MARK EDWARDS
Front Cover: The Green Balloon 80 X 100 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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Mark Edwards Solo Exhibition October 2014
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Mark Edwards invites you back to The White Wood as he returns to The Catto Gallery with his exhibition showcasing the latest phase of his popular series. For some of us this marks a return to The White Wood (Catto Gallery 2012), for Mark Edwards it is a place he has spent the last seven years exploring. In this series the bold compositions, posed figures and recurring set of motifs of black crows, steam trains, empty buildings are at once enigmatic, ambiguous and even darkly comic. The snow gets deeper. The bowler-hatted gentlemen continue to ambiguously inhabit their strange environment. Now, in contrast to earlier works, they often stand in groups, not always alone. Who are they? How did they get there? What is their business there? The canvases too have developed as Mark grows key pieces such as “Man Climbing A Tree” and “Walking Past” into diptychs and triptychs for the first time.The groups of canvas now physically echoing the groups of gentlemen that feature so prominently in the exhibition. Following four sell-out exhibitions the series continues to draw admirers across the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. Edwards’ continued popularity stems from his ability to create contemplative studies of characters and repeat motifs, captured within the hauntingly mesmeric landscape of The White Wood. His paintings have a timeless quality, transcending us out of real life and place Edwards in a very British form of surrealism. The story continues.
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WALKING PAST (TRIPTYCH) 60 X 150 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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THE HEDGE 50 X 60 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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THROUGH THE HEDGE 81 X 130 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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THREE MEN STANDING VERY STILL 80 X 100 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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LOOKING FOR CROWS 65 X 81 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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WAITING FOR THE TRAIN TO PASS 100 X 210 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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UNDER THE FLAG (TRIPTYCH) 50 X 60 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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THE FLAG 100 X 140 cm Acrylic on Canvas 13
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WATCHING THE GAP (DIPTYCH) 2 X 40 X 30 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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THE TWO BROTHERS 80 X 100 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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THE BONFIRE (TRIPTYCH) 100 X 180 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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THE GREEN TRAIN 80 X 100 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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THE SURPRISE 65 X 81 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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THE MEETING PLACE 30 X 40 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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MAN CLIMBING A TREE (DIPTYCH) 50 X 120 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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LOOKING FOR THE COATS 65 X 80 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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STOPPING TO WATCH 70 X 100 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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WATCHING THE WOOD (DIPTYCH) 2 X 40 X 30 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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MAN TURNING (GROUP) 5 X 30 X 30 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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SITTING IN THE GARDEN 65 X 81 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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THE GREEN DOOR 80 X 100 cm Acrylic on Canvas 27
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BIRD SONG 54 X 73 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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HEARING MUSIC 50 X 60 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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WATCHING THE MOVING PATH 50 X 60 cm Acrylic on Canvas
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Back Cover: The Watcher 54 X 73 cm Acrylic on Canvas
CATTO GALLERY 100 Heath Street • Hampstead • London NW3 1DP Tel: +44 (0)20 7435 6660 • www.cattogallery.co.uk • art@cattogallery.co.uk Opening times: 10am - 6pm Mon - Sat • 12.30pm - 6pm Sunday • and by appointment
EXHIBITION DATES: 2nd - 21st October 2014