“Ɖ xbišn brñz tgɖr ṣlctd wrcs fṛm ɖ Filip Šli c̣lẋn v drōñz, prints n pêntñz bî ātists wrcñ in Britn btwn 1920 n 2004, wɖ reznnt wrcs on pêpr fṛm Ben Uri’z ôn c̣lẋn.
Seḷbretñ ɖ ričṇs n dvrsti v č c̣lẋn, No Set Rūlz priznts 49 wrcs bî 37 ātists, sevn v hūm – Franc Ârbah, Dêvid Bombrg, Jên Jôzf, Lion Kosof, Mîcl Roʈnstîn, Glen Sūjo n Edẉd Toledano – r reprizntd in bʈ.
Ɖ wrcs cuvr a wîd renj v subjctmatr, tecnīcs n practis, muvñ fṛm fiğrešn t abstraẋn t xplor 100 yirz v xprešn on pêpr.
Uɖr ātists includ Crêgi Êčisn, Jiłn Erz, Sandra Blo, Crisṭfr L’Brũ, Rojr Hiltn, Dêvid Hocni, Pītr Laňn, Sẹra Lîtmn, Henri Mur, Greym Suɖḷnd, Elisbet Toṃlin n Jon Vrty.
No Set Rūlz inišiets daylogz, grūpñ tīčrz, stydnts, c̣laḅretrz n strenjrz, n juxṭpozñ mastrz v moṇcrom wɖ crietrz v dazlñ swīps v culr t šo ɖt drōñ dz’nt nesseṛli bgin or end wɖ a pensl. Ɖs xbišn pruvz, az Dêvid Hocni wns obzrvd, ɖr r no set rūlz in drōñ.”
Gillian Ayres,Untitled Drawing (III), Chinese ink on paper. 28 x 36.5 cm. Reproduced courtesy Gillian Ayres. Schlee Collection, Southampton
“Ɖ ātist’s old-êj comṗzišnz r magnifisntli simplifîd n mr gwjsli opyḷnt ɖn evr.(Fnanšl Tîmz, Êpṛl 2015)
Ɖs Sprñ ɖ Aḷn Cristīa Gaḷri wl unveil a ny siriz v wrcs, alñsd a ṣlct grūp v historic pêntñz, spanñ ɖ c̣rir v Jiłn Erz RA CBE, wn v Britn’z most rspctd n bst-luvd pêntrz. Nâ in hr 85ʈ yir, n aftr 65 yirz dedicetd t abstract āt, Erz cntinyz t pṛdys a cnsidṛbl bodi v wrc wɖ unsisñ vîbṛnsi n eṇji.
Dspled in ɖ gaḷrīspês in 34 Cwcstrīt wl b for lj-scêl pêntñz bî Erz spanñ 1959–97. Ɖ grūp includz Kmylî, undâtdli wn v hr most impwtnt pêntñz, n ɖ wn ẇč, az ɖ sentrpìs v ɖ Ātcaunsl’z 1960 seminl xbišn, Sičuešn, istablišt Erz’ repytešn. Ɖz for pêntñz três ɖ ivlušn v Erz’ stîl n acumplišmnts az a pêntr ovr ɖ frst 40 yirz v hr c̣rir. Pṛgresñ fṛm ɖ ŕli ys v ýl n riṗlin ʈroun n pord ontu wŭdn panlz twdz hr rīsnt ys v ʈic aplîd ýlpênt t criet clir n dfînd ejz n šêps, ɖz wrcs demnstret hâ Erz hz olwz fwjd hr ôn paʈ in a cmplitli orijinl we. Ɖz wrcs hv nvr bn ofrd fr seil bfr.
A Golden Bough to Sing
Erz’ ny pêntñz n wrcs on pêpr wl b xibitd in ɖ gaḷrīspês at 31 Cwcstrīt. Hr luv v culr n lît hz bn aproprietd fṛm ɖ načṛl wrld t criet wrcs fl v muvmnt. Dspt hr insistns on abstraẋn, rcuṛnt šêps in hr rīsnt wrc rmînd s v načṛl fnoṃna, sč az, petlz, wñz, fanz, līvz n starz, n ɖ tîtlz v wrcs drw on plêsnemz, nemz v flârz n fems gādnz, or most rīsntli ɖ vrsz v powts sč az Oscr Waild, Diḷn Toms n Wiłm Butlr Yêts. Erz hz cnsistntli md prints in nymṛs tecnīcs ovr ɖ yirz. A ṣlẋn v prints, includñ wŭdcuts, ečñz n hand-pêntd moṇprints, wl b dspled alñsd ɖ pêntñz.
Erz, hu stl spendz evri de in ɖ stydio, cntinyz t brêc ny grând wɖ pêntñz n prints ɖt r xūbṛnt, vigṛs n fl v culr n eṇji.”
Claros, 2015. Woodcut Print on Unryushi Japanese paper
Laughter’s Silvered Wings, 2014 oil on canvas, dyptych
The Singing of the Showers, 2014. oil on canvas
Tremenheere, 2014. Sugar-lift Aquatint and Carborundum Print
Dawn-bright Lawn, 2013, oil on canvas
Sabrina, 1978 – 1979, oil on canvas
Cumuli, 1959, oil on canvas
Gillian Ayres and John Wilson (BBC) at the Gallery
