fletcher sibthorp medici exhibition 2008

Fletcher SibthorpMedici Gallery

Fletcher SibthorpNEW WORKS

5th - 23th September 2008

Medici Gallery

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1992 ‘In Motion’ - London, UK

2000 ‘Quiet Space’ - The China Club, Hong Kong

2000 ‘Flamenco I’ - Tokyo, Japan

2002 ‘Flamenco II’ - Tokyo, Japan

2004 ‘Flamenco III’ - Kyoto, Japan

2005 ‘Passion’ - Studies in Dance - Cork Street Gallery, Cork Street, London,

2006 Selected Works - Medici Gallery, Cork Street, London Selected Works - Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

2007 Selected Works - Medici Gallery, Cork Street, London Selected Works - Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

2008 Selected Works - Medici Gallery, Cork Street, London

DEDICATION

I would like to thank all the people who have been inspirational in my work.

A special thanks to the staff and performers at The Royal Ballet and Royal Ballet School, without whose

generous cooperation, artistic vision and accomplishment, many of these paintings would not have been

realised.

INTRODUCTION

This will be Fletcher’s third one man exhibition at the Medici Gallery since he began

exhibiting with us in 2005.

I have known Fletcher’s work for nearly twenty years and have watched his steady

progression from clever, structured studies, which may have at times, suggested a slickness,

move towards the now richer more complex paintings of his own maturity.

In this exhibition we can also see his continued use of the ballet dancer as a subject for

further exploration, placing the work further and further from the clichéd ballet genre. One

can see and feel the tension and the angularity of these dancers. They are taut, athletic

men and women practising in cool anonymous studios. The backgrounds to these paintings

convey subtle plays with light and shade, forming abstract, geometric reliefs (12. Royal Ballet

Student I ).

His nude paintings, which are the core of this exhibition, show images which appear quite

personal and intimate. These paintings reflect women who appear contemplative, sugges-

tive of silence and introspection, withdrawn, while others are languid, abandoned, exotic ( 7.

Lleryn II ) and all are juxtaposed with the drama of the taut nude, stretched and angular ( 4.

Folding Chair No 512 after Uglow ).

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It has been an interesting experience following Fletcher’s progress, and I think this exhibition

certainly establishes him as a one of our leading contemporary, figurative painters.

Jenny Kerr

Medici Gallery 2008

(1.) Wishbone II

Oil on canvas mounted on board31 x 42 INCHES / 79 x 106 CM

(2.) The Chair

Oil on canvas mounted on board29 x 24 INCHES / 74 x 61 CM

(3.) Elements

Oil on canvas mounted on board25 x 22 INCHES / 63 x 56 CM

(4.) Folding Chair No 512 after Uglow

Oil on canvas mounted on board37 x 56 INCHES / 94 x 143 CM

(5.) Egg Chair

Oil on board46 x 37.5 INCHES / 116.5 x 95.5 CM

(6.) Wishbone

Oil and pastel on board41 x 31 INCHES / 104.5 x 78 CM

(7.) Lleryn II

Mixed media on board36 x 48 INCHES / 91.5 x 122 CM

(8.) Head VII

Mixed Media and Gold Leaf on drawing film13 x 10 INCHES / 34 x 25.5 CM

(9.) Chroma VIII

Oil on canvas mounted on board45.5 x 41 INCHES / 116 x 105 CM

(10.) Rhapsody II

Oil and pastel on board44 x 39 INCHES / 111.5 x 98.5 CM

(11.) Royal Ballet Student II

Oil and pastel on board48 x 38 INCHES / 122. x 96.5 CM

(12.) Royal Ballet Student I

Oil and pastel on board57 x 38.5 INCHES / 145 x 98 CM

Fletcher in the studio, 2007 © NJW

Work may be purchased upon receipt of catalogue.

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Catalogue £5