Exhibition
"81:18"
18 Sep 2018 – 29 Sep 2018
Address
- 36 Windmill Street
- London
- W1T 2JT
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Tube: Goodge Street Station
Gill Bradley + Monica Cornforth + Carolyn Gowdy + Claire Harper + Rod Judkins + Pat Naylorhas + Christine Simpson
About
"eighty one eighteen"
The purpose of Art Schools has been the subject of much questioning and debate in recent months. The exhibition ‘81-18’ offers a response - to bring diverse talents together to react and engage. ’81-18’ celebrates the creative connection between seven like-minded artists who kept in touch after leaving the Royal College of Art. The exhibition was suggested by Linda Kitson and sponsored by Quentin Blake; their RCA college tutors.
The collective have produced figurative work that captures the energy and natural affinity of the student shows they took part in at the RCA in the early 1980s - hence the title ‘81-18’.
After long and distinguished careers as artists, the exhibition is an opportunity to recreate their shared enthusiasm for figurative painting, printmaking and drawing, and a way of saying ‘thank you’ to the tutors who encouraged and inspired them .
Gill Bradley is an award winning Animator, Illustrator and designer currently exploring portraiture.http://gillbradleydesign.com/
Monica Cornforth uses figurative drawing as a starting point. By exploring line and colour with a freedom and intensity, her drawings have a painterly feel, bordering on abstraction. Pattern and colour feature prominently in her current work influenced by many years working as an editor on various magazines including Vogue.
Carolyn Gowdy born in Seattle, Carolyn has been based in London since 1977. She studied at the University of Washington, Seattle (1972-74), Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (1974-76, BFA), and the Royal College of Art, London (1977-80, MA). Gowdy has worked internationally as an illustrator and is renowned for narrative paintings, drawings, and collages populated by a cast of idiosyncratic characters amidst playful, reflective, and philosophical imagery. She is also a poet and experimental artist.
http://www.margarethe-illustration.com/carolyn-gowdy.html
http://englandgallery.com/artists/artists_group/?mainId=59&media=Paintings
Claire Harper’s work focuses on the visceral as much as it finds its inspiration from the intuitive interpretation of narratives. The work shows a fascination for conjuring up images that can evoke human energies, magic and rituals. http://www.claireinthestudio.com/
Rod Judkins is a figurative artist whose paintings comment on aspects of contemporary life. He has had numerous one-man shows and has exhibited widely.
Pat Naylorhas recently returned to painting and drawing after years working in the music industry and studying medieval history. Much of the current work is a personal exploration of our place in the English landscape; a landscape glimpsed from cars and trains and bisected by roads, tracks and water. instagram: @patnaylor
Christine Simpson is a printmaker, mostly working in lino. Since moving to Edinburgh five years ago she has been working on printed textiles, so for the exhibition it seemed natural to react to the surroundings and print tartan. christinesimpsonprintmaker.com