fletcher sibthorp medici exhibition 2008
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Fletcher Sibthorp Medici Exhibition 2008TRANSCRIPT
Fletcher SibthorpMedici Gallery
Fletcher SibthorpNEW WORKS
5th - 23th September 2008
Medici Gallery
5 Cork StreetLondon W1S 3LQt: +44 (0)20 7495 2565
w: www.medicigallery.co.uk
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tive of silence and introspection, withdrawn, while others are languid, abandoned, exotic ( 7.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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