RECENT EXHIBITIONS
CARTE BLANCHE Ŕ PHILIP HUGHES: AVEC CHRIS DRURY ET NICOLAS
DE STAËL: GALERIE PASCAL LAINE
Galerie Gimpel & Müller
June 18th - July 26th 2011
'The galley invited me to exhibit together with my choice
of artists whose work I particularly admired. I chose Chris
Drury and Nicolas de Staël. So the exhibition included new
works, largely related to landscape around Menerbes in Vaucluse.
Chris Drury did new works also related to Menerbes. And a
series of small landscapes by de Staël of around Menerbes
were kindly lent for the exhibition'.
Galerie Gimpel & Müller
12 rue Guénégaud 75006 Paris
+33 (0)1 43 25 33 80 ?+33 (0)6 16 81 71 49 ??
www.gimpel-muller.com
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THIS TWITTERING WORLD
CONTEMPORARY PAINTERS CELEBRATE T S ELIOT'S FOUR QUARTETS
Francis Kyle Gallery
June 15th - July 21st 2011
A joint exhibition with 24 other artists. Philip produced
a series of 5 etchings inspired by the Eliot's poem Four Quartets.
Each etching uses a common plate. The design of this plate
represents two aspects of the poem: the rigorous structure
of the poem that emerges on frequent re-reading; and in the
use of light and dark, the way that Eliot continually uses
contrasting position on subjects. To this background he has
added features reflecting very specific passages.
Francis Kyle Gallery
9 Maddox Street
Mayfair
London W1S 2QE
Tel: +44 (0)20 7499 6870 / 6970
www.franciskylegallery.com
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PHILIP HUGHES: GALERIE PASCAL LAINE
Galerie Gimpel & Müller
15 August - 22 September 2010
The exhibition in the main derived from the landscape between
the Luberon and Mont Ventoux in Vaucluse, France. Whilst two
or three works go back to the 1990s, the majority were undertaken
in the past three years. For over 30 years Philip has lived
part of the year in this area of France. Many of the paintings
are derived from views of the valley below his studio. They
reflect the detailed patterns of the vineyards and fields,
seen over the changing seasons. The exhibition also included
a group of abstracts, all painted in his studio in France,
reflecting in some way the colours and forms of that landscape.
A final group of works is far removed: the man-made hill of
Silbury in Wiltshire, England. This mysterious hill dates
from around 2750BC. Philip has long been fascinated by its
haunting presence in the land, and has returned there over
and over again. The exhibition included works done between
2008 and 2010.
Galerie Pascal Lainé
3, rue Sainte Barbe
84560 Ménerbes France
www. galerie-pascal-laine.com
+33 (0)4 90 72 48 30
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PHILIP HUGHES:
VAUCLUSE RIDGEWAY ORKNEY
Francis Kyle Gallery
18th May to 17th June 2010
The exhibition draws upon three different landscapes, each
being very important to the artist over a long period.
Vaucluse: He spends a part of each year in the area of the
Luberon. The emphasis is very much on the contrast between
the intensely cultivated valley and the rugged mountains of
the Luberon and Ventoux.
Ridgeway: There is a set of paintings of the enigmatic mound
of Silbury, and then the hill forts along the Ridgeway itself.
Orkney: Recent work exhibited shows a collaboration between
the artist and the archaeologists in Orkney, currently making
new discoveries using the geophysical technologies.
The exhibition also includes a set of large-scale drawings
mainly of stone circles.
Francis Kyle Gallery
9 Maddox Street, Mayfair, London W1S 2QE
Tel: +44 (0)20 7499 6870 / 6970
Website: franciskylegallery.com
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THAT GONG-TORMENTED SEA: CONTEMPORARY PAINTERS PURSUE
THE IDEA AND THE REALITY OF BYZANTIUM
A joint exhibition with 22 other artists. Philip was inspired
by the great defensive walls of Constantinople and the rock-hewn
churches of Cappadocia, in their almost surreal landscape.
The maps used in two of the works are printed courtesy of
the British Library Board, where they are held.
Francis Kyle Gallery
11 November 2009 - 28 January 2010
www.franciskylegallery.com
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CIRCLES IN THE LANDSCAPE
The Pier Arts Centre, famous for housing a major collection
of 20th Century British Art, re-opened after extensive enlargement
and refurbishment. As well as its permanent collection, the
gallery puts on a number of temporary exhibitions.
This exhibition, was linked to the one at Charleston, and
particularly featured the nearby stone circles of Brodgar
and Stenness, and Callanish in the Outer Hebrides. It also
included works from a number of circles in England, amongst
which were the Merry Maidens in Cornwall, given the Pier Arts
Centre’s link with St Ives.
Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney, Scotland
20th September to 8th November 2008
http://www.pierartscentre.com/
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STONE CIRCLES
Charleston was the home and country meeting place of the Bloomsbury
Group. It has a gallery attached which shows temporary exhibitions.
The exhibition shown in this gallery was exclusively devoted
to drawings of stone circles in the UK. Included were Stonehenge,
Avebury and Castlerigg in England; and Callanish and Brodgar
in Scotland. All the drawings, mainly in large format, were
done in situ. This exhibition was linked with the exhibition
held at the Pier Arts Centre in Orkney.
Charleston, Sussex, UK
29th June to 24th August 2008
http://www.charleston.org.uk/index.html
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MOUNTAINS OF THE MIND
The theme of the exhibition was mountains that have a particular significance, for the artist personally, or for the world in general.
Included were two mountains in the highlands of Scotland -
Buachaille Etive Mor and Suilven; two in France - Mt Lassois
and Mt Ventoux; and Mt Carrera in Antarctica. Also included
were Silbury in Wiltshire - the tallest prehistoric mound
in Europe.
The Drill Hall, Canberra, Australia
April 3rd – May 11th 2008
http://info.anu.edu.au/mac/Drill_Hall_Gallery/
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Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney Australia
July 15th - August 9th 2008
www.rexirwin.com
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LUBERON 1977-2007
26th May to end of July 2007
This exhibition was a retrospective of the artist's work in
the Luberon region over the past thirty years. As well as
new work it included work borrowed from collections in Europe
and the USA.
Maison de la Truffe et du Vin
Ménerbes
France
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ABSTRACTS
26th May to end of June 2007
This exhibition ran concurrently with the other exhibition
in Ménerbes. Philip Hughes has always worked on abstracts
in parallel with his work based on landscape. This was the
first time that there had been an exhibition entirely of abstracts
and it had a selection of this work from the past 20 years.
Gallerie Pascal Lainé
Ménerbes
Vaucluse
France
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SCOTLAND: THE HIGHLANDS AND THE ISLANDS
24th April to 31st May 2007
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The exhibition will be centered on work done in the Highlands
and Islands of Scotland over a three year period.
Francis Kyle Gallery
9 Maddox Street
Mayfair
London W1S 2QE
Tel: +44 (0)20 7499 6870 / 6970
Website: franciskylegallery.com
PILBARA & BUNDANON
29th November to 17th December 2005
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The works concentrate on two locations, Pilbara in Western
Australia and Bundanon on the Shoalhaven River in NSW, and
is in part homage to Fred Williams and Arthur Boyd who did
some of their last and finest paintings in these locations.
Rex Irwin Gallery
First Floor, 38 Queen Street,
Woollahra, NSW, 2025, Sydney, Australia
Tel: +61 (02) 9363 3212
Website: www.rexirwin.com
JURA: ASSYNT: RANNOCH
18 June to 10 July 2005
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The Watermill Gallery
The Watermill, Mill Street,
Aberfeldy, PH15 2BG
Website: www.aberfeldywatermill.com
Exhibition arranged in association with the Francis Kyle Gallery,
London
ANTARCTICA
24th September - 23rd October 2003
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A series of works based on Hughes's experience as the first
artist to visit the white continent as part of the British
Antarctic Survey's Artists and Writers Programme.
Francis Kyle Gallery
9 Maddox Street
London W1R 9LE
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7499 6870
Website: www.franciskylegallery.com
JUMP OF THE MANTA RAY
7th December- 15th December 2002
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This artists book is a long dramatic poem by Carmen Boullosa
translated by Psiche Hughes, illustrated by Philip Hughes
and hand printed by publisher Martyn Ould at the Old School
Press. Philip Hughes has used images derived from photographs
from seas and shorelines in many countries. These are digitally
manipulated and printed by a giclee process. The book and
images have been exhibited in the Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra,
Australia and the Star Gallery, Lewes, England.
THE TIN ROUTE
11 November 2000 - 11 March 2001
Two thousand five hundred years ago the locations
of West Cornwall, North Burgundy and South Italy were linked
by trade in tin. Tin was a vital commodity being an essential
component of bronze. West Cornwall was the main source in
Europe and the Greek communities on the Mediterranean the
main users. The tin was transported by sea to the mouth of
the Seine, upstream to the celtic city of Vix (near modern
Chatillon) then across by land to the Soane and hence down
the Rhone to the Mediterranean. This exhibition relected this
extraordinary trade, both by theme and by location being shown
in Tate St Ives, England; Musee Chatillonais, France and University
of Lecce, Italy.
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