Bruce McLean Prints

Bruce McLean Prints

“Twelve adult men with pipes would walk for hours around sculpture and mumble.”

The not so impressed words of McLean describing his art school experience in sixties London (where he was taught by Anthony Caro at Central St. Martins).

Looking at the vivid colours and playful nature of these Bruce McLean prints it’s easy to imagine the Scottish artist being non plussed with the dry mumblings of academia. This is an artist whose work needs to live and breath out in the world away from the constraints of corridors of tradition.

These silkscreen prints have painted areas, collaged elements and part glazed surfaces. Each element combines to create a unified and harmonic whole that has proved a strong influence on printmaking peers over several decades.

The luminous colours and organic shapes of trees and plants have echoes of the wonderful Matisse paper cut outs and pop art sensibilities. Yet there’s a contemporary feel to these Bruce McLean prints that are very much of their time and place.

These prints aren’t cheap but would be a great investment in one of the UK’s leading artists of his generation.

About The Artist

Bruce McLean was born in 1944 and studied at Glasgow school of art then St. Martin’s in London going on to become one of the leading figures in British contemporary art. He’s now the Head of Graduate Painting at the Slade.

Bruce McLean Online

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• Bruce McLean · Wikipedia
• Bruce McLean · artrepublic
• Bruce McLean · Rise Art