In the immense entrance hall to the Palais, four 10-metre high canvases are hanging. They are as tall and vertical as the architectural columns. Each one is an articulated presence, twisting upon itself, rising up as if it had limbs although its limbs are neither human nor animal. Impossible to think of them as abstract - a European art-historical term. These presences are totemic. You look up at each one and feel how in that thin hanging strip a specific place is towering above you. The places are silent, knowing that their colours are strident and can speak for themselves. Paul Jenkins: Major Works is at the Palais des Beaux Arts, Lille until Nov 20, and the Redfern Gallery, London W1 from Oct 25 until Nov 24.
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The Art Of Paul Jenkins
Paul Jenkins, aged 82 and now working with acrylic on very large canvasses, has outlived many of his close friends, including De Kooning, Rothko and Pollock. All treated Jenkins as a peer and equal, yet he has not so far achieved comparable fame or market status. It may be because his work makes fewer references than that of his friends to the history of European painting. He is not so much a rebel artist as a foreign one. And this could mean that institutional acceptance takes longer. In any case, the proletarian city of Lille is currently offering him a magnificent exhibition in its Palais des Beaux Arts. The Redfern Gallery in London is also holding a show.
In the immense entrance hall to the Palais, four 10-metre high canvases are hanging. They are as tall and vertical as the architectural columns. Each one is an articulated presence, twisting upon itself, rising up as if it had limbs although its limbs are neither human nor animal. Impossible to think of them as abstract - a European art-historical term. These presences are totemic. You look up at each one and feel how in that thin hanging strip a specific place is towering above you. The places are silent, knowing that their colours are strident and can speak for themselves. Paul Jenkins: Major Works is at the Palais des Beaux Arts, Lille until Nov 20, and the Redfern Gallery, London W1 from Oct 25 until Nov 24.
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Irish Art
In the immense entrance hall to the Palais, four 10-metre high canvases are hanging. They are as tall and vertical as the architectural columns. Each one is an articulated presence, twisting upon itself, rising up as if it had limbs although its limbs are neither human nor animal. Impossible to think of them as abstract - a European art-historical term. These presences are totemic. You look up at each one and feel how in that thin hanging strip a specific place is towering above you. The places are silent, knowing that their colours are strident and can speak for themselves. Paul Jenkins: Major Works is at the Palais des Beaux Arts, Lille until Nov 20, and the Redfern Gallery, London W1 from Oct 25 until Nov 24.
For the full story - click the title
Irish Art
