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Guy Warren - Still Flowing, watercolours & sketchbook diaries installation

8 September 2007
Bill Gregory, Annandale Galleries

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GUY WARREN'S new exhibition of watercolours entitled "Still Flowing" is a body of work that succinctly explores most of the important themes in his art over the past sixty years. The theme of the river goes back to his trip down the Shoalhaven river in the 1930's and have been a key element in his art ever since. The river is a metaphor for a journey through life, both spiritual and physical and the themes of two people in a boat, the rainforest where he has a house in Jamberoo inland from Sydney's South coast, the solitary swimmer and his vision of man's place and equilibrium in nature are all brilliantly addressed in this show. It is no accident that the monograph on GUY WARREN?S work is entitled "Searching for Gaia" or looking for equilibrium.

The "series" in the show vary from four pieces to thirty and act as a kind of diary of Warren's work and his life. Not since his retrospective in 2003 (curated by Mosman Regional Gallery in Sydney and toured to various venues) have viewers had the opportunity to embrace the art of Guy Warren in such depth. In addition to the watercolours on display there will be sketchbooks on display under glass to put into context the idea of artworks as a form of visual diary. The sketchbooks have never before been exhibited and are an exciting opportunity to see how the "sketchbook" or "first draft" in the process of making art informs the final outcome in paintings or watercolours.

The current exhibition of watercolours is ebullient and celebratory in nature and dazzling to the eye in colour. We may meander our way down the river of time and place that is the unique art and vision of GUY WARREN and in so doing find echoes of our own journey in the act of viewing.


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» View Guy Warren - Still Flowing, watercolours & sketchbook diaries installation exhibition

GUY WARREN'S new exhibition of watercolours entitled "Still Flowing" is a body of work that succinctly explores most of the important themes in his art over the past sixty years. The theme of the river goes back to his trip down the Shoalhaven river in the 1930's and have been a key element in his art ever since. The river is a metaphor for a journey through life, both spiritual and physical and the themes of two people in a boat, the rainforest where he has a house in Jamberoo inland from Sydney's South coast, the solitary swimmer and his vision of man's place and equilibrium in nature are all brilliantly addressed in this show. It is no accident that the monograph on GUY WARREN?S work is entitled "Searching for Gaia" or looking for equilibrium.

The "series" in the show vary from four pieces to thirty and act as a kind of diary of Warren's work and his life. Not since his retrospective in 2003 (curated by Mosman Regional Gallery in Sydney and toured to various venues) have viewers had the opportunity to embrace the art of Guy Warren in such depth. In addition to the watercolours on display there will be sketchbooks on display under glass to put into context the idea of artworks as a form of visual diary. The sketchbooks have never before been exhibited and are an exciting opportunity to see how the "sketchbook" or "first draft" in the process of making art informs the final outcome in paintings or watercolours.

The current exhibition of watercolours is ebullient and celebratory in nature and dazzling to the eye in colour. We may meander our way down the river of time and place that is the unique art and vision of GUY WARREN and in so doing find echoes of our own journey in the act of viewing.


For further press or visuals contact Annandale Galleries.

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