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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20170211
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20170320
DTSTAMP:20170207T212436Z
URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/atkinson-landing-colourfields-fr
 ank-barnes/
SUMMARY:The Atkinson: The Atkinson: The Landing: Colourfields by Frank Barn
 es
DESCRIPTION:lives and works in Southport. ‘Colourfields‘ is a selection
  of paintings made between 2014 and 2017. Frank uses acrylic and oil paint
 s\, dichlorotriazine dyes and fragments of sea shells on a base of un prim
 ed canvas and canvas paper to create the works.\n\nThe sources that have i
 nspired this body of work are quite diverse although there is a common thr
 ead relating to travel and experiences of different locations and cultures
 . There are also frequent references to historical and ancient signs\, sym
 bols\, motifs and mythologies. The images have been developed through a pr
 ocess of spontaneously creating fresh visual melodies over structured back
 grounds that form the settings for the compositions. The paintings are nam
 ed as ‘characters’. Sometimes the names are chosen because of a relati
 onship to the idea or a memory\, and sometimes names are invented to compl
 iment the character of the work.’\n“It’s difficult to talk about col
 our as an ‘idea’ in a rational way\, yet nothing can compare with its 
 infinite possibilities and the multiplicity of its possible meanings. A sm
 udge\, a smear\, a stroke of colour can be any number of things depending 
 on shape\, transparency\, density\, scale and context etc. The setting and
  sources for my paintings originate from a simple vocabulary of motifs\, s
 ymbols and signals which relate to events\, locations and memories. I try 
 to paint as automatically as possible. The paintings are intended as glanc
 ing episodes composed within illusionistic spaces. Hopefully there is hone
 sty in the way the paintings are made. The paintings are built in layers\,
  each subsequent layer adding to a series of cancellations which partially
  veil the applications of colour\, and spark improvisations”\nFrank is a
 lso inspired by the work of historical\, modern and contemporary painters.
  Fra Angelico\, Paul Gaugin\, Henri Matisse\, Hans Hoffman\, Helen Franken
 thaler\, Alan Davie\, Corneille and the COBRA group\, John Hoyland\, David
  Hockney\, Bhupen Khakhar and Barbara Rae have been particularly inspirati
 onal. Such artists may be diverse in their manner but all are seen as ‘c
 olourists’.\n\nImage is Airy Dance by Frank Barnes
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LOCATION:The Atkinson\, Lord Street\, Southport\, Sefton\, PR8 1DB\, Sefton
 \, United Kingdom
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