Installation View, Frank Bowling at Tate Britain (31 May - 26 August 2019). Tate Photography, Matt Greenwood
South America Squared, 1967, Acrylic and spray paint on canvas, 2430 x 2740 mm, Rennie Collection, Vancouver © Frank Bowling. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2019
Ziff, 1974, Acrylic paint on canvas, 2010 x 1460 x 50 mm, Private collection, London, courtesy of Jessica McCormack © Frank Bowling. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2019
Sacha Jason Guyana Dreams, 1989, Acrylic paint and resin on canvas, 1780 x 1360 mm, Tate © Frank Bowling. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2019
Cover Girl, 1966, Acrylic, oil paint, and silkscreened ink on canvas, 1448 x 1016 mm, Private Collection © Frank Bowling. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2019
Iona Miriam’s Christmas Visit To & From Brighton, 2017, Acrylic paint and plastic objects on collaged canvas, 1890 x 1225 mm, Courtesy of Frank Bowling and Hales Gallery, Alexander Gray Associates, and Marc Selwyn Fine Art © Frank Bowling. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2019
Barticaborn I, 1967, Acrylic paint, spray paint, and oil wax on canvas, 2340 x 1224 mm, Lowinger Family Collection © Frank Bowling. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2019
Installation View, Frank Bowling at Tate Britain (31 May - 26 August 2019). Tate Photography, Matt Greenwood
Ah Susan Whoosh, 1981, Medium acrylic paint on canvas, 2415 x 1750 mm, Private collection, London © Frank Bowling. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2019
Installation View, Frank Bowling at Tate Britain (31 May - 26 August 2019). Tate Photography, Matt Greenwood
Frank Bowling at Tate Britain, Tate Photography, 2019, Matt Greenwood
Frank Bowling’s first major retrospective at the Tate Britain offers the chance to experience work created throughout all six decades of the artist’s career. Bowling has relentlessly explored the properties and possibilities of paint, experimenting with staining, pouring, layering, as well as a variety of materials. The exhibition includes paintings from his respectively more personal and abstract series in which Bowling has investigated the tension between geometry and fluidity. At 85 years-old, the artist continues to paint everyday creating work that relies on technical skill while embracing change and the unpredictable.
Frank Bowling is on view through August 26 at Tate Britain Millbank, Westminster, London. photographs courtesy of Tate Britain