Jonathan Parsons
dal 16/1/2003 al 14/3/2003
Segnalato da
16/1/2003
Jonathan Parsons
Percy Miller Gallery, London
Parsons is well known for his diverse working practices which have included map dissections, grid paintings, flag installations, needle point and works on leather. This will be Parsons' first solo exhibition exclusively presenting his works on paper.
works on paper
Percy Miller gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of works on paper
by Jonathan Parsons.
Parsons is well known for his diverse working practices which have included
map dissections, grid paintings, flag installations, needle point and works on
leather. This will be Parsons' first solo exhibition exclusively presenting
his works on paper.
The exhibition will include Configurations, a major new body of work
consisting of twenty paintings derived from a vast archive of source material,
which ranges from found drawings and doodles to photographs of shapes in food
and marks in dirt on the back of trucks. From these, Parsons has selected
those images that he has described as having ‘pictorial layouts that are the
opposite of compositions, which convey the idea of an uncomposed or an extant
image, a given arrangement or formation.’
All realized in the same way, the Configurations are meticulous transcriptions
onto coloured paper of the various sources. The background is painted in white
acrylic, reversing the convention of figure and ground, leaving the subsequent
negative shape as plain paper.
The exhibition will also include a variety of works on paper which cover
Parsons’ range of working practices. These will include a new editioned print
and new watercolours and drawings, as well as a selection of working drawings
and works made over the last ten years.
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
Grids 2002 (Richard Salmon, London)
System & Structure 2000-01 (Touring show including The Lowry)
Jonathan Parsons 1996 (Richard Salmon, London)
Jonathan Parsons 1994 (Heber-Percy Gallery, Warwickshire)
Selected Group exhibitions:
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2002
Vivid 2002 (Richard Salmon, London)
British Art Show 5 2000 (Hayward Gallery, London)
Pictura Britannica 1997-8 (Australia & New Zealand)
Sensation 1997 (London, Berlin, New York)
Jonathan Parsons will be curating a major group exhibition, Approaching
Content, in February for the Crafts Council.
Opening times: Tuesday - Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturdays 12 noon - 4 pm
Percy Miller Gallery 39 Snowsfields London SE1 3SU