Sir Frank Bowling, OBE RA: Selected Prints

Brixton Library is extremely proud to announce an exhibition of sixteen special edition prints by Sir Frank Bowling, OBE RA, one of Britain’s foremost contemporary abstract artists, best known for his abstract paintings which can be seen in museum collections all over the world.

Sir Frank Bowling and DACS – the Design and Artists Copyright Society – began their collaboration with art publishers King & McGaw in 2021. The result is a collection of sixteen giclée prints of Bowling’s masterful paintings ranging from 1968 to 2020. Handmade in Sussex, the prints are produced in limited runs on 330gsm Somerset Velvet Cotton. The collection includes Bowling’s ‘map paintings’ that trace and layer stencils of countries and continents, and ‘pour paintings’ where acrylic paint is poured directly onto the canvas.

The group of 16 prints includes Middle Passage, 1970, a rich, warm and vibrant work recently exhibited in the major group show Entangled Pasts: Art, Colonialism and Change at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. 

Further information: @frankbowlingstudio www.frankbowling.com

About King & McGaw: Founded in 1982 by three brothers in a basement flat in Brighton, King & McGaw exists to celebrate art. With forty years of printing and framing experience under their belts, world-leading institutions – such as the V&A, Tate, and National Gallery – endorse our products, and we’re proud guardians of prestigious licenses to produce iconic artworks.

King and McGaw website @kingandmcgaw

Opening Reception: Tuesday 12 November 6pm to 8pm

For details of school workshops, and with the wider community, run at Brixton Library by the Frank Bowling Studio throughout November and December contact Rossella at rblack@lambeth.gov.uk.

Exhibition available during Library opening hours