At thirty-one, John Hoyland has already a formidable backlog of original and unusually mature work to his credit, but has exhibited less than most of his contemporaries while enjoying a strong and solid reputation among his fellow artists as a serious thinker – and originator. He has worked consistently and …
Read more >With quite a clutch of good new exhibitions all clamouring for attention, I feel I should start with one which puts straight into the top league a young painter whose career so far has been watched with considerable interest, as they say, but who hasn’t really hit the headlines. This …
Read more >Curator Bryan Robertson’s essay on Hoyland, included in his first ‘New Generation’ exhibition showcasing the best of young British talent at Whitechapel Gallery. Hoyland’s formation and subsequent development as a painter has to be placed, initially, in relation to the ‘Situation’ group. ‘Situation’ was the title of two exhibitions, in …
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