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1 October – 19 November 2022
Zürich
Alan Charlton is one of the preeminent British artists of the post-war period. Since graduating from the Royal Academy of Art in 1972, he has painted exclusively monochrome paintings in variations of the colour grey. The formal principles of his work appear self-evident: canvases painted in grey, executed without painterly gesture or visible brushstroke, the formats divisible in height, width and depth by a factor of 4.5. Even the gaps in multi-part works or the blank spaces in the so-called Channel Paintings correspond to this basic measurement. Each painting is planned precisely by Charlton, who executes every step of its production himself. He orders the wood slats for the stretcher frames, cut to size, joins them together, attaches the canvas, paints it grey, makes a suitable transport box and packs up the work. His by now legendary selfdescription is succinct: «I am an artist who makes grey paintings.»
Alan Charlton first solo exhibition was at Whitechapel Art Gallery in London 1972. Since then, his work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, for example at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Castello di Rivoli in Turin, Guggenheim Museum New York or Kunstverein Hamburg. In 1982 he participated at Documenta 7 in Kassel. His work is represented in important international collections including the Tate in London, MASI Lugano, ZKM in Karlsruhe, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Sammlung Goetz Munich or the Musée d’Art contemporain de Lyon.
1/28
Exhibition view at Kunsthaus Glarus, 1993
acrylic on canvas, 27 cm border
256.5 × 256.5 cm
acrylic on canvas
274.5 × 274.5 cm
2/28
acrylic on canvas, 27 cm border
256.5 × 256.5 cm
AC/P 35
3/28
acrylic on canvas, 9 cm border
229.5 × 189 cm
AC/P 1
4/28
acrylic on canvas
211.5 × 211.5 cm
AC/P 7
5/28
acrylic on canvas
31.5 cm wide
94.5 × 94.5 cm
AC/P 24
6/28
acrylic on canvas
4.5 cm wide
139.5 × 139.5 cm
AC/P 21
7/28
Exhibition view at Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, 1996
acrylic on canvas, 5 Parts
81 × 243 cm each
423 × 243 cm overall
AC/P 56
acrylic on canvas, 5 Parts
81 × 243 cm each
423 × 243 cm overall
acrylic on canvas, 5 Parts
81 × 243 cm each
423 × 243 cm overall
AC/P 57
8/28
acyrilc on canvas
423 × 243 cm
AC/P 57
9/28
acrylic on canvas
72 × 265.5 cm
AC/P 53
10/28
acrylic on canvas
202.5 × 306 cm
AC/P 63
11/28
acrylic on canvas
148.5 × 72 cm
AC/P 97
12/28
acrylic on canvas and acrylic on wall
canvas: 225 × 225 cm
wall: 279 × 279 cm
AC/P 70
13/28
Exhibition view at Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, 2006
14/28
acrylic on canvas
171 × 355.5 cm
AC/P 76
15/28
acrylic on canvas
171 × 346.5 cm
AC/P 72
16/28
Exhibition view at Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, 2015
acrylic on canvas
427.5 × 270 cm
AC/P 77
acrylic on canvas
427.5 × 270 cm
AC/P 78
17/28
acrylic on canvas
225 × 315 cm
AC/P 79
18/28
Exhibition view at Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, 2019/2020
acrylic on canvas
58.5 × 54 cm
AC/P 84
acrylic on canvas
58.5 × 45 cm
AC/P 83
acrylic on canvas
58.5 × 72 cm
AC/P 86
19/28
acrylic on canvas
216 × 162 cm
AC/P 80
20/28
acrylic on canvas
252 × 306 cm
AC/P 101
21/28
acrylic on canvas
202.5 × 139.5 cm
22/28
Exhibition view at Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, 2019
acrylic on canvas
468 × 153 cm
AC/P 106
acrylic on canvas
468 × 153 cm
AC/P 105
23/28
acrylic on canvas on paper
47.5 × 120 cm (framed)
AC/D 16
24/28
acrylic on canvas on paper
61.5 × 111 cm (framed)
AC/D 17
25/28
acrylic painted canvas and pencil on paper
120 × 39 cm (framed)
AC/D 14
26/28
pencil on paper
85.6 × 60.6 cm (framed)
AC/D 19
27/28
pencil on paper
60.9 × 43.5 cm (framed)
AC/D 20
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pencil on paper
60.6 × 86.6 cm (framed)
AC/D 22
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