£375
Contemporary & Post-War Art | 595
Auction: 16 April 2020 at 12:00 BST
Screenprint, P.P., signed, dated, titled and editioned in pencil to margin, unframed
and two further screenprints by the same artist: 'Friday Street' and 'Mandatomyass'
Biography: Ray Richardson is a contemporary British artist known for his cinematic paintings which employ symbols of working-class London, including English Bull Terriers, soccer pitches, urban landscapes and gritty dockyards. Richardson was born in 1964 in London, in the neighbourhood of Woolwich Dockyard, an area that would eventually deeply influence his art. He attended Saint Martin's School of Art and Goldsmiths College in the 1980s and won his first British Council Award in 1989 followed by the BP Portrait Award in 1990. It was during this time that he gained recognition for his narrative-based representational works and began a long collaborative relationship with three international galleries: Boycott Gallery in Brussels, Galerie Alain Blondel in Paris and Beaux Arts gallery in London. Since 2016, he has collaborated with the Zedes Art Gallery in Brussels. Combining academic pictorial tradition with contemporary culture and his interest in film noir, Richardson’s works capture the everyday scenes in southeast London mixed with social commentary and his personal concerns. In 2014, two of his works were included in the exhibition ‘Reality: Modern and contemporary British painting,' which was held at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts and the Walker Art Gallery. This show highlighted the most influential painters from the last sixty years, exhibiting Richardson’s works alongside the likes of Francis Bacon, Ken Currie, Lucian Freud, and David Hockney.