Manfred Welling's first solo exhibition with Curwen Gallery; "A Passion for Colour", is
currently showing in our upstairs gallery. It is a unique exhibition of
his newest monoprints, made by transfering an image from a matrix to
paper using an etching press.
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| One of the stars of the show, Blue Cliff, sold moments after the exhibition opened. |
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| One of the original works, Earthflow, sold quickly on the opening night. |
These matrices can consist of natural and man-made materials such
as various kinds of paper and fabric, leaves, grasses and other plant materials,
plastic film as well as etching and collagraph plates. Each is a one off artwork which cannot be replicated.
The exhibition really surprised us when we first encountered it as we had long been acquainted with Manfred Welling as a regular visitor to the gallery but only fairly recently saw his work and decided to give him his first solo exhibition with us.
The exhibition was originally scheduled for last year, but was postponed because of the essential building work in the gallery during the original timing. Since last year however huge developments have been made in Welling's style with the newer works feeling more resolved than the works chosen for the exhibition last year.
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New work Gyras is still available for purchase.
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Although the process used to produce the newer work remains largely the
same, his new pieces have a completely different substance to them, being
more reminiscent of microscopic images of cells rather than the
original works which spoke more of landscape contours and natural
phenomena.
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| Blue Dawn,one of the newest works on show, Sold in the first few days of the exhibition. |
Much of the exhibition has already sold, however there are still some great works available to buy. One of the gallery's favourite works, Illusion, is still available for £225 framed. Call the gallery on 0207 323 4700, to arrange a purchase. There are a number of people interested in this piece however, so check the gallery website for current availability.
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| Manfred Welling, Illusion, £225 |
To see a selection of Manfred Welling's work, click here (opens in a new window) see the exhibition on the gallery website.
Having seen Manfred's work, whilst they are reminiscent of the cellular and microscopic, I was immediately struck by their relation to the etherial, cosmic and angelic. There is a link to the birthplace of stars, like looking through a telescope in to Orion's nebula. Their balance of delicate form and colour produces a harmonic resonance which definitely appeals to a meditative mind. It interests me also, that in them they posses the micro and macro.
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