Cathy's Art Diary

Bright exhibition at Eames Fine Art of prints by John Hoyland. These were large, abstract works created in the 1980s and 1990s shown with sketchbooks and the Poloid photos from which he took inspiration. I loved the way the prints were overpainted with swirls giving them texture and a sense of the artists hand. Closes 14 November 2021  

Colourful exhibition at the Newport Street Gallery of works by abstract artist John Hoyland. These were very large, bright pictures mainly in blocks of colour. I was interested to see that works he did in his country studio in Wiltshire had a different more muted palate. I’ll be honest though I have no idea why the show was called Power Stations. I quite liked the pictures but wasn’t really moved by them. However it was a good chance to see this new gallery set up to show work from Damien Hirst’s art collection. It has the standard white box rooms but I liked the double height gallery with a small walkway along it on the upper floor joining two galleries up there. It was interesting to be able to look down in the pictures and it would be really interesting to see sculpture there. Closes on 3 April 2016. Reviews Times Guardian Telegraph Evening Standard