About this work
{"type":"root","children":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"type":"text","value":"Published by CIRCA on the occasion of "},{"type":"text","value":"Arrival","italic":true},{"type":"text","value":" (2023), this limited-edition series brings together two seminal paintings from Sir Frank Bowling's celebrated Map Paintings: "},{"type":"text","value":"Texas Louise","italic":true},{"type":"text","value":" (1971) and "},{"type":"text","value":"Australia to Africa","italic":true},{"type":"text","value":" (1969–70). Released alongside the artist's first-ever digital artwork, the editions mark seventy years since Bowling arrived in London from British Guiana in 1953, beginning a journey that would establish him as one of the most important painters of the post-war period."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"type":"text","value":"For more than six decades, Bowling has explored the material possibilities of paint, creating luminous works in which colour, geography, memory and movement converge. Drawn from one of the most significant bodies of work in his career, the Map Paintings merge personal history with global narratives, tracing connections between continents, migration and identity. By publishing these two landmark works together, "},{"type":"text","value":"Arrival","italic":true},{"type":"text","value":" reflects upon a lifetime shaped by travel, transformation and cultural exchange."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"type":"text","value":"Commissioned by CIRCA, "},{"type":"text","value":"Arrival","italic":true},{"type":"text","value":" represented the first time Bowling's work was presented in a digital format. Through the gradual crossfade of "},{"type":"text","value":"Texas Louise","italic":true},{"type":"text","value":" and "},{"type":"text","value":"Australia to Africa","italic":true},{"type":"text","value":", the artist translated the movement, light and fluidity of paint into a new medium, creating a digital canvas that reflected on migration, belonging and the idea of home. Presented across CIRCA's international network of public screens during the seventieth anniversary of his arrival in Britain and the seventy-fifth anniversary of Windrush, the commission offered a timely reflection on the enduring contribution of migrant communities to contemporary society."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"type":"text","value":""}]}]}
Edition details
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Publication information
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Payment & delivery
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Public impact
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