SELECTED PRINTMAKERS
14May - 11 June 2011
 Charlotte Cornish
Place
Silkscreen Print, 2000
Edition size: 95
Image size: 56 x 76 cm
£595
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 Charlotte Cornish |
Brad Faine
Down the Tube Silkscreen Print, 2011 Edition size: 50 Image size: 77.5 x 55.5 cm £650 |
 Brad Faine
Mere Daubers Silkscreen Print, 2011 Edition size: 50 Image size: 69 x 69 cm £720 |
 Bruce McLean
Pink Moda Silkscreen Print, 2011 Edition size: 100 Image size: 55 x 76 cm £850 |
 Bruce McLean
Designer Trees Silkscreen Print, 2011 Edition size: 100 Image size: 55 x 76 cm £850 |
 Brendan Neiland
Big Apple Silkscreen Print, 2011 Edition size: 120 Image size: 83.7 x 60.6 cm £780 |
 Brendan Neiland
Manhattan Silkscreen Print, 2011 Edition size: 120 Image size: 83.7 x 60.6 cm £780 |
Barry Reigate
In for the Money Silkscreen Print, 2010 Edition size: 100 Image size: 67.5 x 47 cm £265 |
 Barry Reigate In for the Money II Silkscreen Print, 2011 Edition size: 100 Image size: 48.5 x 68.5 cm £265 |
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DAN BALDWIN
British artist Dan Baldwin 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 style has a unique aesthetic which is difficult to categorize. Working by instinct, it can change dramatically depending on the subject matter he is exploring and the emotions he is channelling. The organic spontaneity of Baldwin's canvases is tempered by his careful composition of two and three dimensional elements. Twenty years of experience is evident in his masterful ability to shape, contain and simplify complexity. His integration of mixed media found objects (knives, crucifixes, bullets, bank notes and razor blades) over screen prints, acrylic and spray paint adds depth, clarity and balance. Despite the difference in medium, his creative process when working with ceramics is similar in its unabashed candor. Amidst the edgy brushstrokes and sinister themes, symbolism proliferates in Baldwin's work. From children's storybook illustrations and images of war to skate graphics and Vanitas, each viewer develops a highly personal response to what they see. The relationship that has been observed between Baldwin and the still life painters of seventeenth century Holland stems from his use of such symbols of life, death and mortality as the flower, the skull, the bird and rotting fruit. Baldwin recontextualizes these symbols, however, making them relevant for modern audiences. Dan Baldwin was born in Manchester in 1972. He studied communication media at Eastbourne College of Art and Design with commendation and received his BA with honors in communication media and illustration from Kent Institute of Art and Design, Maidstone. He lived in Brighton for twelve years and currently resides in the West Sussex countryside. Baldwin's superlative technique and conceptual brilliance position him at the forefront of the new Young British Artist movement. His work is internationally celebrated, championed and collected by an exclusive clientele. Baldwin has exhibited his paintings, prints and ceramics around the world. He has enjoyed a stream of critically lauded sell-out solo shows and presented his work in art fairs in Basel, Miami, L.A, Tokyo, San Francisco, London and New York. Baldwin has become a solid fixture at auction houses in recent years. He set a record at Bonham's in February, 2008 when his piece Apocalypse Wow - The End of Everything sold for over £25,000. Select publications featuring Baldwin and his work include Vogue, ELLE, I.D., Flair, The New Order, Art of England, Aesthetica, Style, Dazed and Confused, Modern Painters and Living Etc. |
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 Cyclone Cyclone is a signature piece by Dan Baldwin featuring the themes and imagery for which this young British artist has become renowned. Baldwin states that his work is 'about the fine line between the sinister and the beautiful' it as at once joyful and profound. The universal themes that he tackles in cyclone include love and death, the brutality and beauty of nature and decay, religion and liberty. Found images and objects are combined with swathes of colour, graffiti-like markings, diagrams and drawings (reflecting Baldwin's training as an illustrator) creating a melee of colour, movement and visual diversity against a black backdrop. This powerful image is centred around a golden knife, which sports a single drop of scarlet blood; representative of violence and passion. Overall Cyclone is a memento mori; a reminder of the brevity and ephemeral nature of life, as delicate as a butterfly or bird's wing. Silkscreen print with embossing, gold leaf, diamond dust, collaged elements and glazes. 24 colours and glazes Edition - 75 Image size - 810mm x 810mm Paper size - 990mm x 1020mm Retail price - £990 Trade price - £495 |
 Parade Inspired by a painting that Baldwin saw in a museum in Mexico, a skeleton looms over a sleeping child. The composition has a dream-like quality as the central figure is asleep and is surrounded by a carnival-like scene with animals, freaky creatures, flags, anatomical diagrams and the skeleton looking away into the distance where we see the silhouette of a church. Perhaps this is a parade of characters from the little girl's dream, though the predominance of skeletal imagery - both human and animal- suggests the presence of death. Baldwin juxtaposes innocence and mortality, the sinister and the nostalgic in a carefully balanced and energetic work. Silkscreen print 24 colours with glazes Edition size - 125 Image size - 570mm x 570mm Paper size - 735mm x 735mm Retail price - £500 Trade price - £250 |
 Hope A stunning counterpart to Parade, Hope is perhaps more overtly political. With veiled references to the conflict in Iraq: Iraqi money, tanks, British and American flags, a palm tree, skulls and skeletons symbolising death and futility, this piece could easily have crossed the line into polemicism or outright negativity. However, Baldwin makes figures of children central to his composition, obliging the viewer consider the effects of war o those who are powerless, but also a message of redemption and hope for the future. This message is reinforced by the presence of birds; a key motif in Baldwin's works that is representative of freedom and liberation. The packed composition and bold palette give a feeling of spontaneity that underlies the skilful balance of elements and colours that Baldwin has painstakingly created.
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