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Day BOWMAN Citadel 4 oil, charcoal and conte on canvas, 172 x 200 x 3 cm
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Day BOWMAN Fortress 7 oil, charcoal and conte on canvas, 140 x 150 x 3 cm
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Day BOWMAN Fortress 5 oil, charcoal and conte on canvas, 140 x 150 x 3 cm
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Day BOWMAN Study 8 Citadel Series mixed media on cartridge paper 20 x 20 cm
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Day BOWMAN Study 8 Citadel Series mixed media on cartridge paper 20 x 20 cm
Exhibition
DAY BOWMAN Seaside Citadels
1 Jun 2021 – 12 Jun 2021
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- Closed
Address
- 183-185 Bermondsey Street
- (adjacent to White Cube Bermondsey)
- London
England - SE1 3UW
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- C10 Victoria to Canada Water (Stop F Bermondsey Street)
- London Bridge - Borough
Day Bowman's beautiful paintings are expressive - abstractions prompted by the littoral shoreline of her childhood, with undertones of migration and borders that are woven into in her compositions. Artist of 40 years, Bowman has created her own language of painting - rigorous yet poetic.
About
Irrespective of geography, the catharsis of walking barefoot along the shoreline, is primal - the criss-cross of shallows, of incoming tides, erasing our sadnesses like footprints from Plashy Places. As we release ourselves to the elements, we find a path to peace and healing. For Day Bowman, returning to the coastal landscape of her childhood, it is manna for the soul.
Reflecting upon her life journey through a poetic response to the littoral shoreline, Bowman captures the play of light on wet sands, childhood memories and life challenges. She does not shy away from the contentious issues of global politics that underpin and impact our transient lives. All is captured in her beautiful paintings of Fortresses and Seaside Citadels.
Combining the fine art of drawing with that of painting comes naturally to her. Bowman’s abstract expressionist paintings, in charcoal and conté over oil on canvas, are multi-layered - complex yet fluent, strident and charged, they intuitively balance the brittle notes of humanity against the fragility of endeavour.
Jenny Blyth (curator & gallerist at Carey Blyth Gallery, Oxford)
