Maiden, c.1970, acrylic on board 53 x 38 cm

Horizontal, Flower and Tree with Yellow Sun, 1992-3, acrylic on board, 28 x 144.5 cm

Yellow Head, Night, 1989, oil on board, 65 x 54 cm

Dark figure, Mid 1970’s, pastel on paper, 76.5 x 56 cm

Woman standing in Sea with crimson Flowers & pale, 1989/91, oil on board, 152.4 x 68.5 cm

After Patenier I, 1992-3, charcoal and pastel on paper, 69 x 84 cm

Man Painting, on Yellow, 1965, oil on board, 91.5 x 112 cm

Orange Tree in Large Black Shadow, 1990, charcoal on paper, 99.7 x 69.9 cm

White Tree, Large Face, 1990. Acrylic on canvas, 121.9 X 68.6 cm

After Patenier III, 1992-3, charcoal and pastel on paper, 102 x 153 cm

Woman Watching a Murder, 1996, acrylic on board, 76.2 x 63.5 cm

Artist and Blue Head, 1965, acrylic on board, 122 x 106.5 cm

Man, Boat and Lizard, 1972. Mixed media on board, 63 x 65 cm

Violinist , 1975, oil on board, 101 x 81 cm

Untitled (W9), 1996, encaustic, 37.5 x 44.5 cm

“Mālbra Fîn Āt z dlîtd t anâns an xibišn v pêntñz, drōñz n grafics bî Britiš ātist Cen Cif, RA (1935–2001).

Ɖ xibišn, ɖ frst in Lundn sns 2008, wl cmprîz sm 40 wrcs, wɖ mêjr pêntñz n acrilics, includñ ɖ Našnl Gaḷri Triptic, a lj-scêl pêntñ md jrñ hiz rezidnsi at ɖ Našnl Gaḷri btwn Nvmbr 1991 n Octobr 1993. It wl olso includ sm prīvı̣sli unsin pêntñz fṛm ɖ Istet, demnstretñ ɖ ātist’s xtrōdnri renj n vrṣtiḷti, tgɖr wɖ a nmbr v wrcs fṛm Ɖ Sīqns siriz, a projct stātd in 1971 n ivnčli nmbrñ sm 200 wrcs in ol.

Ɖs xibišn wl pṛvîd vywrz wɖ ɖ oṗtyṇti t riivalyet ɖ wrc v ɖ ātist, hu pṛdyst an abîdñ n mč admîrd bodi v wrc, invocñ fanṭsi n miʈ in xplorñ ɖ riaḷtiz v hymaṇti.

Fṛm ɖ 1980z, printmêcñ bcem incrisñli impwtnt t Cif. Ɖ vrayti v tecnīcs alaud hm t xplor hiz ôn vižl lanĝj ʈru ɖ dfṛnt mīdia. Cif relišt ɖ c̣laḅrešn wɖ tecnišnz n masṭrprintrz, pṛdysñ a rič are v wŭdcuts, liʈ̇grafs, ečñ, moṇtîps n incwstcs. A ṣlẋn v aproxiṃtli 15 wrcs wl b includd in ɖ šo, a modist grūp bt a tesṭmnt t hiz scil n orijinaḷti az an ātist n az a printmêcr.

Ɖ xibišn wl b acumṗnid bî a fŭli iḷstretd caṭlog, wɖ a ny ese bî Andru Lambʈ, oʈr v a mêjr Temz n Hudsn moṇgraf on ɖ ātist. H raits:

It z nâ 14 yirz sns Cen Cif dîd at ɖ cmpaṛtvli ŕli êj v 65. Az mr tîm pasz n w lc afreš at hiz wrc, it bcmz incrisñli clir ɖt h wz wn v ɖ most orijinl pêntrz v ɖ jýz n tṛvelz v ɖ hymn cndišn. H čoz t cnduct hiz invstigešnz ʈru a pôtnt n hîli prsnl combinešn v fiğṛtv n abstract eḷmnts, dployñ a renj v mīdia fṛm drōñ t pêntñ n printmêcñ. Cif wz in psyt v an ilusv hol – phps az ilusv az ɖ pfcṭbiḷti v ɖ spīšīz itslf. Bt ɖ fact ɖt h psyd sč holṇs, dspt ɖ odz agnst ačivñ it, wz hrôic. N ɖ qoḷti v ɖ imijz h md jrñ hiz qest wz rmāc̣bl.”