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Aspects of Abstraction: 1952-2007

Past exhibition
17 May - 23 June 2016 Piano Nobile
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Summary
Terry Frost Blue Green Movement, 1952 Oil on canvas 50.3 x 76.2 cm 19 3/4 x 30 in
Terry Frost
Blue Green Movement, 1952
Oil on canvas
50.3 x 76.2 cm
19 3/4 x 30 in

Aspects of Abstraction 1952-2007 presented a selection of exceptional paintings, sculptures and works on paper, charting the evolution of abstraction in the second half of the 20th-century and through to the 21st-century, spanning six decades of innovation and experimentation with colour and form. Beginning with artists such as Terry Frost who channelled the landscape and atmosphere of St Ives into their work, the exhibition concluded with contemporary artists such as Sean Scully and Tony Cragg who are truly global in their outlook. Whilst the Abstract Epxressionism of New York was an evident catalyst for many abstract artists of the 1960s and 1970s including William Scott, Anthony Caro, John Golding and John Hoyland, the legacy of modernist and surrealist sculptors based in Paris such as Giacometti and Brânçusi was still felt by William Turnbull and Eduardo Paolozzi. The range of work in Aspects of Abstraction 1952-2007 revealed the many guises of abstract painting and sculpture from the immediate postwar period and into the 21st-century, and the infinite variety of paths artists embarked upon to reach abstraction. 

 

Aspects of Abstraction 1952-2007 featured works by Terry Frost, William Scott, William Turnbull, Eduardo Paolozzi, William Crozier, Anthony Caro, John Hoyland, John Golding, William Pye, Howard Hodgkin, Bridget Riley, Jack Smith, Sean Scully, and Tony Cragg. 

 

A fully-illustrated catalogue with an introduction by Margaret Garlake accompanied the exhibition. 

 

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Works
  • Terry Frost, Blue Green Movement, 1952
    Terry Frost, Blue Green Movement, 1952
  • William Scott, Brown Still Life, 1956
    William Scott, Brown Still Life, 1956
  • William Turnbull, 11-1964, 1964
    William Turnbull, 11-1964, 1964
  • Anthony Caro, Writing Piece 'Furthermore', 1979
    Anthony Caro, Writing Piece 'Furthermore', 1979
  • Sean Scully, Untitled (8.17.93), 1993
    Sean Scully, Untitled (8.17.93), 1993
  • John Hoyland, 15.3.76, 1976
    John Hoyland, 15.3.76, 1976
  • Howard Hodgkin, Transatlantic, 2007
    Howard Hodgkin, Transatlantic, 2007
  • William Crozier, Enclosure End, 1964
    William Crozier, Enclosure End, 1964
  • William Pye, Two Cylinders, 1967
    William Pye, Two Cylinders, 1967
  • William Pye, Maquette for Uddeholm Sculpture, 1969
    William Pye, Maquette for Uddeholm Sculpture, 1969
  • John Golding, D (E.S.) VII, 1975
    John Golding, D (E.S.) VII, 1975
  • John Golding, Untitled, 1970-3
    John Golding, Untitled, 1970-3
  • Tony Cragg, Rod, 2000
    Tony Cragg, Rod, 2000
Publications
  • Aspects of Abstraction 1952-2007

    Aspects of Abstraction 1952-2007

    Margaret Garlake, 2016
    Hardback 80 pages
    Publisher: Piano Nobile Publications
    ISBN: 978-1-901192-43-8
    Dimensions: 28.8 x 24.6 x 1.3 cm
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Press
  • Aspects of Abstraction reviewed by Rebecca Wallersteiner

    Aspects of Abstraction reviewed by Rebecca Wallersteiner

    Notting Hill & Holland Park magazine June 16, 2016
    Rebecca Wallersteiner reviews Piano Nobile's exhibition Aspects of Abstraction 1952-2007 for the Notting Hill magazine
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  • Jackie Wullschlager reviews Aspects of Abstraction

    Jackie Wullschlager reviews Aspects of Abstraction

    The Financial Times May 17, 2016
    Jackie Wullschlager at the Financial Times reviews Piano Nobile's exhibition Aspects of Abstraction 1952-2007
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Related artists

  • Anthony Caro

    Anthony Caro

  • Tony Cragg

    Tony Cragg

  • William Crozier

    William Crozier

  • Leo Davy

    Leo Davy

  • Terry Frost

    Terry Frost

  • John Golding

    John Golding

  • Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

  • William Pye

    William Pye

  • Bridget Riley

    Bridget Riley

  • William Scott

    William Scott

  • William Turnbull

    William Turnbull

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