“British Linocuts of the Grosvenor School” Exhibition
Craig F. Starr Associates
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Craig F. Starr Gallery presents British Linocuts of the Grosvenor School. The exhibition highlights the four principal artists of London’s Grosvenor School of Modern Art: Claude Flight, Sybil Andrews, Cyril Power, and Lill Tschudi. In the 1920s and 1930s, these artists embraced the linoleum cut as a new medium, specifically suited to capture the vital changes taking place in their daily lives. A fully illustrated catalogue will accompany the show.
Speed, technology, and urbanism are the predominant themes of the exhibition’s nineteen images. On the heels of Cubism and Futurism, the Grosvenor School artists infused everyday themes, such as transportation and leisure, with dynamism and motion. In a movement towards the simplification and stylization of imagery, these vibrant prints blend traditional representation with modern design. Although they were made at the peak of the machine age, between the wars, each work is a handcrafted, labor intensive image. Vigorous repetition, fragmented abstraction, and the whirling geometries of these linocuts forcefully depict the heightened pace of modern life and the sense of anonymity that came along with it.
[Image: Cyril Power “Speed Trial” c. 1932. Three color linocut on Japanese paper, 7-3⁄4 x 14-3⁄4 inches. © The Estate of Cyril Power / Bridgeman Art Library.]
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Schedule
from September 06, 2013 to November 02, 2013
Opening Reception on 2013-09-10 from 18:00 to 20:00