Graham Sutherland OM
dal 24/2/2003 al 2/3/2003
Segnalato da
24/2/2003
Graham Sutherland OM
National Hall Olympia, London
The centenary of Graham Sutherland's birth is 2003. The exhibition will include powerful and persuasive major works, (some 100, the majority from private collections, many not seen previously in public, or for decades), as well as studies that are provisional or carry so movingly Sutherland's first response to a subject.
(1903-1980)
The centenary of Graham Sutherland's birth is 2003. It will be marked by exhibitions at Tate Britain and Pallant House (Chichester) but the first - the largest and most diverse with over 100 works - will be at Olympia, 25 February-2 March 2003.
Sutherland is well remembered for his depiction of Somerset Maugham, the portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, infamously destroyed, and his epic tapestry for Coventry Cathedral. Works on show at Olympia will give proof of the diversity of his invention, the surprise and thrill of his colour, the threat in some works, the consolation in others.
In 1951 he wrote: "art is the personification of the emotions felt on perceiving and remembering, fixed and embodied in one's material". The meaning of those words will be apparent.
The exhibition will include powerful and persuasive major works, (some 100, the majority from private collections, many not seen previously in public, or for decades), as well as studies that are provisional or carry so movingly Sutherland's first response to a subject. From an early age his technique was assured; its lifetime advancement was motivated by his continuously inventive mind. At Olympia will be:
Early prints including "Pastoral", one of his most significant as it foretells a turning point in his career
War-time scenes from London and Wales
Landscapes from Wales, France and England
Religious commissions including studies relating to Coventry Cathedral tapestry
Portraits including Helena Rubinstein and Kenneth Clark
Sutherland and his work will be introduced to a generation who have not seen the range of his aesthetic ability; it may surprise and delight them. In the past, Bacon and Moore admired him, Freud and Craxton learned from him. His work is in leading London museums, 18 provincial museums and 30 worldwide including MOMA New York, Art Institute of Chicago, Vienna, Brussels, San Paolo, Toronto and Hamburg. Sutherland has been the subject of over 100 one-man shows around the world since 1925. He represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1952. He is a major international art figure, avidly collected in Italy and France; his most recent exhibition was at the Musée Picasso, Antibes. The National Portrait Gallery in 1977 and in 1982 at the Tate and the Imperial War Museum were the last in the UK.
A website containing biographical details, images, a list of exhibits and background research material is at http://www.grahamsutherland.co.uk. A catalogue, including a list of exhibits and colour illustrations, will be available, free of charge, to visitors at the exhibition.
Tickets for the exhibition can be ordered in advance by calling the Olympia Box Office on 0870 736 3105, or book online. The Graham Sutherland exhibition takes place within the Spring Olympia Fine Art & Antiques air.
Image:
Hanging Form Over Water, 1955. Oil on canvas. © Estate of Graham Sutherland. Private Collection
National Hall, Olympia
Hammersmith Road London W14 8UX England UK