William Wright Brushes
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William Wright Brushes
12th January – 25th February 2022 Lyndsey Ingram 20 Bourdon Street London W1K 3PL T. +44 (0)20 7629 8849 E. info@lyndseyingram.com W. lyndseyingram.com
William Wright Brushes
Studio Wall Oil on canvas, 2014 – 21 Signed verso 50.8 × 40.6 cm £3,750 + VAT 6
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Brushes I Oil on canvas, 2020–21 Signed verso 35.6 × 25.4 cm £2,800 + VAT 8
Brushes II Oil on canvas, 2020–21 Signed verso 35.6 × 25.4 cm £2,800 + VAT 9
Painter’s Table Oil on canvas, 2016 – 21 Signed verso 40.6 × 50.8 cm £3,750 + VAT 10
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Brushes III Oil on canvas, 2020–21 Signed verso 35.6 × 25.4 cm £2,800 + VAT 12
Brushes IV Oil on canvas, 2020–21 Signed verso 35.6 × 25.4 cm £2,800 + VAT 13
Corner of the Studio with Drawings Oil on canvas, 2021 Signed verso 45.7 × 35.6 cm £3,500 + VAT
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Brushes V Oil on canvas, 2021 Signed verso 35.6 × 25.4 cm £2,800 + VAT 16
Brushes VI Acrylic on gesso panel, 2021 Signed verso 35.6 × 25.4 cm £2,800 + VAT 17
Studio Interior Charcoal and pastel on paper, 2021 Signed verso 35.6 × 43.2 cm £1,200 + VAT 18
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Brushes VII Oil on canvas, 2021 Signed verso 35.6 × 25.4 cm £2,800 + VAT 20
Brushes VIII Oil on canvas, 2016–21 Signed verso 35.6 × 25.4 cm £2,800 + VAT 21
Painter’s Clothes Oil on canvas, 2021 Signed verso 45.7 × 35.6 cm £3,500 + VAT 22
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Small Interior I Oil on canvas, 2021 Signed verso 22.9 × 30.5 cm £2,800 + VAT 24
Small Interior II Oil on canvas, 2021 Signed verso 22.9 × 30.5 cm £2,800 + VAT 25
Biography
William Wright takes inspiration from his daily life in and around the studio. Working from memory, imagination or direct observation, paintings can evolve over many weeks and months. Small in scale and muted in palette, Wright’s work is imbued with a quiet atmosphere and restrained quality. Often focusing on a single object against a plain background, all extraneous detail is removed. The artist’s ongoing ‘studio pictures’ series takes the studio environment itself as its subject. A private sanctuary, it is witness to the repeated routine and ritual of painting and drawing. These images of the artist’s paraphernalia, real or imagined, are essentially about the mercurial act of making and the studio space as home to endless possibilities and encounters. ‘William Wright’s paintings and drawings have for me the same intensity as poems that conjure visual imagery of the world we live in… they have a melancholic ache that comes from someone who is a profound observer’. – Tom Hammick William Wright (b.1971) is a British painter and printmaker based in South-East London. He studied at Leeds Metropolitan University and has exhibited widely throughout the UK and abroad. Recent exhibitions include The Painter’s Coat, Galerie Ariane C-Y, Paris, 2021, (solo); Herbal Remedies, Lyndsey Ingram Gallery, London, 2021; Urgemment, Patiement, Galerie Ariane C-Y, Paris, 2020; Painting Painting, The Eagle Gallery, London, 2019 and From the Studio, The Art Stable, Dorset, 2019, (solo). 26
Painter’s Table Oil on canvas, 2016 –21 (detail)
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Published by Lyndsey Ingram 20 Bourdon Street London W1K 3PL T. +44
(0)20 7629 8849
E. info@lyndseyingram.com W.
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