Colin Self British, b. 1945
Woman drying her hair - with reflection of blue sky and palm tree in her mirror, 1965
Pencil and coloured pencils on paper
45.2 x 59.2 cm
Signed, dated ''Aug. 65'', titled and inscribed ''Santa Monica Calif.''
Born in Norwich, Self attended the Slade School of Fine Art in London from 1961 to 1963 where he befriended David Hockney and Peter Blake, who began to collect his...
Born in Norwich, Self attended the Slade School of Fine Art in London from 1961 to 1963 where he befriended David Hockney and Peter Blake, who began to collect his work. By 1964 he was showing at the cutting edge Robert Fraser Gallery, and by 1968 Self was producing technically groundbreaking print. In fact, as a printmaker, Self has been a great innovator and was a central figure in the 1960's boom in printmaking. Drawing images from a variety of commercial sources, he created the Power and Beauty series of screenprints (1968) at Editions Alecto. His engagement with Cold War politics and the nuclear threat gave his work a sinister mood and political edge that was distinct from the mainstream of Pop Art.
Provenance
Lefevre Gallery, London
private collection, London.
Exhibitions
1997, The POP '60s Translatlantic Crossing, Fundaço das Descobertas, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon
2016, Pop Art Heroes: Pop, Pin-Ups & Politics, Whitford Fine Art, London.
Literature
The POP '60s Translatlantic Crossing, edited by Marco LIVINGSTONE, Fundaço das Descobertas, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, 1997, cat. no.153, p.178, ill.
Pop Art Heroes Britain, exhibition catalogue, Whitford Fine Art, London, 2016, cat. no. 27, ill.
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