Art UK | Abstract Art Collection

Delighted to have my painting featured in this stunning abstract collection. The paintings were selected by the founder of Contemporary British Painting, Robert Priseman from the Priseman Seabrook collection and features a number of artists from CBP.

Art UK Public Art Collection

A Collection of Abstract Paintings from the Priseman Seabrook Collection | Curated by Robert Priseman

Divided Ground 2012 | Acid yellows, linseed oil, wax, natural earth pigment & gesso on canvas | H 91 x W 91 cm

21st Century British Abstract Painting: Drawn from the Priseman Seabrook Collections | Art UK

The earliest roots of abstract painting begin in Europe with the Ukrainian born Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square painting of 1915. Alongside abstracted landscape works by Moscow born Wassily Kandinsky. As the movement evolved it spread across Europe and then to the USA.

Following the Second World War abstraction achieved significant support from the US Government. Who engaged it to act as a form of soft diplomacy through culture. With critic Clement Greenberg helping launch the careers of artists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning & Clyfford Still.

100 years on and abstract painting is thriving, with a significant group of artists practicing in the UK. Including Susan Gunn, Mary Webb, Julian Brown, Karl Bielik and Terry Green.

Artists featured in this Curation: Julian Brown (b.1974), David Ainley (b.1943), Karl Bielik (b.1967),Pen Dalton (b.1944), Mary Webb (b.1939), Teresita Dennis (b.1957), Terry Greene, Lawrence Preece (b.1942), Lisa Denyer (b.1984), Marius von Brasch (b.1958), Maria Chevska (b.1948), Sarah Longworth-West (b.1981), Susan Gunn (b.1965), Bryan Lavelle, Molly Thomson (b.1953), Freya Purdue (b.1952), David Manley, Sue Kennington (b.1955), Keith Murdoch (b.1972), Julie Umerle (b.1954), Charley Peters (b.1973), Ruth Philo, Lucy Cox (b.1988), Ben Cove (1974–2016), Stephen Snoddy (b.1959), Claudia Boese (b.1963) and Andre Crane (b.1949)

See the full curation via link: Art UK | Abstract Curated Collrection by Robert Priseman