Wednesday, April 3, 2013

PLUS ONE GALLERY IN LONDON OFFERS 5 SUPER-BIG PORTRAITS BY CRAIG WYLIE

KEE@FSWMAG.COM
I LIKE THEM BIG AND PORTRAITS DO NOT COME ANY BIGGER THAN THESE BY CRAIG WYLIE!

At 200 cm by 300 cm, his portraits are big enough for my ego so enuf said!

Mercifully the prices are not ego-smashing---only RM 15,000 to RM 150,000.





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AB(prayer), Oil on canvas, 200 x 300 cm

CRAIG WYLIE

5 PORTRAITS

      
The exhibition will run until Monday 13th May 2013 and can be viewed online.

Please scroll down to learn more about the exhibition and for a preview of the pieces; including a rare view of studio images.


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Craig Wylie pictured here in his studio, his painting LC(fulcrum) seen in the background. Image courtesy of Anthony Lycett.

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Monumental moment: the sheer scale of Craig's paintings are especially evident when viewed next to an everyday object such as a laptop. Craig works from images on his computer, giving his paintings a luminous quality associated with screen images.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Plus One Gallery’s forthcoming exhibition follows Craig Wylie's mastery of the genre of portraiture, and his on-going explorations in pushing its boundaries to the limit.

The work on show at Plus One Gallery juxtaposes his signature massive painted portraits, with small pencil drawings which mirror in miniature the painted images. Through the inherent difference of the mediums, Wylie plays on the power of reinterpretation to remind us that the real is never in stasis.

The artists repeated use of sitters in this show is intriguing.  Although obviously the same sitter and similar in composition, each work creates a different perspective, and when placed together, become a poignant elegy to the notion of human existence in time.

The artist, amongst such distinctions as winning the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery in 2008 and being commissioned by the NPG to paint Dame Kelly Holmes for their permanent collection, has consistently pursued the personal image of the face as an entry point. In his own words, he attempts to “isolate a kind of uninflected tension, borrowing the instantaneous from photography and extending it in time through painting, as if an infinitely vibrating chord.” 

PREVIEW

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Study after LC(mountain), 17.6 x 11.7 cm, Graphite on paper | LC(mountain), 250 x 161.5 cm, Oil on canvas
 

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WIP: LC(3000 years), 170 x 143 cm, Oil on linen | Study for LC(3000 years), 12.4 x 10.9 cm, Pencil on paper

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LC(fulcrum), 234.5 x 230 cm, Oil on canvas | Study after LC(fulcrum), 17.4 x 11.7 cm, Graphite on paper
 

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Study after AB(event)
12.2 x 18.4 cm
Pencil on paper

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Ab(event), Oil on canvas, 168 x 250 cm
 

For further information and price enquiries please contact Gallery Manager Anne Marie Sjöholm
E: anne@plusonegallery.com / Tel: +44 (0)20 7730 7656

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89 - 91 Pimlico Rd
London SW1W 8PH

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