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AB(prayer), Oil on canvas, 200 x 300 cm
CRAIG WYLIE
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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.
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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.”
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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
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For further information and price enquiries please
contact Gallery Manager Anne Marie Sjöholm
Plus One Gallery
89 - 91 Pimlico Rd
London SW1W 8PH
Opening Hours
Mon to Fri 10:00 - 18:00
Sat 10:00 - 15:00
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