Wings at the Window, at Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh

Aubrey Levinthal, 'Hotel Buffet in Colorado', oil on panel
Aubrey Levinthal, 'Hotel Buffet in Colorado', oil on panel

Title:
Wings of a Butterfly

Times:
Wed - Sat 11:00 - 17:00

From: 1 Feb 2025

To: 19 Apr 2025

Venue:
Ingleby Gallery
33 Barony Street
Edinburgh
Edinburgh & the Lothians
EH3 6NX

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Ingleby Gallery in Edinburgh is a showing Wings of a Butterfly – a group show that takes as its starting-point the final diary entry by the French artist Pierre Bonnard, written shortly before his death in 1947, in which he stated, ‘I should like to present myself to the young painters of the year 2000 with the wings of a butterfly.’

The invited artists have considered Bonnard’s work in different ways, thinking about it in relation to their own, conjuring a collective mood through this common thread. They include Andrew Cranston, who says, ‘I love (Bonnard’s) doubt, which is visible on the canvas… This keeps an openness and some work for the viewer to do’ – words which echo Bonnard’s own declaration that, ‘The painting will not exist if the viewer does not do half the work.’

Hayley Barker, Wingate Window, oil on linen. Image Paul Salveson.
Hayley Barker, ‘Wingate Window’, oil on linen. Image Paul Salveson.

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