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Bob Dylan
Signed limited edition graphics of 295
Paper only £1,500 Framed £1,750
1 House On Union Street Image 21½" x 15½" 2 Truckstop Image 21" x 15½ 3 Man On A Bridge Image 21½" x 16" 4 Dad's Restaurant Image 21" x 16" 5 Bicycle Image 21" x 15½" 6 Vista FromA Balcony Image 21½" x 15½" 7 Sunflowers Image 21" x 16" 8 Sunday Afternoon Image 21½" x 16"
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The Drawn Blank Series
2012 - Portfolio (Suite of 8)
Paper only £11,250 Framed £13,250
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this, the element that so often leads us to draw comparisons to Andy Warhol before him. The simplicity of the common-place subject matter belies a deeper, more complex narrative. Each piece, unmis- takably speaks of an observer, an out- sider looking in. These are not scenes of inclusion; the painter deliberately puts us, the viewer, on the periphery. Are we seeing through the lens of a contented and impartial observer or a lonely, melancholy outsider? But then, the colour! Contrary to some opinions, Dylan’s pieces are not all muted colours and subtle shadings. Vista from a Balcony for example, in the 2012 collection - a vivid red, almost apocalyptic, river scene, with the flurry of (perhaps frantic) activ- ity contrasts sharply with the blue serenity of a day spent boating on the river, seen in the very first 2008
it once was, but what it has now become; in its new light, with its new colour, its new life. In this the year that Dylan was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honour by President Barack Obama, he continues to garner great public interest. The September release of his 35th studio album, ‘Tempest’ marks 50 illustrious years as a recording artist and performer and The Drawn Blank Series continues to give Dylan's fans previously unexpected wonderment, reaffirm- ing their faith in one of the greatest creative minds of our time. First published in Art of England magazine, September 2012. Gallery The Drawn Blank Series 2012 portfolio of 8 graphics is still available in Castle Galleries around the country. castlegalleries.com
collection. Indeed, what a wonderful visual dichotomy were the two to be displayed side by side. The new collection features eight pieces, with House on Union Street being the stand-out new addition for 2012. Never-before-published, Dylan’s brush dances loosely through the bril- liant blue sky, finally coming to rest at the house, on Union Street; a solitary form on an unfamiliar street, Dylan’s representation of the transitory world of life on the road. It was Marcel Proust that said “the real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with fresh eyes.” Dylan does just this, and asks, us, the viewer to do the same. Through the seven other graphics in this new collection he revisits some familiar scenes with new flourishes of colour; challenging us to reconsider each image, to view it not for what
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FINE ART COLLECTOR AUTUMN 2012
AUTUMN 2012 FINE ART COLLECTOR
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