●John Forrester
'Twelve Mark'1963
Oil on canvas
46 x 35.04 ins (116.8 x 88.9 cms)
signed, inscribed & dated 1963 versostamped with Galerie du Fleuve stamp verso
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John Forrester referred to his paintings as 'marks' - for the word 'painting' suggested intention - the translation through skill and forethought into communication, and that is what Forrester's work is not.
'The marks as they appear have for me no reasonable meaning. They tell me nothing. If they do I am unable to understand; but the imagination or perhaps curiosity which they excite in me is tremendous.'
These marks are often immensely more profound than the emotive 'action paintings' of the period and represented a bold stride forward into the new ideas of the 1960s. Often based on graffiti and urban architecture, Forrester's works recorded his own personal emotional language that was current and relevant to his contemporaries.
Exhibited:
Forrester Galerie du Fleuve, Paris,
22nd May - 22nd June, 1963, illustrated
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