The London Collection

Works in Print has a great number of images of places from around the world.  Our London Collection is a series of images showing different facets of the city from the late nineteenth century to the present.  Below is a selection of images, both historical and contemporary, that document spaces and places of the city […]

The Power of Display

The placement and context of art communicates different things about individual works, as does the interaction of a group of works in a particular space.  The meaning of and response to objects, images and the buildings in which they are presented can be affected by different types of display.  This is helpful to keep in […]

Abstract Art

Alice Gorton, Oil Slick, 2012. Mixed media on canvas, 1300 mm x 1700 mm. © Image: Alice Gorton/Works in Print

For some abstract art provokes a negative reaction.  Its lack of representation, or reference to nature or an object, occasionally gives rise to the assumption the artist has insufficient skill to produce a picture or sculpture of recognisable reality; or that she or he has thoughtlessly placed paint or other media on a surface.  While […]