Callum Innes
CALLUM INNES
(Scottish, b. 1962)
Untitled (From the Centro Series), 1989
Oil and turpentine on oil paper
Framed: 55 by 44 in. (139.7 by 111.76 cm) (including the original artist’s iron frame)
Provenance:
Frith Street Gallery, London, 1990
Callum Innes began exhibiting in the mid-to-late 1980’s and is considered by many to be a major abstract painter of his generation. One might refer to him as a minimalist painter as his color palette is monochromatic. His process is one of addition and subtraction – applying layers of paint mixed with turpentine, scraping away pigment before it completely dries, revealing surfaces below.
He works in different series sometimes revisiting them years later. This work is an example from the original Centro Series done in the 1980’s.