Peter Blake Exhibition – 3 Decades in Print

Peter Blake Invitation

We are proud to launch  the latest evolution of our gallery: a purpose built exhibition space
that will enable a rolling exhibition programme throughout the year with Peter Blake: Three Decades in Print.
The exhibition will feature a comprehensive selection of over 70 of Blake’s printed works ranging from
iconic pop art pieces to his latest experiments with lenticular and 3D printing technology.
Please let us know if you would like a pre-preview of the exhibition and we will send you the price list back by email.

Click here to see the email itself

 

New website.

We’ve been a bit busy here at For Arts Sake – not only is the Ealing gallery expanding but the Hendon shop is getting refurbished too, (photos can be found on our Facebook page) but we have a brand new website too!

Same address as before, please have a look at let us know what you think!

www.forartssake.com

For Arts Sake exhibition.

Barbara Rae CBE RA  is a highly acclaimed painter and printmaker, her abstract works affirm her incredible gift as a colourist. Her works are often inspired by specific places which she uses as departure points for a flight of colour and sweeping compositions. Rae uses washes of bold colour; merging form, line and hue into each other with dynamic composition, breaking up the picture surface with thrusting lines. The works draw the viewer into the artist’s vision, emitting energy and warmth. Rae rejects the term “landscape painter” because the patterns and items left behind as traces of human presence are her prime interest.

Donald Hamilton Fraser  exhibited his highly acclaimed work in Paris New York Tokyo Zurich and many other cities around the world. The list of galleries that own or have exhibited his work is phenomenal. Donald participated in many of the most significant exhibitions of British work including the Royal Academy’s 25 Years of British Painting, where he was also a Royal Academician and a trustee since 1995. Donald’s predominant subject matter was landscape. Here he combined his Scottish decent and his affinity with French painting from his study there in the 1950’s. This is greatly reflected in his style and execution. He layered thick bright paint with a palette knife to produce an almost collage effect. The landscapes remain close to their origins whilst forming abstract almost dream-like fields of colour.

Dan Baldwin’s work bridges the gap between abstract and figurative painting to create a landscape that simultaneously reflects reality, the power of the imagination and the private, inner workings of his mind. His unique aesthetic is difficult to categorize but edgy brushstrokes, sinister themes, and symbolism are characteristics of his prints, paintings and 3D clay mouldings.

Common motifs in Baldwin’s organic compositions include children’s storybook illustrations, images of war, skate graphics and Vanitas, a particular type of still life painting in which objects symbolically refer to a theme of emptiness or worthless action. Vanitas is especially associated with Northern European still life painting in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the relationship between Baldwin and painters from this period has been noted; stemming from Baldwin’s use of symbols such as the flower, the skull, the bird, and rotting fruit, to explore themes of life, death and mortality. Baldwin successfully recontextualizes these symbols, making them relevant for a modern audience.

Brad Faine‘s early studies centred on an interest in conceptual art and later developed towards a concentration on colour field painting. While a student at Leciester he met Sydney Harry whose research into colour phenomena attracted his attention and since then his work has been concerned with the study of the qualities of colour and form without reference to natural objects. His interest in printmaking was motivated by a desire to make multiple flat colour images for which screen process printing was ideally suited. He found the hard edge image too restricting and for this reason he developed a form of continuous tone printing within the limitations of the medium. Brad Faine has also designed and produced a number of games which have been exhibited. He has undertaken painting commissions and his work has been exhibited in many group shows and is in many private collections.

Featured printmaker at For Arts Sake – Paul Cleden.

The newest printmaker to join the Ealing gallery is Paul Cleden, he works as an Illustrator and Printmaker using a number of printmaking techniques throughout his work;  lino multi block / reduction prints, or more recently a more fluid mixture of collograph, monoprint and lino etch. He lists the work of Michael Rothenstein, Edward Bawden, Cyril Power and Lill Tschudi to have played a vital part in the development of his printmaking. Come and pay a visit to the Ealing gallery in the next week or so when his work will be on display.

 

 

Interesting framing orders.

We’ve had some very interesting bespoke framing orders in at the moment:

The framed piece above is a German scroll that was used in schools for teaching purposes and is about 50 years old. It has to be up this way at all times as the scroll is held in place by hooks, so if you were to tip it too far one way the scroll will fall out of place. Best of luck to the customer hanging it!

The next piece is a stunning silk carpet, it’s a shame the photo doesn’t serve  it justive given the intricite detail that it has and it’s very sizeable too!

For Arts Sake installation – Swadlincote.

The latest installation job from the For Arts Sake team was a trip down to Swadlincote Prezzo which is quite close to Burton upon Trent in the midlands. For these pictures a double frame was used and as you can see it really brings out the artwork, as well as this, the team was able to hang these pictures in quite creative layouts.

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A very big order!

It’s not everyday we get bespoke orders of this size! This measures at about 6 foot high by 4 foot wide. The artwork was framed by milling a sub frame and combining it to another frame to accommodate it. It has CCUV scratch resistant acrylic, which is raised off the artwork with a fillet as the artwork itself isn’t completely flat. Impressive!

For Arts Sake installation – Nespresso -Regent Street & Knightsbridge.

Our latest installation job was a fairly new client of ours in the form Nespresso, who specialize in exclusive espresso machines. It was a crisp morning just off Regent Street in central London where we went into Nespresso’s flagship retail shop to install 12 pictures of theirs which we had printed off for them as well.
Most of the pictures were for the staff areas to give a more vibrant look to their working environment. It was a very efficient job and very straight forward, we had different fixings for these pieces, as usually we would use spring locks but we opted for strap hangings instead as security wasn’t an issue.
We were able to hang pictures in Nespresso’s  training room, kitchen, staff corridor and VIP room. After we finished that, we made a swift journey down to their Knightsbridge store to hang a 3 pictures in their kitchen too.

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New framing ticket.

Our new look framing ticket has been updated with our social network icons!

Featured printmaker at For Arts Sake – Clare Halifax

One of our newest printmakers to the gallery is Clare Halifax. She creates very intricate prints of nostalgic reminisces of  buildings and places of interest that surround her. We’ve added a page for her on our website if you’d like to go there and check out her work, for an even closer look come along to the Ealing gallery as Clare Halifax is one of the artists featured in our current London themed exhibition.
http://www.forartssake.com/printmakers/clare-halifax-prints?+=