Jim Dine: A History of Gardening

11 Nov 2022-21 Jan 2023

PV 10 Nov 2022, 6-7.30pm

Jim Dine, Red Pepper Lilies, 1999, Screenprint, etching, spit-bite aquatint, power-tool abrasion, aquatint and sandpaper abrasion. Paper and Image 101.6 x 76.2 cm. Edition of 25.. Credit: Courtesy Jim Dine and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London

Overview

"Even when I wasn’t gardening, I was thinking about it and about plants. I’ve always thought about plants, and not just edible ones. I thought about flowers and trees. It goes back to a when I was a boy in Ohio.” Jim Dine

A History of Gardening, an exhibition exploring botanical prints and drawings by Jim Dine (b. 1935), one of America’s most prolific artists, will be displayed at Cristea Roberts Gallery from 11 November 2022 – 21 January 2023. Plants and flowers have long been an enduring theme in Dine’s work, holding a deep personal significance for the artist, who first tended tulips with his grandmother as a young boy. Over forty works dating from 1976 to the present day, in a wide variety of mediums, including a new body of hand-coloured editions, will be exhibited.

Jim Dine: A History of Gardening is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, with a text by author and art historian, Martin Gayford.

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