Colin Self and Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves)
1st – 31st March 2018
- ‘Leopardskin Nuclear Hot Dogs’, sunglasses cases and mixed media, approx. 22 x 7 x 5 cm, Colin Self 2018
- ‘Black Hot Dogs’, avocado packaging and mixed media, approx. 22 x 9 x 7 cm, Colin Self 2018
- ‘Large Hot Dog with Mustard’, Glass fibre resin + mixed media, 180 x 18 x 18 cm, Colin Self 2002-4
- ‘Ssshh….it’s sleeping like a log’, silver birch and poplar with fake eyelashes, dimensions variable, Colin Self 2014
- ‘Ssshh….it’s sleeping like a log’, silver birch and poplar with fake eyelashes, dimensions variable, Colin Self 2014
- ‘The Big Cheese No.1’, polished stainless steel, 30 x 33 x 14 cm, Colin Self 2004
- ‘Flowers in a Vase’, collage on paper, 67 x 50 cm, Colin Self 2008
- ‘A Canary in a Cage’, watercolour, indian ink + collage, 34 x 38 cm, Colin Self 2002-8
- ‘Three Wise Women (Three Waiting Women)’, oil paint, sand + collage on paper, 56 x 43 cm, Colin Self 2008
- ‘Swallowtail Butterfly Sunning on a Pile of Bricks’, collage on paper, 41 x 20 cm, Colin Self 2016
- ‘Love Hearts, Bowie – Birthday Boy’, pencil on paper, 25 x 40 cm, Colin Self, 8th January 2015
- ‘Dancing in the Moonlight’ (part of triptych), mixed media collage, 202 x 79 cm, Colin Self 2014
- ‘Propiasension Series (No.8)’, blindfold drawing on pizza carton, 31 x 58 cm, Colin Self 2016
- ‘The Ploughman – Dig My Earth’, painting + collage on card, 125 x 65 cm , Colin Self 2008
- ‘German Woman on an Encasing Sofa’, collage on paper, 37 x 32cm, Colin Self 2005
- ‘Deathshead Hawks Moth Breathing from Starry Sky’, collage, 33 x 23 cm, Colin Self c.1990’s
- ‘Holkham-next-the-sea’, mixed media collage, 65 x 42 cm, Colin Self 2004
- ‘Propiasension Series (No.7)’, blindfold drawing on pizza carton, 31 x 58 cm, Colin Self 2016
- ‘Hot Dog with Ketchup and Mustard’, pencil on paper bag on paper, 60 x 37 cm, Colin Self 2012
- ‘Mother and Child’, collage and pencil on paper, 37 x 32 cm, Colin Self 2005
- ‘Singing Face No.1’, Pencil on paper + tea, 21 x 31 cm, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) 2017
- ‘Singing Face No.2’, Pencil on paper + tea, 21 x 31 cm, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) 2017
- ‘Singing Face No.3’, Pencil on paper + tea, 21 x 31 cm, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) 2017
- ‘Singing Face No.4’, Pencil on paper + tea, 21 x 31 cm, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) 2017
- ‘Weeping Viking’, pencil and watercolour on artist board, 51 x 41 cm, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) 2018
- ‘Crab verses Eel’, ink on board, 51 x 41 cm, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) 2017
- ‘Charles Laughton in his neck brace’, oil and bleached photographs on artist board, 51 x 41 cm, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) 2017
- ‘German Brutalist’, oil and concrete on canvas,101 x 76 cm, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) 2017
- ‘Cliff and Cloth’, oil and acrylic on paper, 36 x 46 cm, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) 2017
- ‘Pirate & Parrott with anal flourish’, oil on canvas, 61 x 41 cm, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) 2017
- ‘The Michael Jackson Push Bike Incident’, pencil on paper, 31 x 38 cm, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) 2017
- ‘Les Kellet vs Kendo Nagasaki’, acrylic on canvas, 61 x 61 cm, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) 2017
- ‘The Queen’, acrylic on canvas, 91 x 61 cm, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) 2018
- ‘Hillbilly Training Day’, ink on canvas, 61 x 91 cm, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) 2018
- ‘Confectionary Devil’, acrylic on canvas, 91 x 61 cm, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) 2018
- ‘Aquanaughts prepare to do battle with Neptune’, acrylic on canvas, 61 x 91 cm, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) 2017
- ‘Dick Turpin’, Oil on re-used canvas + gilt frame, 60 x 92 cm, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) 2017
The Fairhurst Gallery is thrilled to announce the first exhibition of one of Britain’s most celebrated artists, Colin Self, alongside one of history’s greatest comic icons, Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves). I think we should all just be friends will explore the friendship between these two inimitable artists and their relationship to the ‘art world’ at large.
“If society has become de-sensitised or over stimulated by convenience and complacency as many will argue, there is a greater need for the spectator or viewer to be broken from this controlled conformity and witness a greater sense of authenticity. Both Self and Moir are alert observers of the world around them and are searching and seeking the overlooked or the ignored. Both are committed to their individual personal experience, whilst refiguring and constructing new narratives from a multitude of sources. It has long been argued that bringing together what at first appear as unrelated or disparate components can reveal some greater harmony or truth. An independence of spirit and mutual admiration aligns Self and Moir and their desire to show their work together.”
Calvin Winner, February 2018 (Head of Collections, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts)
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