Page 59 - Studio International - November 1966
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                                                                                             Alan Wood's L. H. Edinburgh, 1966, acrylic on canvas,
                                                                                             72 x 60 in., in an Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, show
                                                                                             shared with Antanas Brazdys the sculptor. Wood's
                                                                                             last one-man show was at Bonython Gallery, Sydney,
                                                                                             this year. In 1965 he executed a mural commission
                                                                                             for Leeds University. (Price range: Wood, £20-£150;
                                                                                             Brazdys, £1 75-£500.)

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                                                                                             A gallery in the country, Robins Croft, at Chilham,
                                                                                             near Canterbury, is putting on an exhibition
                                                                                            (November-December) of prints, watercolours and
                                                                                             recent oils by Cecil Collins, who had a one-man
                                                                                            show at the Whitechapel Gallery seven years ago.
                                                                                            Collins has been influenced by Klee, Picasso and
                                                                                            Surrealism. Illustrated here is his The Waters of the
                                                                                            Sun, 1962, oil, 4 x 3 ft. (Price range: prints from
                                                                                            £20; oils up to £200.)


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                                                                                            Abajo I, 1964, metallic paint on canvas, 8 1/2 x 10 ft,
                                                                                            one of the Frank Stella works at Kasmin Gallery
                                                                                            November 11-December 3. The show consists
                                                                                            mainly of recent drawings and studies for paintings.
                                                                                            (Approx. price range: drawings, £170; paintings,
                                                                                            £300-£2,000.)

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                                                                                            Grabowski Gallery shows sculpture by Ivor
                                                                                            Abrahams, constructions by Michael Chilton
                                                                                            and constructions and drawings by Michael Sandie,
                                                                                            November 4-December 2.
                                                                                            Illustrated here is Michael Sandle's Crocus, 1964-5,
                                                                                            polyester resin, 9 x 9 ft. Both Ivor Abrahams and
                                                                                            Michael Sandie have had one-man exhibitions in
                                                                                            recent years.

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                                                                                            Takis' Radar, 1966, magnets and steel needles,
                                                                                            approx. 3 ft in diameter, in a Takis exhibition of
                                                                                            new kinetic work at Indica Gallery, October 26
                                                                                            through December. Takis, who was born in
                                                                                            Athens in 1925 and has lived and worked in Paris
                                                                                            since 1954, is one of the most considerable of the
                                                                                            kinetic artists. His last one-man exhibition was in
                                                                                            1964 at Signals. (Photo-Clay Perry.)

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                                                                                            Henri Manguin's Colombier, la Voile, 1917, oil,
                                                                                            21+ x 24 in., from a retrospective of his Fauve
                                                                                            period at Arthur Tooth's-until November 13.
                                                                                            Manguin, who died in 1949, studied with Rouault,
                                                                                            Matisse and Marquet, and was a father-figure of
                                                                                            Fauvism. In 1905 Vollard bought 150 of his canvases.


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                                                                                            Rock-a-bye Black Baby from the Tree Top, 1964-5,
                                                                                            one of a series of canvases painted by the American
                                                                                            artist, Martin Weener. They are being shown
                                                                                            at the Curwen Gallery in an exhibition entitled
                                                                                            Landscape of Violence. Included in the show is a
                                                                                            number of drawings. (Price range: drawings,
                                                                                            3-8 gns.; paintings not for sale.)

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                                                                                            Charles Perry's Night Flight, 1966, bronze, 18 in. high,
                                                                                            at Axiom Gallery November 3-30, in an exhibition
                                                                                            shared with John Golding. This is the first London
                                                                                            show of this American sculptor, who won the
                                                                                            Prix de Rome in 1964 and at present works at the
                                                                                            American Academy in Rome. (Price range: Charles
                                                                                            Perry, £100-£600; John Golding, £30-£250.)
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