AT HOME WITH ANIMALS
LANDSCAPES
A THREE-PART EXHIBITION BY
EDWARD BELL
9th - 31st May, 2006
Private views took place:
Tuesday May 9, 6.30 - 8.30
Thursday May 11, 6.30 - 8.30
Sunday May 14, 12.00 - 3.00
Viewing by appointment at other times.
For further information contact Jonathan Ross
by e-mail or phone 020 7370 2239.
View Edward's other exhibitions at Gallery 286
2003
2006
2008
P U L S E
“I believe us all to be a combination of black and white hearts and life about crossing out as many black as possible. Here I depict the varied combinations of black white, tranquil, tortured, grey, craven, colourful, Mickey Mouse, monstrous …."
Edward Bell 2006
Bell was the ‘man of the moment’ in the 1980s for high-profile glamour portraiture. A former Vogue photographer and graduate of the Royal College of Art, he was pursued for commissions by pop stars, socialites and magazines. His portraits included Elton John, Pierre Cardin and Kim Wilde although he is still best known for David Bowie’s Scary Monsters record cover. Marcus Thomson made a film about him entitled,’ Edward’.
Since the 80s, Edward has explored a new range of styles and subject matter receiving enthusiastic reviews for his dynamic landscapes and erotic nudes (his ‘Sligo Skies’ and ‘Scarlet Women’ exhibitions). The Sunday Times said of the Sligo Skies exhibition, “His focus is on the skies in all their changing moods, which he captures with a vast palette of colour, from dark and brooding vistas to the purples and reds of glorious sunsets.”
Tatler described Edward as ‘a multi-colour visionary’.