The gallery is pleased to present from Thrusday 19th September an exhibition of Peter Joseph, the fourth organised by the gallery.

Peter Joseph (London 1929 - Stroud 2020) became known in the 1970s for his painting of simple, literally symmetrical shapes in a carefully considered colour palette, usually of two colours. Those colours set a rectangle within a frame of a darker shade, in a seemingly perfect symmetry, where colour and proportion may be seen as an expression of time, mood or place. From 2005 onwards, his format evolved away from its established architecture into canvas in two parts, divided horizontally or vertically.

Precisely from this series, the gallery will be presenting two important works from the artist :  Dim blue with Grey blue of 2006 and Grey & Blue from 2008, along with a rare set of studies from 2006 to 2019 in which we immediately think of Peter Joseph affinity with the sky and landscape from his studio. There is now a freedom in the composition, the brushstroke becomes both dynamic and supple, leaving unpainted areas in many places, creating a new space. 

« Painting is not just colour. It's light and air that I try to put on the canvas, shadow and light... I try to paint the atmosphere, to paint light itself. ».

Peter Joseph's work can be found in many international public collections, including the Tate Gallery in London, Kunsthaus Zurich, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Walker Art Gallery Minneapolis, Fogg Art Museum Philadelphia, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York. His most important solo exhibitions include those at the Hayward Gallery in London, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford.