Great
article about the background of Bruce McLean’s ceramic series ‘Garden
Ware’ showcasing in the ceramics galleries of the V&A for London
Design Festival 2017.
See his series of 25 'Dream Garden’ Monotypes that inspired the designs in this range on our website.
Saturday, 16 September 2017 14.15 – 14.45
Join Bruce McLean and former Head of
the V&A Ceramics Department Oliver Watson, for a guided tour of the
'Garden Ware’ trail, in collaboration with 1882 Ltd, as they discuss
“what is a good pot?” and examine some of their favourite examples along
the way!
CCA Galleries & Worton Hall Studios are thrilled to invite you to join us at STAND 22 for another exciting year at the London Original Print Fair!
Thursday 3rd - Sunday 6th May 2018
Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BD
Featuring the latest, never-before-seen editions by acclaimed artists PETER BLAKE, DANNY ROLPH and PAUL HUXLEY to be launched exclusively at the fair!
This year we are delighted to be bringing along the spectacular
CCA ART BUS designed by the ‘Godfather of Pop’ Peter Blake, which will be situated in the courtyard for the duration of the fair providing musical entertainment and showcasing an even broader range of limited edition prints by the iconic artist!
Contact us for tickets
Be quick - we are now down to our last few free
passes!
Art is one of the most personal, thoughtful and fun
things you can give someone. We’ve hand-picked some of our favourite prints for
you this
St. Valentine’s Day. Show them you care by giving the gift of Art!
A Rose, is a Rose, is a Rose
Peter Blake
Silkscreen with glazes
Image size: 350 x 350mm
Paper size: 450 x 460mm
Edition size: 100 BUY
HERE
Call the office on
01252 797 201 today to place your order
Consisting of three stunning silkscreen prints with glazes, each print takes on
the subject of a rose in a different direction exerting Blake’s signatures
watercolour, collage and pop art styles. All three prints are beautifully
presented together in a rich petrol blue archival box with title page and
colophon.
A Rose, is a Rose, is
a Rose
Peter Blake
Silkscreen with glazes
Image size: 350 x 350mm
Paper size: 450 x 460mm
Edition size: 100 BUY
HERE
The sentence ‘Rose is a rose is a
rose’ was written by Gertrude Stein as part of the 1913 poem 'Sacred Emily’, which appeared
in the 1922 book 'Geography and
Plays’. In the poem, it references that the first 'Rose’ is the
name of a person. As one of her most famous quotations, Stein
later used variations of the quote in her other writing and it is often
interpreted as a means to say 'things are what they are’
A Rose, is a Rose, is
a Rose
Peter Blake
Silkscreen with glazes
Image size: 350 x 350mm
Paper size: 450 x 460mm
Edition size: 100 BUY
HERE
Winter Walk, Highgate
Ponds
Lucy Farley
Silkscreen with collage and pastel
Image size: 34 x 23cm
Paper size: 41.7 x 31.4cm
Edition size: 50 BUY
HERE
A personal piece for Lucy, this edition embodies her love for a particular
person and landscape, whilst celebrating a relationship she has had with
Hampstead Heath ever since she first started walking there while studying at
the at the Royal College of Art. Inspired by winter bathing in the Highgate
Ponds, a tradition she has kept up since she first visited the Ladies Pond, and
a tradition she now shares with her boyfriend who is pictured here, making his
way to the Men’s pond with his dog.
Blue Love Tree
Terry Frost
Silkscreen with collage elements
Image size: 61 x 100cm
Paper size: 61 x 100cm
Edition size: 85 BUY
HERE
A
vibrant and playful silkscreen print with collage elements. Frost’s 'Love tree’
designs have proved to be some of his most popular. One of Sir Terry’s final
designs, Blue Love Tree was
made in a very small edition of 85, making it rare and very collectible.
I Love You
Peter Blake
Digital print on canvas
Image size: 119.7 x 84.2cm
Paper size: 119.7 x 84.2cm
Edition size: 50 BUY
HERE
This
exuberant and joyful image is Peter Blake at his classic best. Bold pop design,
brilliant colours and an uplifting and simple message of love. The geometric
design is reminiscent of his iconic 1960s pieces including Got a
Girl and Babe
Rainbow.
Valentine
Donald Hamilton Fraser
Silkscreen
Image size: 41 x 57cm
Paper size: 58.5 x 75cm
Edition size: 150 BUY
HERE
This
beautiful image has a very special story. Before his death Fraser has been very
keen to contribute to the Mending Broken Hearts Appeal, but sadly was unable to
complete any work. With this in mind Fraser’s wife kindly suggested and gave
permission for a silkscreen to be made from a valentines card that Fraser had
once painted for her, as she felt that the image was highly appropriate. Fraser
created a valentines card for his wife every year of their sixty year marriage.
Created
especially to raise awareness and funds for the British Heart Foundation. All
profits go to the BHF.
Craigie’s Canary
Peter Blake
Etching with hand-coloured chine collé
Image size: 24.5 x 29.5cm
Paper size: 38 x 46cm
Edition size: 50 BUY
HERE
Craigie’s
Canary is a celebration
of British artist Craigie Aitchison’s (1926-2009) life and work as well as a
tribute from his friend and admirer Peter Blake. This hand-painted etching’s
minimalism is an echo of Aitchison’s precise and simple compositions, its
splash of colour reminiscent of the jewel-bright colours Aitchison loved to
use. Aitchison kept canaries, they would fly about in his studio; as well as
being a recurring motif throughout his work, the canary is a symbol of joy,
illumination and innocence- and here it represents Craigie himself; a touching
tribute to a dear friend.
Horse at Water
Nic Fiddian-Green
Silkscreen
Image size: 55 x 95cm
Paper size: 60 x 100cm
Edition size: 50 BUY
HERE
For the equine lover in your life, this signed limited edition silkscreen print
by world renowned sculptor Nic Fiddian-Green demonstrates the dramatic elegance
of his iconic horse’s head.
I Love You Very Much
Peter Blake
Silkscreen and mixed media with collaged wood veneer, 3D wooden hand-painted
elements, LED lights, embossing, diamond dust, gold leaf and
glazes.
Image size: 100 x 35.8cm
Paper size: 100 x 35.8cm
Edition size: 25 BUY
HERE
“‘Love’
and ‘I
Love You Very Much’ are an attempt to make print editions that
include ‘real’ elements. Some of the letters are lit up like fairground signs,
some are made with wood, I’ve also used wood veneer, diamond dust and
embossing, it’s amazing the effects you can achieve in printmaking.” - Peter
Blake
Victorian Postcard Series 4
Peter Blake
Archival inkjet with silkscreen glaze
Image size: 28 x 44cm
Paper size: 38 x 55.5cm
Edition size: 95 BUY HERE
From a set of five prints, The Victorian
Postcard series reflects Blake’s interest in and admiration for
Victorian art and paraphernalia.
Call the office
on 01252 797 201 today to place your order
Presenting the latest
limited edition silkscreen prints by acclaimed artist BRUCE MCLEAN, Red Garden Path, Lindheimer’s Beeblossom and Turquoise Hosepipe Ban
continue to explore the artists organic, floral themes, taking inspiration from
his garden in Spain.
Limited to an edition size of 75 silkscreen prints, each of these are available
from our website.
CONTACT THE OFFICE ON
01252 797201 TO PLACE YOUR ORDER
Lindheimer’s
Beeblossom
Silkscreen print with hand painted embellishments
Edition size: 75
Image size: 920 x 820mm
Paper size: 1120 x 1010mm
McLean’s fascination with flora and fauna is
inspired by his wife’s gardens in London and Menorca and has long been a
central theme in his prints and paintings. Drawing particular inspiration from
the dark shadows and flickering light created as the sun moves around, these
artworks are directly related to paintings originally created 10 years ago
which developed into the ‘Son Caragol’ series. Through mark making and layering
motifs, McLean builds up depth and injects a bold and bright palette to
recreate this lush, flickering environment.
CONTACT THE
OFFICE ON 01252 797201 TO PLACE YOUR ORDER
In a limited edition size of 75 prints, each of the Shades of Grey silkscreens explore
deeper McLean’s dream garden vision with a refined focus on monochromatic
patterns and textures with pops of vibrant colours.
“In the intense
bright and blistering Menorcan light, it is sometimes necessary to make black
or grey works in response to the dark green, jungley garden (an endlessly
moving sculpture) containing plants - aloes, yuccas, palms, tiger grass,
cane, papyrus, phormium, cactus, agave americana, agapanthus, etc, punctuated
by pomegranates.” - McLean
Shades of Grey, Light Blue by Bruce McLean
2017
Silkscreen with collaged elements
Edition size of 75
970 x 1140mm
A Lawnmower in the
Loft by McLean
is a delightful series of short autobiographical stories that have influenced
the artists life.
We are giving away a copy with every edition of Shades of Grey, Cerulean Blue and Shades of Grey, Light Blue. It is also available to
purchase individually.
A Lawnmower in the Loft by Bruce McLean
BOOK RELEASE
A Lawnmower
In The Loft :
Bruce McLean - Autobiography
Launched on the 7th November 2017
BRUCE
MCLEAN INTERVIEWS HIMSELF AGAIN (TEN DIFFICULT QUESTIONS)
@ Tate Modern,
Terrance shop, Bankside, London. SE1 9TG.
“Made
up of a series of vivid and bawdy anecdotes, McLean’s first collection of
biographical stories echo the satirical tone of his art-making practice and
relate the invention of his life as an artist. Both funny (ha ha) and funny
(peculiar), this (non) po-faced history of art and comedy of (ill) manners
presents a compelling soundtrack of human behaviour, gesture politik and
inherited tics and traits.” - Mel Gooding
Own your own copy of his long waited autobiography A Lawnmower In The Loft with
every McLean print purchase before the launch at the Tate - and
immerse yourself into the world of Bruce McLean!
The Dream Gardens monotypes
are a series of 25 works based on his wife Rosy’s garden in Spain. McLean
uses colour and texture to create shadows, forms and the suggestion
of light to express his vision of his dream garden.
McLean has used also this theme to create his series of Garden Ware ceramics which debuted in
the V&A Ceramic Galleries for London Design Week this September.
Dream Gardens Mono 21 by
Bruce McLean
2017
Silkscreen - collage and hand painted monotype
Edition size of 25
910 x 1100mm
‘The God Father of Pose’ BRUCE MCLEAN will be
performing throughout the day at the ART CAR BOOT FAIR 2017 in Vauxhall on
Sunday 9th July 12- 6 pm, paying homage to his artwork 'Pose Work for Plinths
I’ 1971.
Worton Hall Studios will be creating a 284 x 264
cm set completed with objects and a plinth for Bruce McLean to pose in, on and
around. Polaroids will be available for sale on the day as well as a limited
edition print 'Trying To Make A Name For Myself, Piece’.
Bruce McLean
Trying To Make A Name For Myself, Piece Lithograph & Silkscreen Print
The Dream Gardens monotypes are a series of 25 works
using hand painted and collaged elements on silkscreen prints. Based
on his wife Rosy’s garden in Spain, McLean uses colour and texture to
create shadows, forms and the suggestion of light to express his
vision of his dream garden. McLean has also used this theme to create a
series of ceramics called Garden Ware.
We are delighted to share with you McLean’s most recent monotypes available to purchase from CCA Galleries.
CCA Galleries is
delighted to be launching new releases by PETER BLAKE, NIC FIDDIAN-GREEN, BRUCE MCLEAN
and LUCY FARLEY.
Launched at the LONDON
ORIGINAL PRINT FAIR on Wednesday 3rd May, these prints are now available to buy on our website at www.ccagalleries.com.
CCA Galleries is
delighted to present this Dazzle Alphabet portfolio, Blake’s
first alphabet series since 2007. Available as either 27
individual prints or as a box set, featuring Blake’s signature Pop
Art style Dazzle motifs.
The Dazzle motif references Blake’s early work as well as his
recent exploration of the ‘dazzle’ effect, which was originally a method of
helping vessels avoid enemy detection in World War One.
Editions
available in June
Subject to availability and price changes
In a series of 10 prints, Blake continues to
explore the wrestlers - a major theme throughout his career. Blake has been a
wrestling fan since childhood.
Using celebrity faces to achieve the implication of fame through his
characters suggests their personalities and background, while the flags
represent where they are from. Blake enjoys combining elements from reality
with fictional details when inventing his wrestlers.
Grey borders
are the same colour across all Wrestler prints
Editions
available in June
Subject to availability and price changes
The Road to
Zennor monotypes are a series of 6 unique works. The
inspiration originates from a trip to Cornwall where Farley researched
into the Cornish Surrealist painter Ithell Colquhoun, who lived and worked in
Lamorna cove in the 1940’s. Farley revisited the historic sites that
inspired Colquhoun’s paintings such as stone circles, burial grounds and
standing stones in her nearby fields.
‘The Road to Zennor’ image began as a series of on the spot sketchbook drawings
in Cornwall, looking up from road level at the fields, stones and farm
gates on the way to Zennor. The criss-cross motif of the gate appears in each
of the six works as well as the tumbling boulders and approaching red sundown
sky. I’m fascinated by the traces of man’s work and sacred rituals that litter
this particular landscape whether it be the ravaged mines that are no
longer in use or spiritual Neolithic stone circles.'
Editions available in
June
Subject to availability and price changes
The Dream Gardens monotypes are a series of 25 works
using hand painted and collaged elements on silkscreen prints. Based
on his wife Rosy’s garden in Spain, McLean uses colour and texture to
create shadows, forms and the suggestion of light to express his
vision of his dream garden. McLean has also used this theme to create a
series of ceramics called Garden Ware.
Editions
available in June
Subject to availability and price changes
World renowned as an equestrian
sculptor, Nic Fiddian-Green’s Horse
at Water limited edition silkscreen print is an edition size of 50 and
demonstrates the dramatic elegance of his iconic horse’s head.
Whilst studying at Chelsea School of Art, Fiddian-Green took a trip to the
British Museum and found inspiration in the shape of the head of the horse of
Selene.
'The encounter paved my future. It was as if lightning had struck twice in the
same place. The horse’s head was so beautifully made, so considered, so right.
It was as if it had been carved by the gods: a lesson in balance and harmony
and proportion. Immediately it became my benchmark. For the past 30 years I’ve
focused on capturing the beauty of a horse’s head.’
Phillips are running an exciting printmaking exhibition, demonstration and workshop, in collaboration with artist Lucy Farley and Worton Hall Studios on June 3rd 12-5pm.
Book a place to watch a demonstration and partake in a Q&A with the artist, followed by an opportunity to make your own screenprint!
A fantastic chance to learn and understand more about the printmaking technique.
Snow on the Nose (exclusively available as part of the set)
CCA Galleries is delighted to announce the publication of a new original series of silkscreen prints by Bruce McLean. ‘Mixed Grillings’ is a series of five works inspired by real-life episodes from McLean’s past.
Each piece represents a memory, a story, a slice of the artist’s life and his artistic response to that memory; and as such they constitute his most personal work in recent years. Each print is hand-worked by the artist.
The works can be purchased as a set comprising: Cobweb of Potato, Qweesh not Quiche, Monica’s Walnut Sponge, Invisible Soup and Snow on the Nose (available as part of the set only), or individually.
The simplistic, hand drawn image created by Israeli artist @guy_yanai for his limited edition lithograph ‘Tree’ is based on the tree that features in Italian Renaissance painter’s Fra Angelico’s work ‘Noli Me Tangere’, something Yanai has been fascinated with for many years.
Guy Yanai is recognised for his simplified shapes, vibrant colours, flattened depth of field, and curiously common subject matter. Often painting in geometric blocks, akin to the pixelated screens and over-digitalisation of the twenty-first century, his oversimplified representations compress the gigabytes of data we perceive and receive on a daily basis. In almost direct contrast with this, ‘Tree’ is much more organic, simplified but still reliant on the heavily linear style that defines his work.
A well-received artist, Yanai has had numerous solo and group exhibitions worldwide. He currently lives and works in Tel Aviv.
Published by CCA in an edition of just 25, ‘Tree’ is signed and numbered by the artist and available to buy for £375 from the CCA website, link in bio.
