Current Exhibition
The Summerleaze Gallery is pleased to announce THE POETRY OF ARCHITECTURE, the second exhibition
to be curated by John Stoller. The exhibition opens to the public on Monday, 23 November and continues
until Sunday, 6 December.
Through the work of seven artists, this exhibition covers a broad and illuminating spectrum of attitudes
and intellectual approaches to the subject of architecture and includes paintings, drawings, watercolours
and photographic prints.
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With Hugh Buchanan's highly focused eye and fresh and unique handling of watercolour we see elegantly
brought forth a selection of rich interior architectural details, some reflecting an extremely personal
view of a space. These watercolours simultaneously manage to portray both power and a serene and quiet
beauty. Mr Buchanan lives and works is Scotland and while exhibiting to great acclaim, has also frequently
been commissioned by the National Trust of Scotland and collectors to do studies of house interiors and exteriors.
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The Dutch artist Jan Dibbits is often represented as a conceptual artist, but is represented here by works
that strongly exhibit his concern with light, observation, perspective and space. These photographic prints
hone in on very specific interior features with a sharp and rigorous pursuit of illusion and light.
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Karn Holly's strong and slightly abstracted drawings and paintings of facades show an intellectual
and physical strength and a superb sense of composition and draughtsmanship. The intensity and love of
line betrays a shadowed deep sense of poetry and timelessness.
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Paul Schutze was born in Melbourne, Australia and is renowned as not only a visual artist, but as a
filmmaker and composer of film scores. In his exploration of specific locations and ambience through
photography he has often focused on public spaces devoid of any human presence and in the works in this
exhibition portrays interiors by moonlight, filled with an overwhelming sense of mystery and quietude.
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Alexander Creswell, Richard Foster and Geoffrey Leckie have all travelled broadly and sought out
the wonders, both simple and grand, of earlier architecture as a major subject matter for their work.
While portrayed in what most would see as a more traditional watercolour style, all three bring a very
personal and lively attitude to the subject.
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Alexander Creswell has lived in Venice and portrays its architectural glories, as well as others around
Italy and the Mediterranean, with a keen draughtsmanship and sureness of hand. His lively brushwork and
sense of light have helped him to bring watercolour to the forefront of academic painting. He is well
known for the series of watercolours done of Windsor Castle after the fire, commissioned for the Royal collection.
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Richard Foster has recently travelled with the Prince of Wales and while seen as a accomplished
portrait painter, has consistently pursued the subject of architecture wherever he has visited, here
represented by a wonderful group of small intimate paintings and watercolours focusing on the ambience
of specific spaces.
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Geoffrey Leckie, while an American, also spends long periods of time in Venice and England.
Leckie studied architecture at the University of Virginia, but abandoned architecture to concentrate on painting.
His work is characterised by an overwhelming interest in the effects of light and atmosphere, where a personal
impressionistic response relies not so much on architectural accuracy as on his poetic and imaginative
interpretation of the subject.
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Please contact John Stoller at johnstoller@onetel.com
if you wish photographs of examples of the work in the exhibition sent to you by email.
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