JEREMY ANNEAR
JEREMY A NNE AR
14 September – 12 October 2013
NEW CRAFTSMAN GALLERY 24 Fore Street · St Ives Cornwall TR26 1HE 01736 795652 www.newcraftsmanstives.com The full exhibition can be viewed on our website. All work is for sale from receipt of this catalogue.
JEREMY ANNEAR The paintings of Lizard-based painter Jeremy Annear reflect the artist’s early exposure to St Ives abstraction and the profound influence of European Modernists such as Braque, Miro, Picasso and Gris. Annear’s highly abstracted paintings respond to both the formal structure of still life and the natural constructs and delineations of the Cornish landscape, combining richly textured surfaces of muted primary and secondary colours reined in by sober tones of black, white, grey and taupe. His early art education included grid analysis of historical painting and he developed a finely tuned understanding of the balance between the constructive and narrative elements in works of art. An artist highly educated and engaged in theoretical and philosophical discussions of modern and contemporary art, Annear’s powerfully composed oil works on board and canvas have their roots in the linear inheritance of late modernism. Paintings in this exhibition, which include new and previously unseen works from the last three years, continue his exploration of the themes of land and geometry, and of the artist’s sense of place within the physical world.Walking daily within the West Cornwall landscape, Annear observes the convergence of horizontal and vertical details and their effect on the balance, atmosphere and perception of self and place. Trained at Exeter College of Art, Jeremy Annear was a member of the Newlyn Society of Art and the Penwith Society of Artists, served on the council of management of the Newlyn Gallery and continues to exhibit regularly in London and Europe.
Front cover: Random Geometry (Orange Disc) 2011 100 x 100 cm
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Oil on canvas
Line Song (White Moon) 46 x 61 cm
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Oil on board
Line Song (Putty White Disc) 46 x 61 cm
Oil on board
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Random Geometry V 102 x 128 cm
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Oil on canvas
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Line Objects (White) 31 x 51 cm
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Oil on board
Line Song 40 x 30 cm
Oil on canvas
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Folding Forms (Field) VII 70 x 90 cm
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Oil on canvas
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Land Space (Umber Grey) 40 x 60 cm
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Oil on canvas
Random Geometry VI 60 x 80 cm
Oil on canvas
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Genius Loci IV 25 x 34 cm
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Oil on board
Genius Loci VI 25 x 34 cm
Oil on board
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Narcissi Field II 13 x 17 cm
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Oil on board
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