Frank Bowling

 

Bowling’s overriding concerns have always been colour and materials. This display consists of his poured works in which the artist tipped acrylic directly onto a painted canvas before tilting the surface to guide the paint as it gushed downwards. He completed such vertiginous, upright pictures as ‘Rosebushtoo’ and ‘Julia’ from 1973 to ’78 while living between London and New York, where he came into contact with American artists such as Barnett Newman and, later, Larry Poons. Far from derivative, however, Bowling’s surfaces overflow with their own kaleidoscopic confection. This feels like real art, the kind you have to see in the flesh and up close. (CBC)

 

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