FRED COPPIN LIGHT SPEED
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FRED COPPIN LIGHT SPEED
12 Northgate, Chichester West Sussex PO19 1BA +44 (0)1243 528401 +44 (0)7794 416569 info@candidastevens.com www.candidastevens.com 3
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This new body of work charts an important personal stage in the artist's life, as he moves into the domain of parenthood. Human relationships come to the fore, and we see connections between people and place form. The work conveys an underlying sense of human intimacy. This is a collection to recognise, appreciate and capture this transformative time in life, the tension between wanting to move forward but wanting everything to stay still. Snapshots and flavours of youth - freedom, adventure, hugging, sleeping, dancing are all present. "I sometimes wish memories kept their vividness and didn’t just dissolve into the outline and the facts. Perhaps this is an attempt to keep the colour in those memories." Fred Coppin, October 2022. The territory of print making has long been on the artist's agenda, and here we present 5 editions of photopolymer etchings, a process that suits the artist's form of expression.
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Twenty Twenty Two, 2022 Oil on linen 150 x 120 cm 7
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Cala Deia, 2022 Oil on linen 185 x 135cm 9
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Glasshouse, 2022 Oil on linen 120 x 100 cm 11
Eight Hours, 2022 Oil on linen 120 x 80 cm 12
The Yellow Hut, 2022 Oil on linen 100 x 90 cm 13
How To, 2022 Oil on linen 100 x 80 cm 14
Pontoon, 2022 Oil on linen 100 x 100 cm 15
Dreamboat, 2022 Oil on linen 90 x 70 cm 16
Burgau, 2022 Oil on linen 80 x 65cm 17
Precious, 2022 Oil on linen 80 x 65cm 18
Man In Outdoor Shower, 2022 Oil on linen 80 x 65cm 19
Lighthouse, 2022 Oil on linen 80 x 65cm 20
The Field, 2022 Oil on linen on panel 76 x76 cm 21
Gee And Will, 2022 Oil on linen 75 x 60 cm 22
Someone Else’s Bathroom, 2022 Oil on linen 75 x 60 cm 23
Ocean Park, 2022 Oil on linen on panel 61 x 61 cm 24
You Fell, I Swam, 2022 Oil on linen on panel 61 x 61 cm 25
The View Across, 2022 Oil on linen on panel 61 x 51 cm 26
Midnight, 2022 Oil on linen on panel 61 x 51 cm 27
Feel Too Much, 2022 Oil on linen on panel 61 x 46 cm 28
The Botanist, 2022 Oil on linen on panel 61 x 46 cm 29
Touch Me, 2022 Oil on linen on panel 61 x 51 cm 30
Tuxedo, 2022 Oil on linen on panel 61 x 51 cm 31
Pallant House, 2022 Oil on panel 61 x 46 cm 32
Tropic, 2022 Oil on linen on panel 51 x 51 cm 33
Red, 2022 Oil on linen on panel 51 x 41 cm 34
Astral, 2022 Oil on linen on panel 51 x 41 cm 35
Lemon Lemon Camera, 2022 Oil on linen on panel 51 x 41 cm 36
The Florist’s Shelf, 2022 Oil on linen on panel 51 x 41 cm 37
That Day It Snowed, 2022 Oil on linen on panel 40 x 40 cm 38
Cherry, 2022 Oil on linen on panel 40 x 40 cm 39
Bask, 2022 Photopolymer etching 41.5 x 29.5 cm 40
The Last Dip, 2022 Photopolymer etching 20.5 x 29.5 cm 41
Higher Love, 2022 Photopolymer etching 30 x 20.5 cm 42
Conservatory, 2022 Photopolymer etching 30 x 20.5 cm 43
Girl Underwater, 2022 Photopolymer etching 20.5 x 28.5 cm 44
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Education: 2009 – 2011 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Oxford Brookes Selected Exhibitions 2022 - ‘Light Speed’ solo show - Candida Stevens Gallery, Cromwell Place, London - London Art Fair - Candida Stevens Gallery 2021 - 'Pressing Matters' group show, curated by Pavement Licker - 'Thinking Out Loud' solo show presented by Paul Smith - '1 Large: 2 small' group show, Candida Stevens Gallery - London Art Fair - Candida Stevens Gallery 2020 - 'Towards The Light' solo show - Candida Stevens Gallery - 'Isolated Observations' group show - Candida Stevens Gallery 2019 - Arts Depot Open, London - 'A Very Small Cactus & Other Studies' solo show - Islington, London - 'Pavement Licker' group show - Portland Place, London 2018 - Royal Institute Of Oil Painters Exhibition Annual Exhibition at Mall Galleries, London - 'Angles & Optimism' solo show - Shoreditch London (hosted by Creative Debuts) Awards: - Artist Magazine Award - Royal Institute Of Oil Painters Coverage: https://london.lecool.com/inspirations/fred-coppin-2/ https://www.pavementlicker.com/projects-content/helium-london-x-pavement-licker https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/art-2/pavement-lickers-concrete-art-exhibition/ https://www.alexorso.com/blogs/news/open-canvas-fred-coppin https://cenemagazine.co.uk/news/2021/3/25/pavement-licker-curates-unique-vinyl-musicand-art-exhibition https://www.nrmagazine.com/news/2021/3/29/helium-london-amp-matchesfashion-presentpressing-matters-curated-by-pavement-licker-35ark https://www.nme.com/news/music/arctic-monkeys-coldplay-the-clash-and-more-donaterare-vinyl-to-charity-exhibition-2913149 https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/88n485/whats-in-fashion-weekly-round-up-charlesjeffrey-dover-street-market https://organthing.com/2018/08/09/organ-thing-fred-coppins-painterly-optimism-downrivington-street/ 46
Published in November 2022 by Candida Stevens Gallery on the occasion of an exhibition featuring the work of Fred Coppin Catalogue © Candida Stevens Gallery Images © The Artist Photography © Dan Stevens All rights reserved 47
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