 DECEMBER 2005 |
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| Welcome to the December edition of our gallery newsletter, including our exhibition and events programme through to the end of the
year and into January 2006.
Our very successful exhibition of Twentieth Century British Art continues until the end of November, however we will continue to show a selection from this exhibition in December. On December 1st we open ‘Men and Monoliths’ by Geoffrey Eastop. Many of you will be familiar with Eastop’s extraordinary ceramic sculptures which we have shown at the gallery for many years. On December 14th we open the last in this year’s series of Berkeley Square Gallery’s Indian exhibitions, bringing paintings by KM Adimoolam to the gallery for the first time. In January we will be in Florida as usual, participating in the art fairs in Miami and Palm Beach as well as opening the first 2006 show at the gallery - new work by the Scottish painter Philip Braham. Peter Osborne / Gordon Samuel |
GEOFFREY EASTOPMEN AND MONOLITHS New work in stoneware 2 December - 31 December Private View: Thursday 1 December 2005, 6-8pm From 1949 - 1952 Geoffrey Eastop trained as a painter at Goldsmiths College, London and at the Academie Ranson, Paris. In the early 1950’s the economic difficulties of the time compelled him to find work as a potter, first at the Odney Pottery in Cookham and later with Alan Caiger-Smith in Aldermaston. In 1969 he began a long and rewarding collaboration with the painter John Piper. Piper’s requirements being strictly from a painter’s point of view enabled Geoffrey to move in the direction he was aiming at whilst remaining free to develop his own forms. In addition to this he was encouraged to use strong vibrant colours which few potters were using at the time. Eastop has used a wide variety of techniques, materials, glazes, styles and sizes - from small pots to large architectural works. |
His work is exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and has been shown at many exhibitions around the world. The emphasis on my work is now sculptural in character. My intention by using a personal hand building method, is to construct forms which have wider implications beyond the immediate appearance of the objects themselves. This new work by Geoffrey is the result of a long and innovative period of development. The artist continues to produce new forms that are derived from the structure and surface character of walls, using a unique hand-building technique. More recently forms have taken their origin from rocks and distinctive partfigurative stone shapes. For further information contact Natalie Davies: ndavies@osbornesamuel.com |
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| Large Red Head, 2005 Height: 46 cm; 18 in |
Black Stone Head, 2005 Height: 26 cm; 101/4 in |
Large Monolith: Two Panels, 2005 Height: 60 cm; 231/2 in |
SAFFRONART WINTER ONLINE AUCTIONwww.saffronart.com 6 – 8 December 2005 Previews: New York - 22 November Mumbai - 1 December This is Saffronart’s 5th anniversary and the auction of Indian paintings and sculpture is the biggest and best ever. For further information contact Natalie Davies: ndavies@bsgart.com |
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FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION |
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Berkeley Square Gallery
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| This is the 4th and final exhibition in our Indian series for 2005, following on from the sell out S H Raza, Manu Parekh and Krishen Khanna shows. K M Adimoolam was born in 1938 in Tiruchirapalli in Tamil, Nadu but moved to Chennai in 1959. There, under the influence of the sculptor Dhanapal, he enrolled in the School of Arts and Crafts. It is colour which fascinates K. M. Adimoolam and it is this that he uses to interpret nature, making his paintings abstract renditions of the natural world through colour. My canvases are neither representative of nature nor the perception of my mind. My works are not bound with words; they are purely concerned with vision. A vision that tries to reveal some untold truths from ‘Nature’, he adds. It is a truth told through hues that undulate across the canvas. Adimoolam’s canvases partake of his inner energy and vision, emerging as an extension of his mind that seems to put down colour without referring to the artist himself. That is the main reason for the spontaneous and untrammelled quality of Adimoolam’s canvases that carry the viewer into a journey through space. Berkeley Square Gallery will continue their relationship with Saffronart next year. For further information about this exhibition and our Indian exhibition series contact Natalie Davies: ndavies@bsgart.com or visit: www.bsgart.com |
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NEW ACQUISITIONS |
| Recent additions to our collection include: |
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| F. N. Souza The Roman, 1966 Gouache on magazine paper Signed and dated lower left 34.5 x 26 cms; 131/2 x 10 in. |
Sybil Andrews (1898 - 1993) Steeplechasing, 1930 Linocut 17.5 x 27.2 cms |
Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) Spindle Piece, 1968-69 Bronze, brown patina H 83.8 cm / 33 in. |
FLORIDA ART FAIRS - JANUARY 2006 |
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Palm Beach Art Fair13 - 16 January 2006 Private View: Thursday 12 January PalmBeach3 is an exclusive South Florida art event featuring three distinct and complimentary art fairs in one location. A unique combination of leading international galleries presenting contemporary art, classical and contemporary photography, and the best of decorative arts and contemporary design. For further information please contact Tania Sutton: tsutton@osbornesamuel.com |
 Public Fair Hours: January 13-15, 2006, 12 noon - 7pm January 16, 2005, 12 noon - 6pm Location: Palm Beach County Convention Center 650 Okeechobee Blvd. West Palm Beach, Florida |
NEWS |
| SPECIAL CHRISTMAS GIFT OFFERS |
| Limited edition Wedgwood, fine bone china Art Plates, commissioned by the National Art Collections Fund. |
Edition of 500 Diameter 311mm SPECIAL OFFER: £125 (FROM £175) |
 Patrick Heron Garden Plate |
 Bruce Mclean Passed the Tangerine Test |
 Patrick Caulfield Ipanema |
| Burning Waters, 1988 by Victor Pasmore Limited edition book with removable lithograph, signed by the artist Printed by the Progress Press, Malta Edition of 200 including 150 copies with an original print. SPECIAL OFFER: £175 (FROM £250) |
 Signed and numbered lithograph |
 Sample of page from book |
| For Further information contact Lucy Tyler: ltyler@osbornesamuel.com |
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