James Coignard

La spirale

2002

Murano Glass. Signed and numbered EA 2/3. Free shipment worldwide. With just a few strokes of his brush he conjures up an entire world. James Coignard extends the boundaries between concrete and abstract. He knows how to create chromatic melodies that shift in timbre from cobalt blue to blood red. His pictures are an artistic epicentre where lines, letters and numbers meld with vigorous swashes of colour.” That is how the writer Johan Persson has described the artist’s paintings. With this exhibition we honour James Coignard, showing some of his last carborundum engravings and paintings as well as presenting the book “L’œuvre gravé de James Coignard” volume VI. In this edition, we have gathered together all the engravings that James Coignard produced between June 2005 and his decease, on 7 March 2008. Behind him he left many fond memories and a life’s work as a great artist. James Coignard’s principal modes of expression were oil on canvas and gravure au carborundum, but also in bronze and glass sculptures as well as in ceramics. His work has been shown on more than 400 exhibitions, primarily in Central Europe and Scandinavia, but also in Canada and the USA. His first Swedish exhibition was at Malmö Museum in 1956. The early 1970s saw the start of a long-term liaison with Galleri Östermalm in Stockholm, owned by Editions Sonet. They came to represent him in Scandinavia and edited several volumes of his graphic works. It was not until 2003 that we at Galleri GKM Siwert Bergström...

Murano Glass. Edition of 28/30 ex. Free shipment worldwide. With just a few strokes of his brush he conjures up an entire world. James Coignard extends the boundaries between c...

Publisher GKM. Limited Edition 30 ex. Free shipment worldwide. Acquired directly from the artist. Arman explores reality. He strives to transform and sublimate artefacts into works ...

Unique sculpture. Free shipment worldwide. Acquired directly from the artist. Le Musée du sable was established in the 1960s along the beach walk in Le Barcarès and comprises a col...

Unique sculpture. Free shipment worldwide. Acquired directly from the artist. Le Musée du sable was established in the 1960s along the beach walk in Le Barcarès and comprises a col...

Edition of 8 ex. Publisher GKM. Acquired directly from the artist. Free shipment worldwide. Arman wrote, “The bow on the strings releases an explosion of sounds,” in the book Trio à...

A lone ceramic frog perches atop a dirt mound covered in blooming artificial flowers. She is a beautiful captive inside her glass aquarium and she is the last of her kind...A creatu...

The Ant, Gold Plated and Red Glass The sculpture by Marcos Romero, representing an ant made of recycled industrial iron and blown glass, is a fascinating work of contemporary art. R...

The Ant, Dark Brown The sculpture by Marcos Romero, representing an ant made of recycled industrial iron and blown glass, is a fascinating work of contemporary art. Romero has creat...

THE BEE The sculpture by Marcos Romero, representing an bee made of recycled industrial iron and blown glass, is a fascinating work of contemporary art. Romero has created a piece t...

Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. Marking(s); notes: signed; 2007 Country of origin; materials: USA; blown and hot-sculpted glass, metal ...

Maeve Eichelberger is a Colorado native, capturing both urban and rural lifestyles in her artwork. Passionate about collage, Maeve specializes in a new form of 3 dimensional collage....