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Colin Self: If Not Familiar........Check This!, by Mister Frame Man on Jun 18, 2008 21:10:43 GMT 1, Who is familiar with the work of Colin Self? If not check : www.pallant.org.uk for this major exhibition!

Fallout Shelter


I have had the pleasure of framing the work of Colin Self (Who hails from Norwich) for the last ten years. I have found his work to be controversial, ahead of it's time, provocative and under rated! In my opinion this up coming exhibition is one not to be missed this year - Press release:


"Colin Self: Art in the Nuclear Age
21 June – 12 October 2008
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
www.pallant.org.uk

A leading figure in the 1960s British Pop Art movement, Colin Self (b.1941) is best known for his explorations of life during the Cold War period. While his work has depicted many aspects of modern consumer culture including glamorous Sixties models, hot dogs and stylish Art Deco cinemas, it has also addressed the darker side of the epoch: ferocious guard dogs on missile bases, women in fallout shelters and the threat of nuclear weapons.

His meticulously rendered drawings and watercolours led the artist Richard Hamilton to call Self ‘the best draughtsman in England since William Blake’, but he is also an innovative printmaker, sculptor, painter and collagist, who continues to combine wit, originality and visual intelligence in his work.

This major survey offers the most comprehensive overview of Colin Self’s work to date, and brings together over one hundred works in a range of media from the 1960s to the present day. Colin Self is arguably the artist of the nuclear age whose work brilliantly articulates the anxieties of the era."

Oh! The Young Chinese

Cockerell


My personal works of Colin Self:

Money Man

Saying It With Flowers


I would love to hear others views and opinions of Colin Self!

Images taken from the exhibition ‘Colin Self: Art in the Nuclear Age’ at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester from 21 June to 12 October. All images © Colin Self. All rights reserved, DACS 2008.

Who is familiar with the work of Colin Self? If not check : www.pallant.org.uk for this major exhibition!

Fallout Shelter


I have had the pleasure of framing the work of Colin Self (Who hails from Norwich) for the last ten years. I have found his work to be controversial, ahead of it's time, provocative and under rated! In my opinion this up coming exhibition is one not to be missed this year - Press release:


"Colin Self: Art in the Nuclear Age
21 June – 12 October 2008
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
www.pallant.org.uk

A leading figure in the 1960s British Pop Art movement, Colin Self (b.1941) is best known for his explorations of life during the Cold War period. While his work has depicted many aspects of modern consumer culture including glamorous Sixties models, hot dogs and stylish Art Deco cinemas, it has also addressed the darker side of the epoch: ferocious guard dogs on missile bases, women in fallout shelters and the threat of nuclear weapons.

His meticulously rendered drawings and watercolours led the artist Richard Hamilton to call Self ‘the best draughtsman in England since William Blake’, but he is also an innovative printmaker, sculptor, painter and collagist, who continues to combine wit, originality and visual intelligence in his work.

This major survey offers the most comprehensive overview of Colin Self’s work to date, and brings together over one hundred works in a range of media from the 1960s to the present day. Colin Self is arguably the artist of the nuclear age whose work brilliantly articulates the anxieties of the era."

Oh! The Young Chinese

Cockerell


My personal works of Colin Self:

Money Man

Saying It With Flowers


I would love to hear others views and opinions of Colin Self!

Images taken from the exhibition ‘Colin Self: Art in the Nuclear Age’ at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester from 21 June to 12 October. All images © Colin Self. All rights reserved, DACS 2008.