Browse & Darby in London, UK announced their upcoming solo exhibition of Robert Dukes, who Neil Plotkin interviewed for Painting Perceptions several years ago. Link to the interview here.
From the Gallery press release,
Dukes trained at Grimbsy School of Art from 1981-84 and the Slade School of Art from 1984-88 where he was taught by such luminaries as Euan Uglow and Patrick George. Dukes assimilated their influence whilst developing his own personal language; critic Andrew Lambirth has described his work as “full of life and vigour even though subjected to strict procedural disciplines”.
In this forthcoming exhibition, the artist will show still-life’s which combine a sensitivity of touch with a sensuous use of colour, as well as transcriptions of the art of the past and the occasional portrait of his beloved miniature dachshund, Miss Marple. Dukes’ still-life Oranges and Quinces recently featured in Cressida Bell’s exhibition at Charleston, ‘In Colour: Sickert to Riley’, a survey of British colourists of the last 100 years. The only other living artists in the exhibition were Bridget Riley and Sean Scully.
Online catalogue link here: https://issuu.com/joshdarby/docs/e-cat_f5b7b7b8caa36c/14
Painting Perceptions was started in 2009 by Larry Groff to promote the ideas, practice and experience of painters working from observation in a modernist vein from around the world through interviews, essays, videos and community. It later evolved to include imagination-based and abstract painting as well.
Beautiful work!