ArtSway Exhibition
Emerging, Acrylic on canvas 2005, 50.8cm x 61cm
Turbulance with BG banknote, Acrylic on Canvas,
2005, 61cm x 50.8cm
From V2 - RS 1, Acrylic on canvas, 50.8cm x 61cm
FRANK BOWLING RA:
THE WHITE PAINTINGS
13 May - 2 July 2006
Reception for the artist: Saturday 13 May 2006 1pm - 4pm
Frank Bowling’s White Paintings represent a strand of working practice covering nearly 40 years of painting. Best known for his large-scale vibrant abstract canvases of intense combinations of colours, The White Paintings are an integral part of his oeuvre and can be considered a more restrained counterpoint to his more colourful works.
Frank Bowling was born in British Guyana in 1936, and is considered one of the most influential artists to emerge from the post-war British art schools. He graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1962, alongside contemporaries such as David Hockney and Derek Boshier.
Working in both New York and London since the mid-sixties he has a transatlantic reputation, recently recognized in England by his election as a Royal Academician in May 2005.
Frank Bowling’s work is in many permanent collections, including the Metropolitan Museum, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Jamaica; The Menil Foundation, Houston, Texas and Tate Gallery, London. Bowling has been awarded two Guggenheim Fellowships and two Pollock-Krasner Awards. Find out more about Frank Bowling’s work & career by visiting the extensive dedicated website: www.frankbowling.com
In Conversation:
Frank Bowling RA & Richard Cork
PLEASE NOTE: change of date. The talk will now take place on Saturday 24 June.
Saturday 24 June 2006 at 2pm
A unique opportunity to join artist Frank Bowling as he discusses his long and successful career with highly respected art critic, writer and broadcaster Richard Cork. Places will be limited. Book to ensure your place. FREE
Talk: Abstraction, Expression and the Paintings of Frank Bowling Monday 22 May 2006 at 7.30pm Jim Hunter, Director of the School of Art, The Arts Institute of Bournemouth will outline the relationship between Frank Bowling’s work and the history of Abstraction and Expressionism. Book to ensure a place. FREE
Catalogue:
A catalogue 'FRANK BOWLING RA' accompanies this exhibition and the ROLLO Contemproary Art exhibition 'Latest Paintings: A Celebration of his Election to the Royal Academy of Arts'. Produced in association with ROLLO Contemporary Art. Includes 'See how they work: Frank Bowling's Paitings' a conversation between Matthew Collings and Frank Bowling.
ISBN 0-9543930-6-6
Frank Bowling is represented in the UK by
Rollo Contemporary Art, London
 Richard Cork & Frank Bowling in conversation at ArtSway |
 Jim Hunter Talk at ArtSway |
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