Dean Bowen 20th Anniversary Exhibition

Galerie Miyawaki

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This exhibition celebrates Dean Bowen’s twentieth anniversary since holding his first solo exhibition at the Galerie Miyawaki in 1995.That exhibition of mainly etchings was a precursor of what was to come as Bowen developed themes, concepts and series of works evolving through a divergence of techniques such as lithography, oil painting, drawing, animation and bronze sculpture. In 1999 some of Bowen’s first bird series pictures began as he was ironically inspired by the tic tack sound of birds running and dancing across his metal studio roof, “disturbing my concentration”. Over time the bird became a classic theme in his work alongside the iconography of other developing series such as urban and country life, comets and the starry night, animals and the human figure, childhood memories, the monumental and the miniature, all enhancing and reflecting each other through a prism of humour and optimism. This twentieth anniversary exhibition looks across the evolution of those themes as well as exhibiting new and recent works.
The exhibition will include over sixty works. A four page illustrated publication, Escalier en Spirale No. 102 with an essay by Koh-ichi Tanikawa will accompany the exhibition.