Originally curated for Tate St Ives last year, acclaimed painter Daniel Sturgis' selection of 49 artists spans the 1960s to the contemporary, whizzing through 50 years of abstraction with the aim of drawing a line between modernist ideologies and contemporary theories.
The idea is to demonstrate the vitality of conceptual painting to a new generation, which is hardly difficult in a show peppered with inspiration courtesy of everyone from Andy Warhol and Michael Craig-Martin to Bridget Riley and younger perfectionists such as Tomma Abts and Jacob Kassay.
Taking to the Art Centre’s Mead Gallery, it's also notable for a recreation of Gene Davis' work, Franklin’s Footpath, which became the world’s largest painting when it arrived outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1972.
Stretching between the main campus road and the venue entrance, the 400 square metre incarnation will be installed throughout the exhibition run.
- Open 12pm-9pm (closed Sunday). Admission free.
More pictures:
Francis Baudevin, The Only Truth (2010)© Francis Baudevin
Bernard Frize, Suite Segond 100 No 3 (1980)
© Collection of the artist, courtesy Simon Lee Gallery, London
© Collection of the artist, courtesy Simon Lee Gallery, London
Richard Kirwan, Depth of Field (2011)© Richard Kirwan / Galerie Hollenbach Stuttgar & Zurich
