After The Floating World

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A solo exhibition of abstract paintings by Nigel Shipley inspired by Japanese prints. The Japanese term Floating World was an expression of the new economy and social ambitions of the Edo period (1615-1868). Woodblock prints were produced in huge numbers at that time. Some of the best artists were Hiroshige, Hokusai and Utagawa Kuniyoshi. These… Read more »

Convergence- Drawings from the Sprawling Metropolis

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by Beki Wills. ‘These are automatically generated extreme doodles or extensions of my thought processes. Mostly linear, nearly always black ink and gesso, they are interwoven strands of subconscious which will always try to escape the frame, in this case the edge of the paper, but always struggling to get there. Each subsequent drawing joins… Read more »