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Douglas Portway
Black Column 1969
Oil on canvas
50 x 50 in.
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John Edwards
Open Grid 1970
Acrylic on canvas
66 x 144 in.
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John Edwards
Green; and Yellow Grid 1969/70
Acrylic on canvas
66x 108 in.
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John Edwards
Trapezoid Section; white 1969
Acrylic on canvas
60x 144 in.

only later does the figurative aspect emerge. Gallery ten years ago, the forms were free, the
In the last two to three years, colour has been surface of the painting active and the relation-
explored in both the larger and smaller works. ships of the elements often dramatic. In the
How to use colour as a formal element and middle sixties the forms became turgid and
keep the response to colour alive and viable successful paintings were less frequent. Now
is one of the few purely formal problems that they have changed again with an increased
he shares with other contemporary painters. vigour and vitality. q
In the large paintings shown at the Drian ANTHONY CARTER