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Frank Bowling

FRANK BOWLING

Frank Bowling. Penumbral Light Hauser & Wirth 10 June–22 August 2022 Zürich, Limmatstrasse
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Over the course of six decades, Frank Bowling has relentlessly pursued a practice which boldly expands the possibilities and properties of paint. Ambitious in scale and scope, his dynamic engagement with the materiality of his chosen medium, and its evolution in the broad sweep of art history, has resulted in paintings of unparalleled originality and power. For the artist’s first presentation at Hauser & Wirth Zurich, coinciding with Zurich Art Weekend, the exhibition presents recent abstract paintings made mostly during the lockdown in 2020. Following a period of ill health for the artist, the works trace the renewed energy and dynamism that Bowling channelled in the studio during his recovery.

Born in Guyana in 1934, Bowling arrived in London in 1953, graduating from the Royal College of Art with the silver medal for painting in 1962. Today Bowling’s mastery of the painted medium and explorations of light, colour, and geometry incorporate the use of ammonia and multi-layered washes. His restless reinvention of the painted plane endures in his current bodies of work on view in Zurich, which continue to break new ground through his use of thick impasto textures, acrylic gels, collage, stitched canvas and metallic and pearlescent pigments. At the age of 87, Bowling works every day in his South London studio, accompanied by his wife, Rachel, other family members and friends, forever driven by his fascination with exploring the vast and radiant possibilities of paint.

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Over the course of six decades, Frank Bowling has relentlessly pursued a practice which boldly expands the possibilities and properties of paint. Ambitious in scale and scope, his dynamic engagement with the materiality of his chosen medium, and its evolution in the broad sweep of art history, has resulted in paintings of unparalleled originality and power. Bowling has been hailed as one of the foremost British artists of his generation. Born in Guyana (then British Guiana) in 1934, he arrived in London in 1953, graduating from the Royal College of Art with the silver medal for painting in 1962. By the early 1960s, he was recognized as an assured force in London’s art scene. During this period, his highly individual language of painting, which emerged from expressionistic figuration and pop art, encompassed autobiographical elements and the artist’s socio-political concerns.

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Hauser & Wirth was founded in 1992 in Zurich by Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser, who were joined in 2000 by Partner and Vice President Marc Payot. A family business with a global outlook, Hauser & Wirth has expanded over the past 26 years to include outposts in Hong Kong, London, New York, Los Angeles, Somerset and Gstaad. The gallery represents over 70 artists and estates who have been instrumental in shaping its identity over the past quarter century, and who are the inspiration for Hauser & Wirth’s diverse range of activities that engage with art, education, conservation and sustainability.

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Limmatstrasse 270
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Zurich Limmatstrasse 270
Hauser Wirth contemporary art gallery in Zurich Limmatstrasse Zurich Switzerland
Hauser & Wirth
Limmatstrasse 270, Zurich, Switzerland
+41 444 468 050
http://www.hauserwirth.com

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