In July Slewe Gallery will be open by appointment only and the exhibition of new paintings by Alan Charlton (*1948, UK), which was previously on display in June, can still be viewed.
In the exhibition Charlton shows two new series of multi panelled works. One series has a square format and the other is circular. They consist of two or more monochrome grey painted panels. The circle is a new element in Charlton’s oeuvre. It is the first time that these circular works are shown. It is Charlton’s fourth solo exhibition at Slewe Gallery.
Alan Charlton is one of the most famous representatives of the minimal and conceptual art in England. For more than 50 years his work consists of pure monochrome grey paintings, made with acrylic paint on canvas. When he was twenty-one years old, while still studying at the Camberwell School of Art, he took the decision to focus exclusively on making grey paintings. For Charlton the colour grey is the most emotional and diverse colour. All his works are based on a module measuring 4,5 cm. Their balanced compositions of usually several grey panels give the paintings a monumental and specific expression.
Since the seventies Charlton had numerous important international museum and gallery shows. In the Netherlands he had solo shows at art & project and at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven. In Germany he exhibited at Konrad Fischer Galerie and Museum Kurhaus Kleve, in Italy at Castello di Rivoli, Torino, in Switzerland at Galerie Tschudi, in Paris at Musée d’Art Moderne and in London at Annely Juda Gallery and Tate. His work has been collected worldwide by prestigious public and private collections.
Please make an appointment for visiting through email: info@slewe.nl or by phone +31 651080922.
