{"product_id":"gordon-close-figure-cat-and-sculpture","title":"165. Gordon Close - Figure, Cat and Sculpture","description":"\u003cp\u003e2026\u003cbr\u003eInk and Acrylic on board\u003cbr\u003e17 x 17 x 0.6 cm\u003cbr\u003eSigned on Verso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe drawings and paintings of Gordon Close are mixed-media works combining acrylic, oil, and ink. His practice draws on the domestic and everyday alongside personal and collective histories, folklore, and myth, creating narratives that inhabit familiar yet timeless interiors and landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClose’s imagery often carries a quiet theatricality, where ordinary objects and settings become charged with symbolic or psychological resonance. References to his earlier sculptural and three-dimensional practice recur throughout the compositions, giving the works a strong sense of structure, spatial awareness, and material presence. Through layered surfaces and shifting narrative fragments, the paintings move fluidly between memory, imagination, and observation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe completed a BA (Hons) in Fine Art at Sunderland Polytechnic College of Art \u0026amp; Design (1978–1982).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected exhibitions include \u003cem\u003eEvolving\u003c\/em\u003e at Shaftesbury Arts Centre, Shaftesbury (2025); exhibitions at Shaftesbury Arts Centre (2023); the \u003cem\u003eRBA Open\u003c\/em\u003e at Mall Galleries, London (2017–2023); exhibitions at The Old School Gallery, Alnmouth (2021); \u003cem\u003eOriginal Print Show\u003c\/em\u003e at Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk (2015); the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London (2015); \u003cem\u003eNew Work\u003c\/em\u003e at Haslams of Hallgate, Hexham (2011); \u003cem\u003eSculptors in Two Dimensions\u003c\/em\u003e at Sally Hunter Fine Art, London (2003); \u003cem\u003eScenes Unseen\u003c\/em\u003e at The Gallery, Gateshead Library (2001); \u003cem\u003eRecent Work\u003c\/em\u003e at Clayton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne (1998); \u003cem\u003eWorking in Two Dimensions\u003c\/em\u003e at Sally Hunter Fine Art, London (1997); \u003cem\u003eMoving Figures\u003c\/em\u003e at Queen’s Hall Art Centre, Hexham (1994); \u003cem\u003eSculpture Week\u003c\/em\u003e at Whitechapel Gallery and Broadgate Arena, London (1989); \u003cem\u003eHeads and Figures\u003c\/em\u003e at Anderson O’Day Gallery, London (1987); \u003cem\u003eBretton Menagerie\u003c\/em\u003e at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (1986); \u003cem\u003eAttitudes 84\u003c\/em\u003e at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (1984); \u003cem\u003eColeridge – Poet and Explorer\u003c\/em\u003e at the Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere (1984); and exhibitions at Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth (1983).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards include the Northern Arts Award (1983 and 1986) and The Backhouse Prize for Drawing at Sunderland Polytechnic College of Art \u0026amp; Design (1982). His work is held in collections including Northern Arts, Newcastle upon Tyne, and the Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"No insurance (+£0)","offer_id":57733102338422,"sku":null,"price":380.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK insurance (+£15)","offer_id":58013665526134,"sku":null,"price":395.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Europe insurance (+£25)","offer_id":57987675980150,"sku":null,"price":405.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rest of World insurance (+£35)","offer_id":57987676012918,"sku":null,"price":415.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Artwork165.jpg?v=1779806274","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/gordon-close-figure-cat-and-sculpture","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}