“Śôcesñ mr ɖn wn hundṛd wrcs bî sm v Britn’z grtst artists”
“Đ xbiśn v Grt Britiś Drw̃z cn onli scrać ɖ srfis v ɖ xtrordnri rićz v ɖ Aśmołn’z c̣lẋnz. It wl pṛvîd ɖ vizitr wɖ an unpaṛleld oṗtyṇti t xplor ɖ amezñ vrayti v drw̃ in Britn, from ɖ rapid sceć in pensl or pen, t ɖ most hîli ròt wōtrculr.” Colin Harisn, Sīńr Kretr v Yṛpiyn Art
John Sell Cotman: A Ruined House, watercolour over graphite, Ashmolean
Thomas Rowlandson: The Corsican, his two friends and his blood hounds. Pen and brown ink and watercolour over indications in graphite
Thomas Rowlandson: The Portrait Painter’s Ante-room, 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner: Venice: The Riva degli Schiavoni, 1840
Samuel Palmer: Tintagel Castle: Approaching Rain, c. 1848‒1849
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Louisa Ruth Herbert, 1858
Max Beerbohm: Oscar Wilde, 1894
Anna Alma-Tadema: Girl in a Bonnet with her Head on a Blue Pillow, 1902
Walter Richard Sickert: Study for ‘Ennui’: Hubby and Marie, c.1913
Lawrence Stephen Lowry: Street in Ramsbottom, 1954
“Dpictñ ɖ difṛnt stêjz of ɖ Arîvl of Sprñ, fṛm glūmi wintrsīnz t vîbṛntli brît sprñ”
The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011… 29 December (2010). iPad drawing printed on four sheets of paper, mounted on four sheets of Dibond, edition of 10. 236 x 178 cm
13 January (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
19 February (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
5 March (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
16 March (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
21 March (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
25 March (2011). iPad drawing printed on four sheets of paper, mounted on four sheets of Dibond, edition of 10. 236 x 178 cm
30 March (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
12 April (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
19 April (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
24 April (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
27 April (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
4 May (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
14 May (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
16 May (2011). iPad drawing printed on four sheets of paper, mounted on four sheets of Dibond, edition of 10. 236 x 178 cm
18 May (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
30 May (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
2 June (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
“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
CLIVE HEAD Les Souvenirs du Cafe Anglais (work in progress), 2014, 198 x tbc cm
Clive Head: Looking Glass, 2014. Oil on canvas, 195.6 x 208.3 cm
Philip Harris: Arizona Bloom, 2014. 1525 x 3050, oil on Linen.
Caroline Walker: Consulting the Oracle, 2013. Oil on linen, 193 x 175 cm.
ALAN MACDONALD The Candy Man, 2013, 190.5 x 215.9 cm
Alan Macdonald: Spam Dragon, 2013. Oil on linen, h. 190 x w. 214 cm
Gwen Hardie: Body 03.20.12, 2012, 76.2 cm diam.
ALISON WATT Black Star, 2012, 183 x 183 cm, Ingleby Gallery
Ray Richardson: Our Side of the Water, 2012. Oil on linen, h. 137 x w. 127 cm
KATARZYNA COLEMAN Admiralty Road 1, 2012, 70 x 90 cm
KATARZYNA COLEMAN Admiralty Road 2, 2012, 70 x 90 cm
Chris Stevens: The Age of Reason or Salem’s Lot, 2011. Oil on canvas. 170 x 180 cm
Chris Stevens: Anthem to an Embittered Youth, 2011, 170 x 180 cm, Courtesy of the artist 170 x 180 cm
GWEN HARDIE Body 06.29.11, 2011, 76.2 cm diam.
David Hepher: Tree, 2011. Oil, acrylic, inkjet and concrete on canvas, h. 208 x w. 810 cm
KEN CURRIE Dirty King, 2011, 275 x 198.5 cm, Flowers Gallery
KEN CURRIE Hunting Lodge, 2011, 244 x 366 cm, Flowers Gallery
JOCK MCFADYEN Tate Moss, 2010, 200 x 300 cm
SAM JACKSON Querelle, 2009, 60 x 60 cm, Private Collection
SAM JACKSON Vas Defrens, 2009, 60 x 60 cm, Private Collection
SAM JACKSON Young Gorbachev, 2009, 60 x 60 cm, Private Collection
Gwen Hardie: Body 03.30.09, 2009, 91.4 x 76.2 cm
ALISON WATT Hollow, 2009, 183 x 183 cm, Ingleby Gallery
RAY RICHARDSON Everything is Everything, 2005, 106 x 97 cm
CECILY BROWN Maid’s Day Off, 2005, 200.7 x 198.1 cm, Hiscox Collection
JOHN KEANE Inconvenience of History II, 2003, 86 x 122 cm, Flowers Gallery
George Shaw: Scenes from the Passion: Late, 2002. Enamel paint on board, 917 x 1215 x 52 mm. Collection: Tate
JOHN KEANE Hopeless in Gaza (Road to a Settlement), 2002, 137 x 183 cm, Flowers Gallery
DEXTER DALWOOD Grosvenor Square, 2002, 268 x 347 cm, Saatchi Collection
Philip Harris: S.P Behind a Glass Door, 2001. Oil on linen, 132 x 305 cm (unframed). Photograph: John Jones.
George Shaw: Scenes from the Passion (The Path on the Edge), 1997-8. Enamel on panel, 43 x 53 cm. Collection: Royal College of Art
Chantal Joffe: Untitled (Face), 1994. Oil & acrylic or alkyd (?) on canvas, 132.5 x 109.1 cm. Collection: Royal College of Art
GRAHAM CROWLEY No Such Thing, 1993, 168 x 240 cm, Courtesy of the artist
Lucian Freud: Standing by the Rags, 1988–9. Oil on canvas, 1689 x 1384 mm, frame: 1810 x 1505 x 84 mm. Collection: Tate
GRAHAM CROWLEY The Chain Store, 1987, 203 x 254 cm, Middlesbrough Council/MIMA
PAULA REGO Snare, 1987, 150 x 150 cm, British Council
TONY BEVAN Tender Possessions, 1986, 210.5 x 119.5 cm, British Council
TERRY SETCH Once Upon a Time there was Oil III, Panel I, 1981-2, Tate
Jock McFadyen: The Street, 1980. Oil on canvas, h. 173 x w. 173 cm
DAVID HOCKNEY My Parents, 1977, 194 x 194.1 cm, Tate
L.S. LOWRY Bargoed, 1965, 122.2 x 151.7 cm, The L.S. Lowry Collection
Francis Bacon: Study for Portrait of P.L. No2, 1957. Collection: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Carel Weight: Fury, 1956. Oil on canvas, 92 x 122 cm. Collection: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry
JOHN BRATBY Dustbins in the Studio, 1954, 112 x 101 cm, Royal College of Art Collection
STANLEY SPENCER Self-portrait with Patricia Preece, 1937, 61 x 91.2 cm, The Fitzwilliam Museum
Walter Sickert: Ennui, 1917. Oil on canvas, h. 76 x w. 56 cm
“Kretd bî ātist Cris Stīvnz, RIAḶTI brñz tgɖr ovr 50 wrcs seḷbretñ ɖ streñʈ v Britiš pêntñ, wɖ sm v ɖ bst n most influenšl ātists v ɖ last sixti yirz.
Uncompṛmîzñ n drct, ɖ wrc v č ātist reprizntd rtenz a stroñ refṛns t ɖ riyl wrld, ɖ stuf v lîf. Ẇl, t an xtnt, pêntñ hz bn iclipst in rīsnt decedz bî ɖ Miniml n Cnsepčl muvmnts, insṭlešn, ftogṛfi n film, RIAḶTI testifîz t ɖ svîvl v pêntñ az a mīdı̣m, n ɖ impact v Britiš pêntñ tde.
Mêjr 20ʈ Senčri ātists r reprizntd, sč az Woltr Sic̣t, Fransis Bêcn, Lūšn Frýd n Dêvid Hocni, alñsd cntmprri pêntrz includñ Cen Curi, Jwj Šw n Caṛlîn Wōcr.
Ɖ ātists in RIAḶTI tacl a dvrs renj v subjcts, refṛnsñ ɖ bodi, rlešnšps, histri, poḷtcs, wor, ɖ ŕbn invîrnmnt n sošl išuz. Dspt ɖz dfṛnt refṛnsz, ɖ wrcs r ol ynîtd bî tu ʈñz – ɖ hāš riaḷtiz ɖt hv cnsrnd ci Britiš ātists ovr ɖ decedz n ɖ simpl act v pêntñ.
“Ɖs dsple xplorz ɖ pạniyrñ rôl ɖt pêntrz sč az Fransis Bêcn, Lūsı̣n Frýd n Dêvid Hocni plêd in ɖ riinvnšn v fiğṛtv āt in ɖ secnd hāf v ɖ 20ʈ senčri.
In pôstwor Britiš āt, radicl wrc tendd twdz verı̣s stîlz inflụnst bî ɖ modn āt v Paris n Ny Ywc, sč az Sriylizm, abstraẋn n Popāt. Alñsd ɖz paṛlel muvmnts ɖr xistd anɖr cnd v āt pạnird bî a grūp v lūsli asošietd ātists lêtr lebld Ɖ Scūl v Lundn. Ẇt ɖe hd in comn wz a frm ḅlif ɖt ɖe cd fînd ny wez t criet riylist pêntñz n riinvent ɖ repṛzentešn v ɖ hymn figr t mc it reḷvnt in a wrld trwṃtîzd bî ɖ Secnd Wrldwor.
Mni v ɖs grūp v fiğṛtv pêntrz wr t b fând drōñ in ɖ Našnl Gaḷri, Lundn, ẇn nt in ɖer stydioz. Ɖe studid ɖ āt v ɖ Rnesns n v Impreṣ̌nizm wɖ a pašn, siyñ ɖ pạnirz bfr modn āt az ɖer tīčrz. Ɖer wrc olso hd orijinz in prīwor Britiš āt: in ɖ pêntñ v Wōltr Sic̣t, Dêvid Bombrg n ɖ riylists v ɖ Ystnrôd Scūl.
Ʈru ɖ 1970z n 1980z ɖer wrc grajli bgan t b recgnîzd az amñst ɖ most impwtnt Britiš āt v its tîm. Hu cd b cnsidrd pāt v ɖs undiclerd grūp hz olwz vẹrid, bt Fransis Bêcn, Lūsı̣n Frýd, Franc Ârbac, Mîcl Andrūz, Lion Cosof, Ywn Ūglo n ɖ mr Popāt-asošietd Dêvid Hocni r rgādd az ɖ ci ātists. Btwn ɖm ɖe fând ny wez v lcñ intnsli at ɖ wrld arnd ɖm, t cmbîn in pênt ẇt ɖe sw, wɖ ẇt ɖe felt.
Ɖ dsple includz wrcs bî Bêcn, Frýd n Hocni fṛm ɖ c̣lẋnz v Mančestr Ātgaḷri n Ɖ Ẇitẉʈ Ātgaḷri, alñsd wrcs fṛm ɖ Ātscaunsl C̣lẋn, Lundn.
An Ātscaunsl C̣lẋn Pātnršp ṣpwtd bî Cristi’z.
Ṣlctd bî Tim Wilcox”
Ywn Ūglo│GRL’Z HED IN PRÔFÎL WĐ CAP ON│1963–4│Ātscaunsl C̣leẋn