From 1st May to 25th July in the
„Lÿz“ Art Forum in Siegen
In 1999 the university town of Siegen in the south of Westphalia
is presenting an art event of very special dimensions, for 
PAUL McCARTNEY paintings
is a world premiere for this painter's work.
Paul McCartney (born in Liverpool in 1942) has an extraordinary
talent which is not confined to music but extends to painting,
too. He has had a passion for drawing ever since he was a boy,
and during his time with the Beatles he started his own art
collection. Since 1983 he has set up studios in the south of
England and in the USA, where he has been intensively exploring
the medium of painting. His works are partly influenced by the
American school of Abstract Expressionists, an art form which is
powerfully colourful and emotional, and free and impulsive in the
application of paint, and whose major representative, Willem de
Kooning, was a personal friend of McCartney's. Further influences
to be seen are Pop Art and surrealism. Thematically Paul
McCartney's work is multi-layered and rigorous in composition,
but what is most characteristic is the free association with
which he responds to landscapes, lighting or other visual stimuli
and the way in which he activates his inner stock of images.
It
was five years ago that Wolfgang Suttner, Cultural Events Officer
for the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in Westphalia, a man with
many years of experience in organising exhibitions, first came
into contact with McCartney's double artistic gift. During the
course of many visits to the painter's studio, he got together
with the artist to review the complete oeuvre. The result is to
seen from 1st May to 25th July, when the „Lÿz“ Art
Forum in Siegen will be showing the best of McCartney's work on
an area of approx. 900 m².
Alongside the paintings the exhibition will also present original
photographs by Linda McCartney, giving an introduction to the
painter's oeuvre and the sources of his inspiration, and the
video installation 'feedback', for which Paul McCartney also
designed the monitor-sculptures.
A catalogue will be published to coincide with the exhibition, containing approx. 80 coloured reproductions and 20 black and white prints by Linda McCartney. These previously unpublished pictures and photos are accompanied by informative articles by Brian Clarke, Barry Miles (London), Wolfgang Suttner (the director of the exhibition) and Christoph Tannert (Berlin), as well as by extensive excerpts from exclusive interviews in which Paul McCartney talks about his art.
PAUL McCARTNEY paintings
, Kunstforum Lÿz, Siegen, 1. Mai bis 25. Juli 1999
Konzeption & Organisation der Ausstellung: Kultur!Büro.
Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein
Paintings © Paul McCartney. Photographs of the artist © Estate
of Linda McCartney
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