Mitchell shared parallel interpretations of his surroundings with the artist John Wells, from their studio in Newlyn. 'Carrack’s upright forms reference the grace of bird flight in paintings by Wells...
Mitchell shared parallel interpretations of his surroundings with the artist John Wells, from their studio in Newlyn. 'Carrack’s upright forms reference the grace of bird flight in paintings by Wells and the exploration of parabolic curves introduced to the St Ives movement by Naum Gabo.
Bristol,
Arnolfini Gallery, Denis Mitchell, 25
Mar - 26 Apr 1967, cat no 4 (another cast)
Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery & Museum, Festival Exhibition of Sculpture by Denis Mitchell, 6 Oct - 3 Nov
1979, cat no 5 (another cast) Heerenveen, Museum Belvédère, Living the Landscape: Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson and the artists of St Ives 1939-1975, 28 May - 25 Sept 2022.
Publications
Michael Bird & Feico Hoekstra, Living the Landscape, Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson & the artists of St Ives, 1939 - 1975, illustrated page 66