The Curwen Feb 2010

34 Windmill Street
Fitzrovia
London
W1T 2JR

Telephone: 020-7323 4700 Fax: 020-7436 3059

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Show Title: THE CANDY COW SHOW

2 - 27 February 2010

Highly respected cow painter, John Marshall has been humorously painting these lovable bovine beasts for 15 years now and his latest 2010 exhibition 'The Candy Cow Show' at The Curwen & New Academy offers a delectable pick and mix.

'Bonbon', 'Sherbert Pip', 'Whortleberry Waffle' and 'Sundae Flake' cheer us up at the end of the winter months with their sense of lightness and sugar-coated fun.

They clearly show the key to John's success. We see him artfully mixing his excellent draftsmanship with wit and humour. His cows are undoubtedly beautifully painted - 'Butterfinger' and 'Candy Flag', for example, deftly display his fine technical ability and highly admired portraiture skills. But we also see his irreverence - he just doesn't take his subject too seriously. He poses them in front of funky wallpaper or magenta pinks, gives them a slight of head or a bemused expression. He has fun with them and injects humanity and a wry sensitivity and respect. They make us smile and we enjoy them for the varied and vibrant personalities that they become.

And this lot more than most. Gone are last year's somber and dramatic experimentation with light and shade. These were a bold exploration into the old skills of portraiture but with a change of the season we see a lightness return in all it's bubblegum wrapped glory. 'Bottle Pop', 'Bazooka' and 'Bubbalow'. 'Lemonhead', 'Whopper' and 'Double Bubble' - it's hard not to smile at this latest bunch.

Jane Wheeler, Artists Agent

Goober 40x40in Oil on Canvas £5,750          ^{Catalogue Image 1}
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Whopper 100 x 140cm (Triptych) Oil on Canvas £4,200                                ^{Catalogue Image 2}
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Lemonhead 50x50cm Oil on Canvas £1,500
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Skittle 50x50cm Oil on Canvas £1,500                              ^{Catalogue Image 3}
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Pixy Stix 50x50cm Oil on Canvas £1,500                           ^{Catalogue Image 4}
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Bottle Pop 84x59cm Oil on Canvas £1,700                           ^{Catalogue Image 5}
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Double Bubble 59x84cm Oil on Canvas £1,700                               ^{Catalogue Image 6}
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Bubbalow 48x48in Oil on Canvas £5,900                                                    ^{Catalogue Image 7}
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Bazooka 36x48in Oil on Canvas £5,750
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Butterfinger 40 x40in Oil on Canvas. £5,750   ^{Cover and Card Catalogue Image 8}
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Candy Flag 36 x 48in Oil on Canvas. £5,750                     ^{Catalogue Image 9}
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Gum Drop 48 x 48in Oil on Canvas. £5,900                     ^{Catalogue Image 10}
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Sundae Flake 48 x 48in Oil on Canvas. £5,900.                ^{Catalogue Image 11}
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Whortleberry Waffle 30 x 40in Oil on Canvas. £4,900               ^{Catalogue Image 12}
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'Fly' 48 x 60in Oil on Canvas. £6,400                                          ^{Catalogue Image 13}
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'Throop' 48 x 60in Oil on Canvas. £6,400
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'Holdenhurst' 48 x 60in Oil on Canvas. £6,400                               ^{Catalogue Image 14}
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'Broadway Hotel' 40 x 40in Oil on Canvas. £5,750
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Ten Fifty One 36 x 48in Oil on Canvas. £5,750                      ^{Catalogue Image 15}
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Bonbon 30 x 40in Oil on Canvas. £4,900                        ^{Catalogue Image 16}
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Sherbet Pip 30 x 40in Oil on Canvas. £4,900                           ^{Catalogue Image 17}
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Swizzelberry 30 x 40in Oil on Canvas. £4,900                          ^{Catalogue Image 18}
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