CURRENT EXHIBITION

16th May to 13th June

'OUT OF AFRICA'

EXHIBITION OF Painting, Sculpture and Photography
Denis Bowen, Guy Portelli and Shona Sculpture



Private View: Tuesday 22nd May

To request an invitation subject to availability contact the gallery.

DENIS BOWEN was born in Kimberley South Africa in 1921 to Welsh and English Parentage. He studied at the Royal College of Art from 1940 and was one of the first "Tachiste" painters in Britain and was at the forefront of British abstract painting; Developing the influences of the Ecole De Paris, The Futurists, Kandinsky, Max Ernst and his obsession for space discovery into his own abstract style. His work is in numerous public collections. Gallery Different is very pleased to be able to present a selection of works from the Denis Bowen Estate.

GUY PORTELLI was born in South Africa in 1957. He is best known as a sculptor and came to prominence in the public consciousness with his appearance on BBC's Dragons Den with his Pop Icon series. However Guy is also an accomplished painter and the gallery presents a series of paintings undertaken on his frequent trips to Africa.

SHONA SCULPTURE is part of an art movement which emerged in the 1960's in Zimbabwe. It is sculpture of world quality by indigenous African stone carvers using serpentine stone. Some of the works currently exhibited were formerly shown in the National Gallery of Zimbabwe.


ALSO EXHIBITING:

MARTYN BALDWIN - PAINTING
GILES GREENHALGH - PHOTOGRAPHY
ANTHONY JARMAN - PHOTOGRAPHY


Image:
"Vesuvius" 1992
Oil on Canvas
229 x 115 cm