Anthony George

Mandell’s Gallery is pleased to host a solo exhibition of works by Anthony George 8-29 September 2018. The core inspiration for Anthony George’s work is his experience of working with the British Antarctic Survey: on one hand, the drudgery of transporting oil drums, of refuelling oil drums, of base-station maintenance; on the other, the surprisingly sensual delights of a wholly natural and yet utterly alien environment. The immediate abstract impression of the artwork – individual silk screen mono-prints of coloured shapes precisely arranged on white backgrounds – still retains an important representative component: the recollection of actual physical things and experiences. George’s BA show, in 2014, featured seven large silk-screen triptychs of coloured shapes depicting both natural and man-made sights/sites within an undisclosed envelope of snow and ice. This work won the Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society Award and the Vernon Crowther Prize. On the basis of the show, he was invited to join the Norwich 20 Group. Since then, George’s work has been shown in several solo and group exhibitions in Norwich, London, Cork and Berlin. Currently, he is preparing for an extensive individual show at Mandell’s Gallery in Norwich, in September 2018; a solo exhibition is also under discussion at the Scott Polar Institute Museum in Cambridge. New considerations are now informing George’s choice of subject; namely, the ever-circulating, ever-diminishing icebergs, and the antarctic archipelago itself – that undisclosed envelope. This expansion in subject matter has lead to a stylistic progression: representation will encompass a wider terrain, physically and emotionally, leading to more abstract elements, both in terms of colour and configuration.