Paul Winstanley: Large Window 1-3
We are delighted to present a series of three new prints by Paul Winstanley Large Window 1-3 2022.
Paul Winstanley’s latest body of work takes as its subject a modernist stained-glass window inside St. Nicholas’ Church in Hamburg. Once the tallest building in the world, the Lutheran church was almost completely destroyed during the Second World War and rebuilt in a style that has become a symbol of renewal and renovation.
Mid-century architectural interiors have been a source of inspiration throughout Winstanley’s career, providing a conduit through which to explore the constructs of British Modernism and the ideas of rebirth and post-war renaissance. Characterised by their highly detailed and formalised compositions, Winstanley’s paintings and prints of semi-public spaces teeter on abstraction as they transform the banal into the sublime. Winstanley comments, “There’s something very international about that period of Modernism. Modernism has been one of the subjects of my work forever, in a slightly tangential way, its underpinned lots of things I’ve done, from lobbies to the veil paintings. So when I walked into the church, I was just sightseeing really, and saw the window, I thought ‘wow!’”.
Referring to his photographs for the basic structure, Winstanley re-imagined the window back in his studio in London to create a series of prints each with their own unique composition and viewpoint which he meticulously hand drew before applying the colour digitally.
Windows have been a subject of Winstanley’s oeuvre since the 1990s. Formally abstract, they provide a structure from which to explore the interplay between light and shadow, interior and exterior spaces. With his considered yet dramatic use of light, further enhanced by the translucent paper on which the works are printed, Winstanley’s 'Large Windows' are as mysterious as they are compelling; perhaps one could even go so far as to say utopian, as we reflect on a post-war modernism in the context of the here and now.
Prints from Large Window 1-3 are available to purchase individually or as a set. Please view the works below and contact sales@cristearoberts.com if you require any further information or would like to book an appointment to view the prints at the gallery.
Film
Paul Winstanley
Paper: 99.5 x 62.3 cm - Image: 78.0 x 52.0 cm
Paper: 39 3/16 x 24 ½ in - Image: 30 3/4 x 20 1/2 in
Edition of 20
Paul Winstanley
Paper: 99.5 x 62.3 cm - Image: 78.0 x 52.0 cm
Paper: 39 3/16 x 24 ½ in - Image: 30 3/4 x 20 1/2 in
Edition of 20
Paul Winstanley
Paper: 99.5 x 62.3 cm - Image: 78.0 x 52.0 cm
Paper: 39 3/16 x 24 ½ in - Image: 30 3/4 x 20 1/2 in
Edition of 20
Art School I-VIII
Art School I-VIII, 2016, made from a combination of wood block and photogravure, depict the interiors of British art schools. The imagery used was selected from over 200 photographs taken by Winstanley when he travelled throughout England, Scotland and Wales photographing unpopulated art school studios, including the Slade School of Fine Art and Goldsmiths, London, during their summer closures. Works relating to this series are currently on show at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, as part of the exhibition A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920 – 2020.
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Veil 1-8
Veil 1-8, 2008, a set of etchings which takes as its subject the motif of the veil, presents views a of net curtain hanging in front of a window, partially revealing a wooded landscape behind.
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Inside the studio
Exhibitions and Book
About the Artist
Paul Winstanley (b. 1954)
Paul Winstanley was born in Manchester in 1954. He studied painting at Cardiff College of Art and the Slade School of Art, London. He won the first prize of the Unilever Award at the Whitechapel Open in 1989, and two years later was artist-in-residence at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge. He has work in important public and private collections in Europe and the United States, including Tate, London, the British Museum, London, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Paul Winstanley lives and works in London.
Image: Paul Winstanley in his studio.
