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Michael Gorman |
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Artist profile
Born
HIGHER EDUCATION
1969 B.A. (Hons). Fine Art -
EMPLOYMENT
Principal Lecturer in Fine Art -
1988 - 1993 Moved to second studio and residence in
1993 Moved to studio and residence on the edge of
SELECTED ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS
1998 Artifex Gallery, Birmingham
1997 The Bruton Street Gallery, London
1995 The Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture, London The Bruton Street Gallery, London
1991 Marcus & Marcus Gallery, Amsterdam
1977 Basel Art Fair, Nicholas Treadwell Gallery
1972 Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, London The Serpentine Gallery, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1998 Park View Fine Paintings, Bristol, Meridian Art, London
1997 The Body Politic, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Derby Art Gallery
1994 The Bruton Street Gallery, London
1991 - 1992 Gallery Goetz, Basel
1989 Marcus & Marcus Gallery, Amsterdam
1982 Steltman Gallery, Amsterdam Katzen Gallery,
New York
1981 Villa Bohm, Neustadt,
Germany
1981
Touring Exhibition of Scotland - Aberdeen Museum, Universities of Stirling,
Strathclyde, and St. Andrews
1980 Woman 1980, Munich
1979 Grandes et Jeunes d'Aujourd'hui - Grand Palais, Paris
1977 Mythologies Quotidiennes - Musée d'Art Moderne,
Paris Italy and the Italians - Gallery Naviglio,
Milan
1976 British Realists - Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, Staat Museum
Vienna Aspects of Reality International Survey of Current Realism - a two-year
touring show of Canada
1974 John Moores - Liverpool Aspects of Reality
- Gallery Moos, Toronto
WORK IN
Prince Meurat Collection
Paris Heineken Collection
Holland Nuremburg Museum,
Royal Albert Museum
COMMISSIONS INCLUDE:
Miss Pears 1977 for Pears soap
Erotic Verse book cover for Picador Press
George Rowney 'Cryla'
paint Swedish Chemical
Brights of Nettlebed
1998 - paintings used on set in
In
1989 Gorman left his teaching position to concentrate solely on his
own studio work and draws much on the landscapes of
About the work
When Michael
Gorman obtained
a degree in Fine Art from the
A subject of great interest and excitement for a number of artists at the time was the explosion of colour and imagery of the late 1960s and early 1970s, brought about by developments in colour printing. Clearly visible in magazines, films and advertising, these technologies transformed the visual environment.
Gorman experimented with airbrush effects and various techniques to extend and develop the resolution of quality colour photography and the open colour dot formations which build up the large scale poster - the pixel factor. Early examples of this work were exhibited at the Serpentine Gallery in 1972. Where the imagery itself tended to be drawn from popular culture.
The
direction of the work and
its derivations led to Gorman's inclusion in the important exhibitions
associated with the Hyper Realist movement. He was invited to exhibit
in the 1974 John Moores Exhibition in Liverpool and in the 'British Realists' show at the Ikon Gallery in
It
was his inclusion in the survey exhibition, 'Aspects of Reality'
which toured
In
a period from the mid-1970s to
the mid-1980s the artists were provided with an international platform
through the emergent art fairs of
Work from this period has been well documented and Gorman's work illustrates the publications:
Aspects of Reality, catalogue accompanying
touring exhibition,
Super humanism I and II, Nicholas Treadwell Publications, 1980
Super Realism by Edward Lucie-Smith, 1979
Five Artists, television documentary for German national television, 1983
Gorman has subsequently gone on to refine a more personal style of imagery and content, widening his sphere of reference to include classical and renaissance architecture, formal gardens and landscapes. With its frequent allusion to the female nude the work has a warm, sensuous feel often combined with a tranquil, timeless atmosphere?
Technique
Michael Gorman's innovative use of acrylic paint combines the use of broken colour, dots, stipples and washes with elements derived from his earlier study of photographic processes. Nineteenth century pointillist colour theory also exerts a great influence on the creation of the images.
The resulting paintings have a vibrant, illusory quality which is most distinctive.
BIOGRAPPHY
1998 Majesty or Travesty - Artists' and Illustrators' Newsletter
1983 Five
Artists - German
National television film
1980 Super
humanism I & II -
Nicholas Treadwell publications
1979 Super Realism - Edward Lucie-Smith 1976 Aspects of Reality - catalogue raisonné
1974
Art & Artists - 'From the Real World': William Packer on
Michael Gorman
1972
Arts Review - 'Look and See': monograph by Eddie Wolfram
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DONNA Acrylic on cotton duck 197 x 123 cm Price € 13.750:- |
SEASHORE – 2002 Acrylic on cotton duck 114 x 114 cm
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SUNWORSHIPPERS – 2003
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LA COPPINA – 1994 Acrylic on cotton duck 83 x 63 cm Price € 6.250:- |
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LA FONTANA - 1990 Acrylic on cotton duck 145 x 80 cm Price € 8.750:- |
PATTERNS of CHANGE – 1989 Acrylic on cotton duck 186 x 126 cm Price € 12.500:- |
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EQUILIBRIUM II – 1989 Acrylic on cotton duck 123 x 64 cm
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Il BUFFONE – 1993 Acrylic on cotton duck 77 x 41 cm
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A SENSE OF TIMING – 1990 Acrylic on cotton duck 140 x 63 cm
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HANDSTAND – 1997 Acrylic on cotton duck 69 x 53 cm Price € 5.000:- |
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Acrylic on cotton duck 160 x 164 cm
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DRAGONFLY – 1998 Acrylic on cotton duck 134 x 114 cm
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THE QUARRY – 2000 Acrylic on cotton duck 63 x 53 cm
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LA REVENANTE – 1984 Acrylic on cotton duck 152 x 222
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IN MEMORIAM – 1995 Acrylic on cotton duck 86 x 81 cm Price € 5.000.- |
STRANGERS AT THE VILLA MEDICI – 1977 Acrylic on cotton duck 181 x 181 cm
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THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS – 1991 Acrylic on cotton duck 92 x 70 cm
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MIDSUMMER EVENING – 1993 Acrylic on cotton duck 135 x 135 cm
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Private collection. Not for sale. I am very happy to have Mr. Gorman as my first artist on our new Internet gallery. |
This painting ”STRANGE COMPANY” is in my wife’s and my private collection The painting is very big = 168 x 137 cm. First time I look at this painting was in the house of the famous art dealer Fabian Carlson in Gothenburg, The painting is very look-alike my dear wife. I didn’t even ask for the price. I told Fabian that this painting will be my. He didn’t like to sell it, but after some months he was calling me and told me the price, and if I like to pay that amount he was willing to sell it. So it’s now in our collection. We have had many offers on this beautiful painting of Michael Gorman, but for sure, it is not for sale, Some years
later when we was on an art-fair in |
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SHORELINE – 2003 Acrylic on cotton duck 115 x 82 cm Price € 10.950:- Euro FRAMED |
MIDSUMMER COMPANY – 1999 Acrylic on cotton duck 101 x 100 cm
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FRIENDS – 2004 Acrylic on cotton duck 117 x 67 cm Price € 7.500.- Euro FRAMED |
SUN WORSHIPPERS – 2000 Acrylic on cotton duck 80 x 75 cm Price € 7.500.- Euro FRAMED |
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MODEL WITH EGG – 2002 Acrylic on cotton duck 43 x 38 cm Price € 1.875.- Euro FRAMED
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MODEL WITH TURBAN – 2002 Acrylic on cotton duck 98 x 72cm Price € 10.950.- Euro FRAMED
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SMALL PAINTINGS – 2002 CLOWN THEME Acrylic on cotton duck 43 x 38 cm Price € 1.175.- Euro Each FRAMED |
FACALDO – 2002 Acrylic on cotton duck 102 x 76 cm Price € 15.6250.- Euro FRAMED |
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I will go to For all sales enquiries, or questions, please email us at the address below. Michael Gorman will also consider proposals for commissions such as portraits or variations on themes you may have enjoyed in viewing the work on this site. A small selection of works is available as limited edition prints. Again, please email us if you are interested. |
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Michael Gorman has been making arresting figurative images for over 30 years.
He has work in private and public collections throughout the world and continues to exhibit internationally.
This site showcases recent work and paintings available for purchase.
We, on MIROL INVEST; hope that you have enjoyed Michael Gorman’s work.
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