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fire & frost

21 Dec 2020-31 Jan 2021

Alice Black Gallery
London W1W 7RL

Overview

‘Fire & Frost’ is inspired by the elemental forces of burning embers and dancing frosts. The source of its inspiration is T.S Eliot’s ‘Little Gidding’, first published in 1942. The showcase includes pots, paintings, works on paper and cloth and brings together the work of three artists: The late, great, Dante Elsner who was born in Krakow in 1920 and died in London in 1997. During his lifetime he produced an extraordinary body of Raku works as well as ink paintings. In both his painting and his pottery, he prized above all the qualities of spontaneity and honesty in relation to form, line and colour. His life as an artist cannot be separated from the turmoil of the 20th century in central Europe; in many ways it represents a series of personal responses to the upheavals of his time. Elsner’s work is included in the permanent collection of the Ashmolean, Oxford (United Kingdom). Matthew Harris, born in 1966 in Kent and now living and working in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Harris makes wonderfully layered, abstract works in paper and cloth which oscillate with colour, texture and rhythm. Using techniques of painting, patching, darning and stitching, his works are directly informed by his passion for music. Harris has exhibited widely throughout the U.K, Europe, the United States and Japan and has work included in The Whitworth Museum and Art Gallery and Crafts Council Collection, (United Kingdom). And finally, Vincent Black, a London based painter born in 1975 whose works portray deep personal emotions, as he takes the viewer into hazy constructed worlds of solitary figures and vast open, enigmatic, landscapes. Blacks works are included in the NHS Permanent Collection. To make an appointment: [email protected] For sales and press inquiries: Alice Black [email protected] | (+ 44) 77 4348 8626