White Cube, Mason's Yard 25 June - 16 August 2025
National Potrait Gallery, 20 June - 7 October 2025
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Κλυτίη (Clytie), 2023-25
Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf and ash on canvas
280 × 380 cm
110 1⁄4 × 149 5⁄8 in
Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf and ash on canvas
280 × 380 cm
110 1⁄4 × 149 5⁄8 in
I had set out to visit the National Portrait Gallery this morning but intended to follow on to revisit this Kiefer exhibition at Mason's Yard again.
I had taken a 50mm lens so hoped to have a little more space for image capture.
I had taken a 50mm lens so hoped to have a little more space for image capture.
Being able to reduce digital noise in the images allows just enough depth of field to capture the paintings at an angle!
The depth of the 'underpainting' in these works continues to be engaging...
The depth of the 'underpainting' in these works continues to be engaging...
Κλυτίη (Clytie), 2023–25
Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf and ash on canvas
280 × 380 cm
110 1⁄4 × 149 5⁄8 in
Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf and ash on canvas
280 × 380 cm
110 1⁄4 × 149 5⁄8 in
für Ingeborg Bachmann, 2023-25
Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf and ash on canvas
280 x 380 cm
110 1/4 x 149 5/8 in
Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf and ash on canvas
280 x 380 cm
110 1/4 x 149 5/8 in
Sweet golden clime (for William Blake), 2023-25
Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf and ash on canvas
280 x 190 cm
110 1/4 x 74 13/16 in
Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf and ash on canvas
280 x 190 cm
110 1/4 x 74 13/16 in
Under der Linden an der Heiden (Under the Lime Tree - On the Heather), 2019
Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf, straw, clay and charcoal on canvas
280 x 760 cm
110 1/4 x 299 3/16 in
Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf, straw, clay and charcoal on canvas
280 x 760 cm
110 1/4 x 299 3/16 in
Raben, 2019
Emulsion, oil, acrylic, straw and gold leaf on canvas
280 x 760 cm
110 1/4 x 299 3/16 in
Emulsion, oil, acrylic, straw and gold leaf on canvas
280 x 760 cm
110 1/4 x 299 3/16 in
Sichelschnitt, 2019
Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf, metal, burnt wood, plaster and linen on canvas
280 x 380 cm
110 1/4 x 149 5/8 in
Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf, metal, burnt wood, plaster and linen on canvas
280 x 380 cm
110 1/4 x 149 5/8 in
(detail)
I eventually found the missing titles and details.
In the meantime the details of the paintings continued to 'delight'!
I eventually found the missing titles and details.
In the meantime the details of the paintings continued to 'delight'!
Kornfeld mit Schnitter, 2019-24
Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf, sediment of electrolysis, metal, burnt wood, plaster and linen on canvas
280 x 380 cm
110 1/4 x 149 5/8 in
Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf, sediment of electrolysis, metal, burnt wood, plaster and linen on canvas
280 x 380 cm
110 1/4 x 149 5/8 in
(detail)
I had booked a visit to the Jenny Saville exhibition based on the images used in publicity and the Jonathan Jones review in the Guardian.
I was pursuing the possibility of finding the palette that I had found back in the early eighties...
I was pursuing the possibility of finding the palette that I had found back in the early eighties...
In the event I went around the exhibition repeatedly and did not find what I was looking for. Eventually I saw the partial image in the bookstall and was able to find the painting from which it was taken.
The painting is 'Drift', oil and oil stick on canvas, 2020-2022
The painting is 'Drift', oil and oil stick on canvas, 2020-2022
It is a monumental exhibition but I was exhausted by the deft visual flourishes... elements... tricks... manifestations... components... structures... illustrational flourishes rather than painterly necessity...
...and I did not find the full palette in use!
...and I did not find the full palette in use!
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