Artist Brian Hartley

Transient Equilibrium # 3

Brian Hartley

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Media Oil
Type Figure/Life
Price £500.00 / $631.76
Size 65 x 70 cm
Ref 7765

Ba (hons) 1st class Illustration Glasgow School of Art 92-95

Foundation in Art & Design: Coventry University 91-92

 

Exploring the ephemeral world of the body in motion and stillness, the language of dance, its language and rhythm; in doing so seeking to capture glimpses of shapes and emotions and moments of movement.

Brian Hartley's work crosses the boundaries between many art forms, from painting through performance to design for theatre.

Solo exhibitions

2001 transient equilibrium The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen

2000 put on your red shoes Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

1999 recent paintings phoenix, Glasgow

1999 moments of movement Dundee Rep Theatre

1888 Continental Shifts St. Brides, Edinburgh

1997 drawn to danse Waterfront Hall, Belfast

1997 new moves on paper Tramway, Glasgow

1996 holy body tattoo Vancouver, Canad

1995 drawn to danse Montreal & London

Press reviews...in the very best of his work, captures the essence of dance with rough and economical brush strokes.

The Scotsman: Hartley's art holds the heart and pulse of living dance in a way that is both enviable and uplifting.

The Herald: His paintings are bold, swift testaments in paint to the body in motion.

Scotland on Sunday: it is the essence of movement that fascinates him, a combination of gesture and bodily interaction, as well as emotional anatomy.