Vibration of Space : Heron, de Staël, Hartung, Soulages

25 May-9 Jul 2016

Overview

Patrick Heron, Hans Hartung, Pierre Soulages, Nicolas de Staël. Waddington Custot Galleries presents Vibration of Space, an exhibition examining the artistic exchange between British painter Patrick Heron (1920-1999) and the non-figurative painters of post-war Paris. Spanning the years 1945–65, the exhibition highlights Heron’s admiration of three artists in particular - Hans Hartung (1904–89), Pierre Soulages (b. 1919) and Nicolas de Staël (1914–55). The exhibition will focus on this overlooked dialogue between European and British artists in the post-war years, a period dominated by the emergence of American Abstract Expressionism.