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British painter Peter Joseph\u2019s 17th solo exhibition with Lisson Gallery presents a selection of early and rare works from the 1960s and \u201870s that track Joseph\u2019s development from vividly coloured, geometric compositions and shaped canvases through to the muted rectangular and square paintings that would define the following decades of his career. Spanning the years from 1964 to 1978, the exhibition features 12 paintings, as well as previously unseen sketchbooks, which chart Joseph\u2019s experiments with colour and form. The presentation journeys from earlier paintings that focus on vibrant primary colour and performativity\u2014for which he received wide critical and institutional acclaim, including exhibitions at Camden Arts Centre and Kenwood House in 1966\u2014to his Cinema Paintings <\/em>which pre-figure Joseph’s signature Border paintings <\/em>of the 1980s and 90s.<\/p>\n From his transition to painting full-time in the early 1960s after a career in graphic design, Joseph emerged as a key figure in contemporary art, seeking to challenge the boundaries of abstraction, drawing influence from the Italian Renaissance through to modernist movements. Influenced initially by the approach to large-scale he observed in the work of the American abstract expressionists, and then in artists such as Ellsworth Kelly and Kenneth Noland, he subsequently rejected the \u2018public scene\u2019 of contemporary art for a renewed focus on older painting, eventually leaving London for Gloucestershire in the early 1980s. Early works such as the 30ft painting Colour Continuum <\/em>(1966) captivated audiences with their immersive engagement with colour and light, while the monumental 70ft Yellow Wall<\/em>, made for Camden Art Centre in 1969, completely transformed a traditional gallery space into a meditative environment, garnering Joseph critical and institutional acclaim. These works embodied the artist\u2019s philosophy of art as a \u201creal situation\u201d, prioritising the viewer\u2019s experience of presence and introspection.<\/p>\n The show’s chronology centres around a pivotal event in 1970 from which Joseph’s Cinema Paintings <\/em>were born. When the projector broke down during the screening of a Luis Bu\u00f1uel film the artist found himself bathed in the pure residual light of the projector on the silver screen and sat staring at this blank space for some time; the flickering central zone of light of the empty screen edged by a darker border delineating the cinematic frame. Inspired by the nuanced relationship of these two elements, the artist set about devising paper collage studies to produce equivalent effects. This experience would come to define his oeuvre for many decades to come, containing what he described, in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, as \u201ca delicacy about it. It wasn\u2019t just a simple tone or colour. And I realised that this, to me, had more possibility in it for what I could only call a reflection.\u201d<\/p>\n Through presentations at Lisson Gallery, Peter Joseph\u2019s work has been paired among a diverse array of artists\u2014including Derek Jarman, Raymon Ginghofer and Keith Milow in 1967 (the year of the gallery\u2019s opening), and a two- person presentation with Carmen Herrera in 2006\u2014but he chose his own path, opting for subtle shades and pared back compositions, rather than boldly coloured architectural compositions.<\/p>\n Joseph\u2019s work remains distinguished for its emotional depth and resonance; he was fascinated by exploring the phenomenology of space, focusing on the way in which his work was experienced. As Joseph himself expressed, his paintings are \u201cnot so much to show as to live with,\u201d offering viewers an experience of both immediacy and timelessness. The exhibition celebrates Peter Joseph\u2019s enduring impact on contemporary art, showcasing his dedication to creating spaces of quiet transformation through the power of light and colour.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n at Lisson <\/a>Gallery<\/a>, London<\/a> British painter Peter Joseph\u2019s 17th solo exhibition with Lisson Gallery presents a selection of early and rare works from the 1960s and \u201870s that track Joseph\u2019s development from vividly coloured, geometric compositions and shaped canvases through to the muted rectangular and square paintings that would define the following decades of his career. Spanning the years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[5508,13842,4434,26916,1543,7488,1232],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-122688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","tag-early","tag-gallery","tag-joseph","tag-lisson","tag-london","tag-peter","tag-works"],"yoast_head":"\n
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