FRANK BOWLING LIKE WATER

‘Frank Bowling. Like Water,’ the artist’s first solo exhibition in East Asia, brings together a selection of works from the 1960s to 2020, showcasing his mastery of surface texture. Sir Frank Bowling OBE RA is regarded as one of Britain’s most significant living artists. For over six decades, Bowling has rigorously pursued a practice which boldly expands the possibilities and properties of paint. At the age of 92, Bowling continues to paint every day in his South London studio. Born in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1934, Bowling arrived in London in 1953, graduating from the Royal College of Art with the silver medal for painting in 1962. By the early 1960s, he was recognized as an original force in London’s art scene with a style combining figurative, symbolic and abstract elements. ‘Untitled (Mother’s House)’ (1966) is a powerful testament to Bowling’s formative memories of his relationship to home and interest in color, shape and structure. The phantom-like print of his mother’s house carries a deep emotional resonance while earthy tones of blues, greens and reds conjure the Guyanese landscape that shaped him.