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| George Shaw, Scenes from the Passion: The Fall, 1999 |
George Shaw: A Corner of a Foreign Land
is at the Holburne Museum, Bath, until 6 May 2019
From the Holburne website:
The Holburne is the only European venue for Shaw’s major retrospective at the Yale Center for British Art. It covers his career from 1996 to the present, including some new works never shown in the UK. Shaw’s paintings, made with enamel model paint, focus on the Tile Hill estate, a post-war development on the outskirts of Coventry where he grew up, and the ancient woods surrounding it. Steeped in modern and historic fine art traditions, Shaw’s work alludes to twentieth-century painting and photography, and the legacy of such European masters as Titian. The exhibition also features his skills as a draughtsman.
The Holburne is the only European venue for Shaw’s major retrospective at the Yale Center for British Art. It covers his career from 1996 to the present, including some new works never shown in the UK. Shaw’s paintings, made with enamel model paint, focus on the Tile Hill estate, a post-war development on the outskirts of Coventry where he grew up, and the ancient woods surrounding it. Steeped in modern and historic fine art traditions, Shaw’s work alludes to twentieth-century painting and photography, and the legacy of such European masters as Titian. The exhibition also features his skills as a draughtsman.
From the Yale Center for British Art website:
Spanning three decades of Shaw’s prolific artistic practice, the exhibition features nearly seventy paintings, more than sixty drawings, numerous prints, and a range of sketchbook and notebook materials, as well as several new works. Shaw is celebrated for his paintings depicting the postwar Tile Hill council estate, where he spent his childhood. His work focuses relentlessly, even obsessively, on the Midlands—the region of England anchored by the cities of Birmingham, Derby, and Coventry.
Spanning three decades of Shaw’s prolific artistic practice, the exhibition features nearly seventy paintings, more than sixty drawings, numerous prints, and a range of sketchbook and notebook materials, as well as several new works. Shaw is celebrated for his paintings depicting the postwar Tile Hill council estate, where he spent his childhood. His work focuses relentlessly, even obsessively, on the Midlands—the region of England anchored by the cities of Birmingham, Derby, and Coventry.
Reviews:
Jonathan Jones (Guardian) “The only artist who can unite England”
Feature:
Tim Jonze (The Guardian) "Anarchy in Coventry: George Shaw's Greatest Hits"
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| George Shaw, Sunrise over the Care Home, 2018 |
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| George Shaw, Someone Else's House, 2018 |
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| George Shaw, Mum's, 2018 |
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| George Shaw, Scenes from the Passion: The Blossomiest Blossom, 2004-5 |
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| George Shaw, Ash Wednesday: 8.30am, 2004-5 |
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| George Shaw, It's All the Same to Me, 2014-15 |
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| George Shaw, Scenes from the Passion: Christmas Eve, 1998 |
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