Goldmark Gallery have announced the death last week of gallery artist,
Andrzej Kuhn. They write, 'His paintings, deceptively naive yet highly sophisticated, have brought warmth and comfort to all those who have set eyes on them. He will be greatly missed by all of us at the gallery and all who knew him.'
In the essay
'Kuhn at Eighty' his work is described as follows: 'Flat, mythical scenes, in a rich palette of colours and subtle textures, are always peopled by strange and wonderful characters; weary travellers, resting angels, benevolent moons, lions, lovers, fishermen and musicians. For
Kuhn, these are real people, real events, their images arriving, fully formed, in his imagination pulled from the reservoir of human experience.'
The Gallery's current exhibition is
Dora Holzhandler A Celebration.
Philip Vann writes, 'A mystical note resounds in her vibrant portrayals of lovers emparadised in each other’s arms in opulently patterned bedrooms, of mothers and children in Eden-like gardens, of families endearingly observed as they gather in celebratory attitude, and in ethereal, luminous images that capture everyday life with spontaneous joy and clarity.'
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Jon Foreman -
Southbound Train.
