Then and Now. Opening on Thursday 22.11.2012

You are cordially invited to
the Opening Party
22nd Nov - 7pm to 9pm
at ROYAL OPERA ARCADE GALLERY

Pall Mall - near Trafalgar Square
30 Royal Opera Arcade - SW1Y 4UY


THEN AND NOW’ is an exhibition celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Free Painters and Sculptors (FPS) curated by Gabriel Parfitt and Charlotte Williams.

’Then and Now’ pays tribute to the diversity of the eclectic yet coherent group of artists from one of the capital’s longest established artist organisations.

The exhibition holds true to the founding principles of FPS - artists who are free from the constraints of a particular art classification, style or movement.

’Then and Now’ will feature FPS artists from the past six decades, including founding member and renowned sculptor Roy Rasmussen. Newer members also include contemporary landscape painter Rob Perry RBSA and urban artist PIKY. This show will be an opportunity to purchase affordable work from established artists, as well as exciting up-and-coming members. It will also give a fascinating insight into the history of FPS since 1952.

The Private View (22th November) will be an opportunity to meet FPS members from the last 60 years and to enjoy music from award winning singer-songwriter and Queen of the Underground, Hadar Manor (www.hadar.co.uk).



18THNOV - 1STDEC
10am - 8pm daily

Next Exhibition: April 12th, 2012

La niña de Caibarien

Gracias mamá, te quiero tanto.

Pics from Pall Mall Vernissage

New West End Exhibition: Free Painters and Sculptors

Free Painters and Sculptors Winter show 2011
Conflict and Resolution
International terrorism, the global banking crisis, London riots, travelling on the
tube, a hair in your food, running out of toothpaste, toe nails in the bath,
….Conflict and resolution is evident in the severe to the mundane; the macro to
the micro; the serious to the trivial.
Conflict and resolution also represents the artist’s creative process – the mind in
a state of flux, inhabited by the conflict of subject, colour and contrast leading
ultimately to the resolution of the finished work.
November’s show 'Conflict and Resolution' brings together the best of the long
established art group – Free Painters and Sculptors – and demonstrates their
eclectic style in interpreting this unsettling theme.
About FPS
FPS is an eclectic group of painters, printmakers and sculptors whose works
range from the traditional and delicate to the bold and contemporary. All embody
the ethos of the group’s founding principle – namely to be free from the
constraints of populist art movements and fashions.
The group was established in 1952 and was originally associated with the ICA
(Institute of Contemporary Arts). The founding members featured many high
profile and influential artists, including Henry Moore.
During the fifties and sixties it played a significant part in the establishment of
abstract art, the first of a number of post war movements that freed artists from
the orthodoxy of rigid ideals, and became a forerunner of the current
postmodern ideals of free expression.
‘Conflict and Resolution’ marks the penultimate show for FPS before its 60th
anniversary in 2012.
When
20–26 November 2011 | Preview 24 November 2011, 7pm
Where
La Galleria
30 Royal Opera Arcade | Pall Mall | London SW1Y 4UY
Featuring artists
Cos Ahmet | Dijana Bekvalac | Lorenzo Belenguer | Simon Burder | David Davies
| Caroline Falkland | Malcolm Franklin | Rosina Flower | Odette Farrel | Kasia
Kaldowski | Mariusz Kaldowski | Gabriel Parfitt | John Parfitt | John Mackenzie |
Pete Murry | Piky | Robert Perry | Roy Rasmussen | James Reynolds | Bruni
Schling | Ines Szamrey | Kate Wilson |

New oils

Lately my oils have been caressing abstract... I have posted my new oils in my website: www.odettefarrell.com
but here I post too some of the ones I like most. I will be very glad to hear your comments regarding this new approach.

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