The Drawn Blank Series Launches in London on 14 June 2008
LONDON, May 15 -- One of London's most prestigious
galleries, Halcyon Gallery in Mayfair, will present the first ever gallery
exhibition of Bob Dylan's artwork, beginning 14 June 2008. The Drawn Blank
Series exhibition is the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of
Bob Dylan's art ever assembled. While Dylan has been a committed visual
artist for more than four decades, The Drawn Blank Series will cast a
vibrant new light on the singular creativity of one of the world's most
important and influential cultural figures.
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Based on drawings and sketches made by Dylan while on the road during
the period of 1989 through 1992, the paintings in The Drawn Blank Series
visually echo the stylistic hallmarks of Dylan's prose, poetry and music.
Just as Dylan's songs are constantly reinvigorated and rediscovered through
his live performances, so these paintings revisit images and scenes which
were captured in all their immediacy by the artist.
The Drawn Blank Series has resulted in an exhibition which explores the
experience of dislocation and the ceaseless confrontation with new faces
and new places which has characterised Dylan's life on tour. Feelings of
anonymity, transience, rootlessness and sometimes loneliness pervade these
representations of the people, objects and places that Dylan has seen and
drawn.
Accompanying the originals exhibition at Halcyon Gallery, a unique and
impressive collection of limited edition graphics, signed by the artist,
will be available through selected galleries throughout the UK from 14 June
2008.
Paul Green, President of the Halcyon Gallery, commented, "This is an
incredible opportunity for viewing this powerful body of work which gives
an insight into the artists' soul; and which have already been the subject
of widespread critical acclaim. Halcyon Gallery is privileged to be hosting
this unique exhibition."
Bob Dylan is one of the world's most popular and acclaimed songwriters,
musicians and performers, having sold more than 110 million albums and
performed literally thousands of shows around the world in a career
spanning five decades. His most recent album, Modern Times - lauded by
critics around the world and selling more than 2.5 million copies to date
-- entered the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #1, as well as debuting
within the Top Five in 21 other countries.
Bob Dylan was recently awarded a special Pulitzer Prize for "his
profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical
compositions of extraordinary poetic power." In 2001, he received a Golden
Globe and an Academy Award for best song from a motion picture for "Things
Have Changed" from the movie Wonder Boys. Dylan's Chronicles - Volume I,
his recent memoirs released in October, 2004, was a world-wide best seller,
spending 19 weeks on The New York Times Bestseller List. He was inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Songwriters Hall Of
Fame in 1982.
Situated in the heart of Mayfair, London, Halcyon Gallery is one of
Europe's leading art galleries, representing some of the finest
contemporary painters and sculptors working today. Halcyon Gallery is
committed to supporting and nurturing outstanding living artists, as well
as specialising in fine art and masters original paintings, drawings and
sculpture.
2008 marks the 25th anniversary of Halcyon Gallery and the opening of a
magnificent new flagship gallery at 24 Bruton Street. This elegant Georgian
building has been renovated to create a stunning exhibition space suitable
for the finest art and joins Halcyon Gallery's existing space at 29 New
Bond Street.
For further information about the exhibition of the original Dylan
works at Halcyon Gallery please visit http://www.halcyongallery.com
For further information on the limited edition graphics collection
please visit http://www.bobdylanart.com
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