Biography
Waddington Custot Galleries is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings by Ian Davenport from 2010 and 2011. In these recent Puddle Paintings, Davenport continues to use a large syringe to pour acrylic paint down aluminium or stainless steel panels, a process which enables him to explore diverse colour compositions. Davenport said; 'using a syringe enables me to control the paint flow to such a degree that my focus is almost completely devoted to the colour sequences in a work' . The 'puddling' at the base of each painting is created by bending the base of each panel, causing the lines to merge and overlap.
For this current exhibition many of the works have been inspired by historical masterpieces Davenport has studied in National Collections and Museums. Puddle Painting: Blue Study (after Van Gogh), 2011, takes its inspiration from Van Gogh's L'eglise d'Auvers-sur-Oise in its use of ultramarine blues, lemon yellows, lime greens and oranges. In the exhibition catalogue, Michael Stanley writes, it '… evoke[s] an intrinsic and familiar tenor of Van Gogh yet the painting is resolutely of itself' . By following colour sequences from another artists' painting Davenport is able to question and explore his own choices of hue.
Davenport's multiple panel works introduce backgrounds of different colours that the repeated vertical lines resonate against. In Puddle Painting: Magenta, Green, Purple, Red, 2011 the contrasting coloured backgrounds enable the artist to explore various chromatic weights in a single painting. This body of work continues his investigation of simple processes by adjusting the width of lines in the pouring applications, or the careful placing of dripped marks, as seen in the new Staggered Linesseries.
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Ian Davenport, Puddle Painting: Red, Blue Study, 2011 acrylic paint on aluminium, mounted on aluminium panel 40 x 40 in/ 101.6 x 101.6 cm
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Ian Davenport, Puddle Painting: Magenta, Violet, Red, Blue, 2011 acrylic paint on stainless steel, mounted on aluminium panel 97 5/8 x 97 5/8 in/ 248 x 248 cm
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Ian Davenport, Puddle Painting: Grey, White, 2011 acrylic paint on stainless steel, mounted on aluminium panel 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in/ 200 x 200 cm
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Ian Davenport, Puddle Painting: White with Broad Lines, 2011
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Ian Davenport, Puddle Painting: Black with Broad Lines No.1, 2011 acrylic paint on aluminium, mounted on aluminium panel 40 1/2 x 31 in/ 103 x 79 cm
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Ian Davenport, Puddle Painting: Light Blue, Green, 2011 acrylic paint on aluminium, mounted on aluminium panel 40 1/2 x 62 1/4 in/ 103 x 158 cm
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Ian Davenport, Puddle Painting: Green, Pink, Grey (after Carpaccio and Gossaert), 2011 acrylic paint on stainless steel, mounted on aluminium panel 78 3/4 x 118 in/ 200 x 300 cm
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Ian Davenport, Staggered Lines: Black, 2011 acrylic paint on stainless steel, mounted on aluminium panel 48 1/2 x 38 1/2 in/ 123 x 98 cm
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Ian Davenport, Staggered Lines: Small Black, 2010 acrylic paint on aluminium, mounted on aluminium panel 15 1/2 x 9 1/4 in/ 39.5 x 23.4 cm
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Ian Davenport, Staggered Lines: Red, 2011 acrylic on paper 25 x 20 in/ 63.5 x 51 cm
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Ian Davenport, Puddle Painting: Violet Study (after Carpaccio), 2010 acrylic paint on stainless steel, mounted on aluminium panel 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in/ 200 x 200 cm
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Ian Davenport, Puddle Painting: Blue Study (after Van Gogh), 2011 acrylic paint on aluminium, mounted on aluminium panel 40 1/2 x 31 in / 103 x 79 cm
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Ian Davenport, Puddle Painting: Magenta, Green, Purple, Red, 2011 acrylic paint on stainless steel, mounted on aluminium panel 97 5/8 x 97 5/8 in/ 248 x 248 cm
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