Talk
NOW, THEN: A Panel Discussion on the legacy of reductive abstraction from the 1970s and its influence on British artists today
31 Jan 2015
Flowers Gallery | Kingsland Road
London, United Kingdom
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Derek Hirst, Summer, 1975, cryla on canvas, (c) Estate of Derek Hirst, courtesy of Flowers Gallery
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Noel Forster, 3 Piece, 1974 (c) Estate of Noel Forster, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery
Exhibition
Seven from the Seventies
16 Jan 2015 – 21 Feb 2015
Regular hours
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
by appointment - Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
by appointment - Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
by appointment - Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
by appointment - Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
by appointment
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- 82 Kingsland Road
- London
England - E2 8DP
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Falkirk Street (bus stop) served by numbers; 67,149, 242, 243,149
- Hoxton Overground Station
Event map
Seven from the Seventies brings together the work of seven influential abstract painters from the decade, featuring Colin Cina, Bernard Cohen, Noel Forster, Derek Hirst, Michael Kidner, Jack Smith and Richard Smith.
About
Seven from the Seventies brings together the work of seven influential abstract painters from the decade, featuring Colin Cina, Bernard Cohen, Noel Forster, Derek Hirst, Michael Kidner, Jack Smith and Richard Smith.
Each demonstrates a reductive and disciplined articulation of the sensations of light, form, sound, colour and space. Their ordered, procedural and systematic approach to painting opened up new possibilities for future formal experimentation within abstraction.
During this period, the artistic careers of all seven artists were in the spotlight, exhibiting in important solo and group presentations internationally and at major British institutions including Tate Gallery, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Hayward Gallery, the Serpentine Gallery and the Royal Academy of Arts, London. With prominent roles in British art schools as well as international professorships, their ideas impacted upon a generation of artists.
