Thomas Joshua Cooper and Richard Forster
250th Summer Exhibition
The Royal Academy, London
12 June - 19 August
This year’s Summer Exhibition has been coordinated by Grayson Perry RA. The hanging committee includes Royal Academicians Allen Jones, Chris Orr, Christopher Le Brun, Conrad Shawcross, Cornelia Parker, David Mach, Emma Stibbon, Humphrey Ocean, Phyllida Barlow, Piers Gough and Tom Phillips.
Both artists are showing large monochromatic works, which respond to the landscape and evoke a sense of place.
Exhibited works:
Thomas Joshua Cooper
Looking towards Scotland, Darien and Caledonia - failure and alienation, Bahia Escocese, Puerto Escocés, San Blas Tribal Territory, Panama, Central America, 2004/2015
Silver gelatin print, hand toned & printed by the artist.
70 x 100cm print size
Richard Forster
Incoming seas' edge on three consecutive occasions at random time intervals, Saltburn Jan 3, 2016, 11:18 - 11:20am, 2016
Graphite and acrylic medium on Fabriano Artistico paper
Three parts
45.5 x 30.3 cm page size (each part)