Grangemouth Image
- Artist:
- Type: Print
- Medium: Screenprint
- Production Date: 2010
- Copy Number: 9
- Edition: 50
- Description: In Davie's over 60-year-long career there was never a clear distinction
for him between drawing, painting and printmaking. They were all done in an intuitive,
improvised manner.
Until 1999 nearly all his printmaking had been confined to the medium of lithography.
Then, at the age of 80, he embarked upon a major campaign of screenprinting,
working with the master printmaker Kip Gresham at Gresham Studio, near Cambridge.
The nature of the collaboration was very close to Davie's experience in playing jazz and free form music.
Links between his music and artworks can be detected in the bright, symbolic images he creates.
All those involved are dependent on one another and experimentation is at the heart
of the activity. Fascinated by ancient art and the philosophies of other cultures, Davie
studied Zen Buddhism and Indian mythology. The signs and symbols in his work are
an eclectic mix of the ancient and those conjured up by his own imagination.
This work was published to celebrate Davie's 90th birthday (Alan Davie was born in Grangemouth in 1920) - Dimensions: Framed size 86cm H x 98cm w
- Digital Copy:A digital copy exists.
- Location: Pathfoot A-B Link
- Related Material: AC/AF/D3
- Accession Number: 2010.3
- Contact: University of Stirling Art Collection
