Small is Beautiful: 39th Edition
Flowers Gallery, London + Online
24 November, 2021 - 8 January, 2022
Julie Cockburn
There’s the Green Parrot, 2021
Hand embroidery and ink on a found postcard
© Julie Cockburn, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery
Flowers Gallery presents the 39th edition of the annual Small is Beautiful exhibition, which takes place at the Cork Street gallery in London and online.
Small is Beautiful was first established at Flowers Gallery in 1974, inviting selected contemporary artists working in any media to present works with a fixed economy of scale, each piece measuring no more than 7 x 9 inches. Continuing in the same spirit to the present day, Small is Beautiful XXXIX presents a rare opportunity to purchase smaller pieces by internationally recognised names and discover new talents.
Exhibiting for the first time in Small is Beautiful are two newly represented artists, Australian painter Aida Tomescu, and Scottish painter Victoria Crowe. Taking part for the 39th time, having exhibited in every edition since 1974, is John Loker who credits the exhibition with often opening up new directions in his work. He says, “I would normally work on a much larger scale, but I have always regarded this show as a way of standing back from familiar methods. An interesting move to come directly from Small is Beautiful is the use of the glass layering. It would not have happened on a larger scale and yet these 7x9 inch pieces have become as important to me as my canvases of 7x9 feet.”
Also having participated since the inaugural exhibition are artist duo Boyd & Evans, who recall: “Making a painting about space on a tiny canvas makes you apply paint in a different way. Stepping aside from our other work is a breath of fresh air and has often suggested future routes for what we might do next.”
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS INCLUDE:
Aida Tomescu
Aleah Chapin
Amanda Faulkner
Andrew Logan
Anthony Frost
Ashley Cluer
Ayumi Matsuba
Belinda Cadbury
Boyd & Evans
Calum McClure
Carl Randall
Carol Robertson
Carole Hodgson
Charlotte Colbert
Christopher Gee
Claerwen James
Claire Oxley
Daphné Mandel
David Hepher
Elger Esser
Emily Mayer
Emma Turpin
Francesca Simon
Freya Payne
George Blacklock
Geraldine Swayne
Gerri Davis
Gill Rocca
Hannah Tilson
Henry Kondracki
Humphrey Ocean
Ian Dawson
Jane Ackroyd
Janelle Lynch
Jennifer McRae
Jiro Osuga
Jo Dennis
Jo Hummel
John Carter
John Gibbons
John Loker
Joseph Dupré
Julie Cockburn
Kate Giles
Kate MccGwire
Katie Pratt
Katie Trick
Ken Currie
Kristian Evju
Kristin Man
Lynn Dennison
Mark Entwisle
Michael Mulcahy
Miwa Ogasawara
Mona Lee
Nathan Cohen
Nicola Hicks
Nigel Hall
Miranda Forrester
Peter Schmersal
Peter Wylie
Polly Penrose
Rachel Heller
Renny Tait
Rob Wyn Yates
Robin Mason
Sadie Hennessy
Samantha Cary
Sarah Genn
Sharon Hall
Sinéad Rice
Steve Ibbitson
Stuart Pearson Wright
Tabitha Soren
Tai Shan Schierenberg
Tim Fawcett
Tim Lewis
Tom Lovelace
Tomono Matsukawa
Trevor Sutton
Unskilled Worker
Vanessa Garwood
Victoria Cantons
Victoria Crowe
Virginia Verran
FLOWERS GALLERY
21 Cork Street, London W1S 3LZ
