ARTISTS INCLUDE
George Dannatt, Terry Frost, Roger Hilton, Peter Lanyon, Ben Nicholson, Ceri Richards, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, John Tunnard
“A fasinetñ insît intu hâ an artist formd a c̣lẋn ẃć in trn inflụnst hiz ôn artwrcs”
Sîmn Martin
“So sxesfl wz h in incrisñ ɖ repyteśn v Tânr, ɖt in 1962 ɖ Obzrvr nyzpepr hêld it az ‘ɖ most g-ahd mynisipl gaḷri v its sîz in ɖ cuntri’.”
ARTISTS INCLUDE
Elizabeth Blackadder, Sandra Blow, Edward Burra, Alan Davie, Merlyn Evans, Anthony Gross, Roger Hilton, Ivon Hitchens, Ceri Richards
“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.”
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“Ɖ raitr Rūʈ Bwčād (1910–2000) amast wn v ɖ most significnt c̣lẋnz v slfpwtrits bî Britiš ātists. Setñ hrslf a sīlñ v 21 giniz fr a picčr irispctv v ɖ ātist’s fem or repytešn, š aqîrd 100 picčrz includñ ýlpêntñz, wōtrculrz n pensl n ñc drōñz, ẇč pṛvîd a fasinetñ ôvrvy v Britiš āt jrñ ɖ twentiiʈ senčri.
Ɖ cor v ɖ xibišn fôc̣sz on ɖ pwtrits Bwčād c̣lctd jrñ ɖ lêt 1950z t ɖ mid-1960z, jrñ ẇč tîm š bgan t sīc ât imrjñ ātists at ātscūl xibišnz, ẇl olso apročñ mr istablišt ātists. Ɖ xibišn trêsz ɖ dveḷpmnt v modn Britiš āt ʈru Nio-Rmantisizm, ɖ Ystnrôd Scūl, ɖ Lundn Grūp n ɖ Popāt muvmnt, renjñ fṛm pwtrits md bî ātists practisñ in ɖ 1930z n 1940z, includñ Mîcl Ertn, Sesl Colinz n Iʈl Chūn, t ɖoz hu fând prominns in ɖ pôstwor iyra sč az Pītr Côcr, Jīn Cc, Rojr Hiltn, Pītr Filips, Dêvid Tindl n Ywn Ūglo.
Mni v ɖ picčrz ofr a dīteld lîcṇs v ɖ ātist, ẇlst uɖrz r onli sjstv v fizicl fīčrz n atribyts. In sm cêsz ɖ imij hz ḍrîvd intîrli fṛm an ātist’s imajinešn, or it hz bn pêntd fṛm ɖer rflẋn in a mirr, ocežnli drwn bac t capčr ɖ srândñz v ɖer stydio.
Bwčād wz born in a fišñvilij nir Hambrg n lêtr studid at ɖ Ynivrṣti v Hambrg. In 1938 š n hr huzbnd cem t Ñgḷnd az refyjīz fṛm Natsizm, iscepñ antīsemitizm. Ɖ xibišn rcwlz ɖ orijinl prezntešn v ɖ c̣lẋn in ɖ Bwčādz’ hom in Rîget, Suri, n z dspled in Paḷnt Hâs Gaḷri’z Grêd Wn Listd Qīn-Án tânhâs, ɖ frst tîm ɖt ɖ pwtrits hv bn sīn publicli in a dmstc setñ.”
“Grês Gādnr wz fîv ẇn hr frst xperimnts in abstraẋn bgan, n hr lîf wz dvotd t abstract āt evr sns. Orijinli fṛm Šicago, š hd a dstnĝšt c̣rir az an ātist fr nirli twenti yirz bfr setlñ in Cwnẉl in 1984.
Abstraẋn z sentṛl t Cwnẉl’z vižl heritij, n ɖs xibišn fīčrz a ṣlẋn v Grês Gādnr’z briłntli culrd pêntñz.
Ɖe wl b šôn alñsd an are v wrc bî sm v Cwnẉl’z fînist abstract ātists fṛm ɖ 1950z t ɖ preznt de, includñ Trevr Bel, Teri Frost n Rojr Hiltn.”
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