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Callum Innes (B. 1962)
Lot 82

Callum Innes (B. 1962)

Exposed Painting Intense Black Red Violet

Closed25 September 2014

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GBP 21,250

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Callum Innes (B. 1962)
Exposed Painting Intense Black Red Violet
signed with the artist's initials, signed twice, inscribed and dated ‘CALLUM INNES CI 7902 IIII C Innes 02’ (on the overlap); signed with the artist's initials and inscribed ‘CI 7902’ (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
41½ x 40 5/8in. (105.3 x 103.2cm.)
Painted in 2002

Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2003.

Specialist note

'The whole process of ‘un-painting’ is essentially based on the interaction between oil turpentine and painted surface. This act of erosion, manipulation, de-colouring seems to provoke a disruption in time – a movement backwards – a flashback that reflects on and unsettles the chronological structure, the rhythm of painting. Evoking an archaeology of colour, the artworks unearth hidden layers, deranged mixings and crooked roots of visuality.’ (S. Pantazis, ‘Review: Callum Innes, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester’ in Contemporary Art & Writing Journal, 12 March 2013, https://www.corridor8.co.uk/online/review-callum-innes-whitworth-art-gallery-manchester/ [accessed 4th August 2014]).