Neil Shawcross 'World Tour Part 1'

World Tour Part 1 exhi b i t i o n

presents an Exhibition of Paintings

W o r ld Tou r Pa rt 1 Friday 5th - Saturday 20th June 2015 10am - 5.30pm daily Malone Exchange 226 Lisburn Rd Belfast BT9 6GE

Neil Shawcross MBE. RUA Neil Shawcross is and has been an avid collector of all sorts of design and advertising material for the past twenty to thirty years, including packaging, tins, wine bottles, Americana, kitchenalia, museum and exhibition posters, etc.

He has often painted series of works depicting some of his interests, i.e. Penguin Book Covers or Wine and other Bottles. Some twenty years ago he decided, as a bit of fun, to over-paint some of his posters rather than paint images of them. Encouraged by many friends he has continued to produce these unique over painted works (approx 100) and it is with great pride that I present part one of Shawcross’s World Tour. This is the first time that the series has been made available to the public.

Posters included images by Hockney, Picasso, Rembrandt and many others - all superimposed

by Neil’s art work with written details of an exhibition or museum’s promotional material left visible to the viewer. These are full blown paintings in (mostly) acrylic with a deliberate bold Shawcross signature to each one which makes them unique to this series. There are a few exceptional Linotypes included.

Very much considered an Irish artist, Neil was born in Lancashire in 1940. He studied art at Bolton College of Art from 1955 to 1958 and Lancaster College of Art from 1958 to 1960 before moving to Belfast in 1962 to take up a post to Lecture at Belfast College of Art where he continued to teach until his retirement in 2004.

At 75 he still creates works in his studio on a daily basis. His work can be found in all major public and private collections in Ireland and in numerous other collections around the world.

Michael Flanagan June 2015

1. Uncle Sam Stamps 94cm x 68cm

2. Girl at the Mirror 94cm x 67cm

3. Jugs & Basin 105cm x 76cm

5. Red Kettle 76cm x 86cm

8. Four Nudes 72cm x 77cm

9. Red Jug 80cm x 60cm

10. Crouching Nude 76cm x 50cm

11. Ladder Back Chair 73cm x 51cm

12. Musical Chair (6) 76cm x 50cm

13. Still Life - Fruit & Wine 78cm x 61cm

14. Cup & Saucer (1) 66cm x 73cm

15. Jug & Basin (2) 66cm x 73cm

16. Green Spoon 70cm x 70cm

17. Still Life - Fishing Vessels 76cm x 50cm

18. Reclining Nude 66cm x 78cm

19. Musical Chair (5) 70cm x 50cm

20. Four Piece Still Life 70cm x 50cm

21. Still Life - Wine & Fruit 56cm x 71cm

22. Jug & Basin (1) 56cm x 68cm

23. Purple Jazz 59cm x 43cm

24. Silver Jazz 60cm x 43cm

25. Musical Chair (4) 61cm x 45cm

30. Elvis has left the building!

82cm x 61cm

31. All Jazzed Up 60cm x 80cm

32. 4 Tin Cans 81cm x 61cm

33. Vase of Poppies 99cm x 48cm

34. Green Dining Chair 84cm x 59cm

36. Red Telephone Box 76cm x 50cm

37. Red Easy Chair 45cm x 64cm

39. Jug & Basin (3) 59cm x 42cm

41. Still Life - Fruit 57cm x 42cm

42. Jazz Session 42cm x 30cm

44. Red Kitchen Chair 57cm x 42cm

45. Bowl of Fruit 49cm x 38cm

46. Musical Chair (1) 75cm x 51cm

47. Musical Chair (2) 76cm x 51cm

48. Musical Chair (3) 100cm x 69cm

49. Large Red Jug 77cm x 82cm

50. Swivel Chair 76cm x 55cm

51. Yellow Cup & Saucer (3) 65cm x 73cm

52. Red House 76cm x 50cm

53. Still Life - Fruit & Flowers 67cm x 68cm

54. Decanter 59cm x 41cm

55. Blue Chair Red Seat 61cm x 45cm

56. Cup & Saucer (2) 42cm x 29cm

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