Two monotypes by Chris Gollon from his ‘Traveller’ series (made by the artist at Glasgow Print Studio in 1996) have been included by Messums, Cork St, in their first exhibition in 2025. To view the full exhibition, click: Messums This group exhibition at Messums London presents a collection of works that display a remarkable variety … Continue reading “Monotypes at Messums, Cork St”
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A online exhibition at IAP Fine Art curated to coincide with the World Premiere of the new feature-length documentary CHRIS GOLLON: Life in Paint (85mins) on 29th October 2024 in London, and the subsequent screening on 4th March 2025 at The Garden Cinema. (The film will then be screened in New York in May 2025). … Continue reading “CHRIS GOLLON: Life in Paint”
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IAP Fine Art‘s latest online exhibition shows works by Chris Gollon, Maggi Hambling, David Hockney, Victor Pasmore, John Hoyland, Barbara Rae, Chris Friel, Julian Penberthy, plus the latest designs from Possible Mirror and master jeweller Paul Hatton. To see the full exhibition details, click: Exhibitions.
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“Music and painting are, in my view, as with all art genres, seeking the same truth.” Chris Gollon (2016) This online exhibition can be viewed at IAP Fine Art, and shows a collection of 23 paintings by Chris Gollon, which were the climax of two years of artistic boundary crossing with singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy. From … Continue reading “CHRIS GOLLON: Gimme Some Wine”
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Chris Gollon’s highly-acclaimed Fourteen Stations of the Cross are unusual since they vary in size, are site-specific and because the artist used his own son as the model for Jesus. They were permanently installed in the Church of St John on Bethnal Green, which is a beautiful grade-one listed church designed by Sir John Soane, … Continue reading “Fourteen Stations of the Cross”
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ROMSEY ABBEY, Church Lane, ROMSEY, Hampshire. SO51 8EP As his national touring exhibition to cathedrals also travelled to Romsey Abbey in autumn 2016, Chris Gollon was taken both by the Abbey and the history of its famous abbess, St Ethelflaeda. He painted–as a site-specific work–for two stone recesses–this dramaticdiptych of St Ethelflaeda, Abbess of Romsey at the time … Continue reading “St Ethelflaeda”
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Following his unexpected death in 2017, to celebrate Chris Gollon’s life and work, the award-winning River & Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames, has re-arranged its exhibition schedule to display his painting of the Henley Royal Regatta. The painting was commissioned in 2008 and is now part of the Museum’s permanent collection alongside works by Dufy, Piper and Trevelyan. … Continue reading “Gollon At Henley”
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Princess Alexandra Walk, Huddersfield, W. Yorks HD1 2SU Permanent Collection “Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood with his memories in a trunk Passed this way an hour ago with his friend, a jealous monk [….] You would not think to look at him, but he was famous long ago For playing the electric violin on Desolation … Continue reading “Einstein & The Jealous Monk”
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