The Fairfax Gallery Chelsea, November 2009
The Fairfax Gallery, Chelsea.
5 Park Walk, Chelsea. SW10 0AJ
020 7751 4477
Exhibition dates: 5 - 14 November 2009
John Marshall's upcoming solo show at Fairfax Gallery Chelsea will feature new paintings in the manner which have made him highly collectable. On show will be the artist's trademark large cow 'portraits', painted with verve and sensitivity. These animals, often with doleful or inquiring gazes, exert a great sentimental pull on the viewer. Also returning are the black and white monochromes which remain fresh, dynamic and immediate.
A new departure can be seen in works which are staged and lit in a way which is reminiscent of Italian Renaissance chiaroscuro. In these paintings, the animals emerge from dark backgrounds by means of theatrical lighting, which resolves their forms to varying degrees. The opposition of illumination and concealment in these works lends them a majestic and mysterious air, and effects a transformation of bovine creatures into mythical beasts.
"They are all cows. But, creating a painting is doing something differently each time you paint. If something has worked before it doesn't mean it will work again. It is vital to avoid repeating old solutions or formulas - each painting is set in a specific context and moment in time. In a painting you have space and air and depth."
In November John Marshall's work will also feature alongside that of contemporary masters Paula Rego, Terry Frost and Mary Fedden in The Royal College of Art's CHASE exhibition. There can be no surer sign that this commercially successful artist has secured the critical acclaim to which he has long been due.
Click here to view the exhibition on YouTube
 | CATALOGUE IMAGE 'Holdenhurst' 48x60in [£6,400 (prov)] click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | CATALOGUE IMAGE 'Throop' 48x60in [£6,400 (prov)] click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | CATALOGUE IMAGE 'Fly' 48x60in [£6,400 (prov)] click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | CATALOGUE IMAGE 'Under the Brick Bridge' 48x60in [£6,400 (prov)] click for printable copy copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | CATALOGUE IMAGE 'COWMILK' 36x48in [£5,750 (prov)] click here for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | CATALOGUE IMAGE 'Broadway Hotel' 40x40in [£5,750 (prov)] click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | CATALOGUE IMAGE 'Cunningham' 48x48in [£5,900 (prov)] click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | AAF 'Sketch for Cunningham' 24x30in [£1,700 (prov)] SOLD click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | CATALOGUE IMAGE 'Alum Chine' 30x40in [£4,900 (prov)] SOLD click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 e | CATALOGUE IMAGE 'Boscombe' 30x40in [£4,900 (prov)] SOLD click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | 'Francis Avenue' 40x30in (£4,900 (prov)] click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | CATALOGUE IMAGE 'Bear Cross' 24x30in [£4,200 (prov)] SOLD click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | 'Rachel's Gate' 40x40in [£5,750 (prov)] click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | CATALOGUE IMAGE 'Brook' 24x30in [£4,200 (prov)] SOLD click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | CATALOGUE IMAGE 'Kinson' 30x40in [£4,900 (prov)] click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | CATALOGUE IMAGE 'Click Click' 40x40in [£5,750 (prov)] SOLD click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | 'Palfrey' 40x40in [£5,750 (prov)] click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | AAF 'Sketch for Palfrey' 24x30in [£1,700 (prov)] SOLD click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | CATALOGUE IMAGE 'Old Steine' 24x33in [£1,700 (prov)] click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | AAF 'Nell' 24x33in [£1,700 (prov)] SOLD click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | CATALOGUE IMAGE 'Hester' 20x30in [£1,700 (prov)] SOLD click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | AAF 'Nora' [20x30in £1,700 (prov)] click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | CATALOGUE IMAGE 'Switch' 48x48in [£4,750 (prov)] click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
  | AAF 'Syrup' 36x36in [£2,750 (prov)] click for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
 | 'Professor Charlotte' 48x60in [£4,750 (prov)] SOLD click her for printable image copyright john marshall 2009 |
