Contemporary Masters from Britain - China 2017-18

I am thrilled to have my work included in these exhibitions, the first show was very well received in  Yantai Read more The 2nd exhibition at Artall, Nanjing was opened by the President of Artall Cultural Industries and Dr Judith Tucker on behalf of Contemporary British painting.

Included in the exhibitions are over 80 works of art selected from the Priseman Seabrook Collection of 21st Century British Painting. The first collection of art dedicated to 21st century British painting in the UK. The traveling portfolio of works were selected and curated by Robert Priseman.

The Priseman Seabrook Collection is an official partner of Art UK

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The publication  Contemporary Masters From Britain includes essays by Dr Judith Tucker, Terry Greene and Matthew Krishanu. Available to buy on Amazon.


"...what is compelling about painting, is what is out of the control, what is beyond intention: the sensuous, viscous quality of paint."

Between Us: British Painting in China by Dr Judith Tucker artist and senior lecturer at the University of Leeds, UK


Lucy Cox is presenting, ‘The Aura of Abstraction’ at Jiangsu Art Museum in Nanjing, China, in conjunction with the exhibition at Artall Gallery, Nanjing (also known as the Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Museum) in October 2017.

Read the essay | ‘The Aura of Abstraction’  

 

Venues | Dates | 2017 - 2018


The Yantai Art Museum | Yantai | China | 11th July - 3rd August

Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Museum | Artall | Nanjing | China | 10th – 27rd October 2017     Artall | China TV | Feature

Jiangsu Art Museum | Nanjing | China | 29th – 16th November 2017

Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Museum | Tianjin | China | 1st December - 10th January 2018

Featured artists include: David Ainley, Iain Andrews, Amanda Ansell, Louis Appleby, Richard Baker, Karl Bielik, Claudia Böse, Day Bowman, John Brennan, Julian Brown, Simon Burton, Marco Cali, Ruth Calland, Emma Cameron, Simon Carter, Jules Clarke, Ben Cove, Lucy Cox, Andrew Crane, Pen Dalton, Jeffrey Dennis, Lisa Denyer, Sam Douglas, Annabel Dover, Natalie Dowse, Fiona Eastwood, Nathan Eastwood, Wendy Elia, Tracey Emin, Lucian Freud, Paul Galyer, Pippa Gatty, Terry Greene, Susan Gunn, Susie Hamilton, Alex Hanna, David Hockney, Marguerite Horner, Barbara Howey, Linda Ingham, Silvie Jacobi, Matthew Krishanu, Bryan Lavelle, Laura Leahy, Andrew Litten, Cathy Lomax, Clementine McGaw, Paula MacArthur, Lee Maelzer, David Manley, Enzo Marra, Monica Metsers, Nicholas Middleton, Andrew Munoz, Keith Murdoch, Paul Newman, Stephen Newton, Gideon Pain, Andrew Parkinson, Mandy Payne, Charley Peters, Ruth Philo, Barbara Pierson, Alison Pilkington, Robert Priseman, Freya Purdue, James Quin, Greg Rook, Katherine Russell, Wendy Saunders, Stephen Snoddy, David Sullivan, Harvey Taylor, Delia Tournay-Godfrey, Judith Tucker, Julie Umerle, Mary Webb, Rhonda Whitehead, Sean Williams, Fionn Wilson


During the course of exhibitions in 2017 - 2108 Contemporary British Painting artists – Marco Cali, Julian Brown, Lucy Cox, Judith Tucker, Freya Purdue and Robert Priseman travel to China to talk on the subject of British painting in light of the digital revolution and explore why the hand-made work of art is more relevant today than it has ever been, connecting directly as it does with the profound human need to touch, feel and mediate emotion.


Susan Gunn