“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
“Ɖs dsple brñz tgɖr drōñz n pêntñz bî Franc Ârbāc, wn v Britn’z most seḷbretd livñ pêntrz, spanñ ɖ pirı̣d fṛm hiz stydntdez t 2007. Ɖz wrcs incumṗs tu v ɖ subjcts ɖ ātist hz constntli rtrnd t: landsceps v Lundn, prîmṛli v nwʈ Lundn n ptklrli Camdn Tân, ẇr h hz bn livñ n wrcñ fr ɖ past sixti yirz; n pwtrits, mnli v tu wimin: Istela (Stela) Oliv West (E.O.W.), hūm h pêntd btwn 1952 n 1973, n hiz wîf Jūła.
Rtrnñ rpitdli t ɖ sem subjcts ovr decedz, Ârbāc’s āt z a ynīc undrtecñ. H constntli lcs any at ɖ sem sait or indivijl, strîvñ t fix ɖ indifîṇbl qoḷti v rw sensešnz stimyletd bî ɖ fwmz n strucčrz h siz. H hz sed: I am hôpñ t mc a ny ʈñ fr ɖ wrld ɖt rmenz in ɖ mind lîc a ny spīšīz v livñ ʈñ.
Lūšn Frýd c̣lctd ɖz pêntñz n drōñz ovr mni yirz, bildñ ɖ most significnt prîvt c̣lẋn v Ârbāc’s wrc. Ŕlịr ɖs yir, ɖs c̣lẋn wz axptd bî HM Guvnmnt in lù v Inheritns Tax fr aḷcešn t public c̣lẋnz.”
“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