David Vango

NICRON 1 in situ.. oil on 3 panels bolted together. (private collection Spain)size 7 feet x 3 feetBorn Hammersmith, London , FEB 18th 1950 Self-taught outsider artist mainly in oil .Producing work that resembles some admired master whilst keeping one eye on whether a work will sell or please a particular society or client is not being an artist. A true artist cannot be just a "fan" of art but must embrace being totally possessed by the absolute joy of it. ILLUSIONISM. I work to create a convincing or even deceptive sensation of real space and form on a two dimensional surface. shapes, lines, forms, colours ,created for their own sake, have aesthetic value in their own right. My work always starts with tentative scribblings from which the artistic manifestation struggles into existence.My Knowledge of the history of art gives me clear focus and confidence that work created has merit and is "of its time". It's to easy to slip into the rut of repetition and retro/pastiche.David Vango's paintings are of the highest standard and embody a sense of free spirit which emanates from his compositions, one feels that he has experimented with both the intellectual origination and media and that we are now looking at ...

EXHIBITIONS - ONE MAN SHOWS Vidal Gallery - Barcelona Picture Workshop. Christchurch Loggia Gallery Buckingham Gate. London} Gallery Three. Lincoln Sam Scorer Gallery Drury Lane. Lincoln City Art House. SELECTED WORK The Arts Centre Hemel Hempstead. St Martins Gallery Trafalgar Square. London. Royal Academy London 1987.Manchester Art Show. IMEX Centre. PUBLICATIONS; Contributor to. BRITISH CONTEMPORARY ART 1993 published by Gagliardi Page 73 Full page illustration of "HEADGAMES" THE BRITART DIRECTORY 2001 published by HMP Sheffield.Page 279 "LINEWALK" DICTIONARY of INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHY 2004. Published by I.B.C. Cambridge "WHO'S WHO IN ART" 23rd--34th Edition, 2006.
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