"We felt at the time the need to cut out the pastoral references and make art that was less 'arty', more pure. Jeremy's work had a clarity and distinctness which was very fresh and to see this in England at the time was extraordinary" Sir Anthony Caro, 2000
"Now is a pertinent time to re-appraise Jeremy Moon's work and show how it shares many of the salient qualities and concerns of current British painting. His startling use of colour and casual style abstraction provides a direct link between artists from the 1960s and the present day" Daniel Sturgis, 2000
Jeremy Moon was a British artist who achieved considerable recognition for his remarkable hard-edged abstract paintings in the 60s and 70s until his tragic death in a motorcycle accident in 1973.
He exhibited internationally during his career and is represented in many national collections. However, since the 1976 retrospective at the Serpentine Gallery his work has remained largley unseen. This major exhibition brings together paintings from throughout his career and includes previously unseen work from his widow's private collection. A small selection of working drawings will also be shown alongside some personal ephemera contextualising his practice.
This exciting exhibition proposes a new reading of Jeremy Moon's work. Whilst during his lifetime he was closely associated with British abstract artists. such as Bridget Riley, Gillian Ayres and Philip King, there now seems a very contemporary aspect to his practice. His laconic wit, discordant colours and whimsy all seem to be qualities more akin to the sensibility of today's artists than to his peers.
A full colour catalogue accompanied this exhibition with essays by Marco Livingstone and Martin Coomber.
