Andrew Lambirth

Dec 19, 2024 | thespectator.com | Andrew Lambirth

There is something otherworldly about Rory McEwen’s paintings of plants, leaves and fruit. They are indisputably beautiful, often breathtakingly so, but they are almost eerie in their self-possession. They are like planets vibrating to the music of the spheres — quivering with arrested energy. These images are super-real (rather than surreal) but they sometimes have a surreal edge that can be disturbing.

Aug 29, 2024 | theoldie.co.uk | Andrew Lambirth

The writer and artist Oswell Blakeston once described cats as the A to Z of the spiritual life. If they were not quite this for John Craxton, they were certainly an index of moods and states of mind, and a splendidly apposite vehicle for his visual and verbal wit. Craxton loved cats and lived with them, on and off, for most of his life. The cat image came readily to mind and hand, whether he was planning a taverna scene in Crete, or doodling during a telephone conversation.

Sep 20, 2023 | spectator.com.au | Andrew Lambirth

Artists’ Lives Thames & Hudson, pp.304, 25Encounters with Artists Thames & Hudson, pp.279, 30 Michael Peppiatt (born 1941) explains in the introduction to his new book of essays that he has from the start of his career been attracted to the lives of artists, as much as, if not more than, their work.

Sep 19, 2023 | spectator.co.uk | Andrew Lambirth

Text size Small Medium Large Line Spacing Compact Normal Spacious Comments Michael Peppiatt (born 1941) explains in the introduction to his new book of essays that he has from the start of his career been attracted to the lives of artists, as much as, if not more than, their work. Accordingly, he should find a ready audience with the British, who much prefer the written word to the visual image, and who always seem to spend more time on information panels than exhibits in museums, when not in...

Aug 29, 2023 | thespectator.com | William Newton |Mary Wakefield |Dave Seminara |Andrew Lambirth

The career of artist Alberto Guerrero has been driven by an overarching desire to look for what is behind everything that we merely, and only dimly, perceive at present.