EVENT DESCRIPTION
Frank Bowling. Like Water, the artist’s first solo exhibition in East Asia, brings together a selection of works from the 1960s to 2020, showcasing his mastery of surface texture. Sir Frank Bowling OBE RA is regarded as one of Britain’s most significant living artists. For over six decades, Bowling has rigorously pursued a practice which boldly expands the possibilities and properties of paint. At the age of 92, Bowling continues to paint every day in his South London studio.
ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER
Frank Bowling’s work is represented in around 60 collections worldwide and has been exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions, including the 2017 – 2019 touring exhibition
Mappa Mundi, the hugely successful retrospective at Tate Britain in 2019 and the major exhibition
Frank Bowling: Americas, which toured from MFA Boston to SFMOMA from 2022 – 2023. Bowling’s ‘Map Paintings’ were the centerpiece of the exhibition
Faultlines: Contemporary African Art and Shifting Landscapes at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003. He was elected a Royal Academician in 2005, appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2008 and knighted in 2020 for his services to art. In 2022, Bowling was awarded the Wolfgang Hahn Prize which honors exceptional contemporary artists.
