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ANDREW CARNEGIE
Recent work from a new gallery artist

Private View Saturday 21st July 2007 noon - 5.00pm
Wine served - All Works for Sale
Exibition Finishes Sunday 12th August 2007

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Uppsala Prayer, Sweden

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Stockholm
80x80 Acrylic on canvas (linen) £2350

 

In Boundaries Crossed these paintings are not about realism, but do endeavour to be true. Andrew leaves the safety of realistic representation for that of naivety and simplicity. He leaves naturalistic palettes for strong and bold colours. He leaves detail and considered painting techniques for a rapid, confident manner which is “of the moment”. Andrew has forsaken much that can be easily appreciated and understood, leaving one to focus on the true emotions or relationships of figures in the paintings. The essential subject matter and emotional driving force of these paintings involves a preoccupation with the relationship between people and/or their locality. For this exhibition Andrew has drawn inspiration from a variety of experiences ranging from visits to Paris, Sweden, Cornwall, Scotland and Vancouver. Through the use of simple, non-realistic maquettes, which look as if they are cubist bas-relief, he establishes the general form of composition. The maquette is not slavishly copied, but is merely a tool to test composition, tone and the disposition of shape, light and shadow. It is subject to continuous revision and refinement as observations are translated onto canvas, where the painter is able to edit and transform the guidelines established to give the exact qualities he wishes to convey. Andrew holds the viewpoint as expressed by Georges Rouault that “drawing is the gush of the spirit on the alert”. It is with this in mind that the boundaries crossed, be they of a physical, emotional, or experiential nature, are there to be discovered by the viewer. The boundaries crossed, intentional or otherwise are there for all to consider from their own unique viewpoints. Thus, the viewer too must cross their own boundaries to explore these paintings further. In so doing, an affiliation with what the painter is trying to convey is waiting to be discovered.

Sean Dooley RIBA

ANDREW CARNEGIE

 
1950
Born London, England
1968-71
Byam Shaw School of Painting and Drawing
1971-74
Royal Academy Schools
Taught by Roderic Barrett
1979-80
Middlesex College
1980-2005
Taught art at Highgate Junior School

 

AWARDS AND RESIDENCES

 

1969
British Institution Fund Award
1972/73/74
David Murray Scholarship
1974

Royal Academy Gold Medal
John Stott Travelling Scholarship, New York

1990
Artist residency in Banff, Canada

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 

1971
Charles Keyser Gallery, Piccadilly
1972

Wills Lane Gallery, St Ives

1973
Royal Society of British Artists
Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
1974
Bolsover Gallery, London
1976

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

1977

Upstream Gallery, Waterloo (solo shows)
Mixed show Royal Academy
Curtis and Jacob Gallery

1979

Picture Gallery, Battersea

1986/87/88
Upstream Gallery, Waterloo (solo shows)
1991
Alberta House, London (solo show)
1993
The Guardian Art for Sale, Queensway
1994/95/96
Duncan Terrace Gallery, Islington
1998
Summer Show, Duncan Terrace
1999
Ted Litchfield Gallery
2000
Chelsea Art Fair
2001
“Indian Summer”, Ted Litchfield Gallery
2002
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
“Five Days in May”, Ted Litchfield Gallery
2004
“Cutting Loose”, Ted Litchfield Gallery
2006
Gallery 12 Winter Show, Hampstead

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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