About The Work
Bold and euphoric, The Road To Rio captures the energy and spirit of Team GB at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Jungle-green, sand-yellow, and the blue of the Brazilian sky and sea are used in an exhilarating display of Hodgkin’s painterly genius. The assertive washes of colour achieve maximum expression with limited means: Hodgkin’s painterly restraint has increased with age. This meticulously crafted screen-print is built up from twenty-two separate layers of colour. The process creates both the thinnest translucent marks and the thickest textural strokes characteristic of Hodgkin’s work.
Courtesy of Counter Editions
About Howard Hodgkin
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22 color screenprint using L.Cornelisson hand-ground light-fast pigments with Dubuit binders and Aqua Art matt varnishes, on St. Cuthbert’s Mill Somerset White Satin 300gsm paper
29.92 x 23.62 in
76.0 x 60.0 cm
Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist.
About The Work
Bold and euphoric, The Road To Rio captures the energy and spirit of Team GB at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Jungle-green, sand-yellow, and the blue of the Brazilian sky and sea are used in an exhilarating display of Hodgkin’s painterly genius. The assertive washes of colour achieve maximum expression with limited means: Hodgkin’s painterly restraint has increased with age. This meticulously crafted screen-print is built up from twenty-two separate layers of colour. The process creates both the thinnest translucent marks and the thickest textural strokes characteristic of Hodgkin’s work.
Courtesy of Counter Editions
About Howard Hodgkin
From The Magazine
- News & Events: 6 Artworks That Will Drive You Wild With Desire
- Interviews & Features: Miss Interpreted: Marlene Dumas on Why Artists Should Embrace Ambiguity If They Want Staying Power
- Interviews & Features: Sweat, Sport, and Sex: Artist Eddie Peake on Finding the Erotic in the Olympics
- News & Events: Collector César Reyes's NADA New York 2015 Picks
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