Jim Bird Art
English, 1937-2010
Jim Bird was a well known abstract painter and printmaker. He was born in Bloxwich, West Midlands. He had over 100 one-man shows and exhibited widely throughout the world, including at Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona; the Art Package, Chicago; Redfern Gallery, London; River Gallery, Westport; Goldman-Kraft Gallery, Chicago; Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto; and Gallery Art Alpha, Tokyo. He also showed at the Basel Art Fair, the International Navy Pier Exposition in Chicago and the International Print Biennale, England. His work was featured in the Journal of Art Illustrated (June, July, August 1991) in an article entitled “The Elusive Monotype: Painting or Print?" and, in 1994, his work was featured in the first issue of Graven Images: Studies in Culture, Law, and the Sacred, published by the University of Wisconsin Law School.
In 1962, Bird left a successful design studio in England to live as an artist in Spain. He soon became affiliated with Galeria Joan Prats, one of the most prestigious galleries in Spain. After coming to the U.S. in 1980, one of the first people Bird looked up was Robert Motherwell. He and Motherwell became friends and exhibited their work together both in Spain and the U.S. Bird's works frequently depict what he calls “Landscapes of the Mind,” most often keyed to his memories and feelings about Spain, but all concerned with the space in which the human spirit creates to discover its freedom. As Bird said in a 1990 essay for a show at Galeria Joan Prats, his longtime dealer, "If one accepts the premise that art can be the mirror within which we may see ourselves, then the quest should be to get the glass true. The problem is that it never is quite true and the image we see is distorted; but before dismissing one mirror for another, judgment should be suspended, as mostly the unconscious reach is greater than the conscious grasp. It is obvious that great art has its source at some point beyond conscious striving, and if this fount is to become accessible it requires an act of faith on the part of the artist to do “nothing” and to allow the dreaming and fantasizing, that least understood part of the creative endeavor, to take place, the space in which the wretchedness of the human condition is re-composed and put into an acceptable form."
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Artist: Jim Bird
Untitled, from: 12th Anniversary Galeria Joan Prats 1976-88 Portfolio, 1986
By Jim Bird
Located in London, GB
JIM BIRD 1937-2010
Bloxwich 1937-2010 Catalonia (British / Spanish)
Title: Untitled, from: 12th Anniversary Galeria Joan Prats 1976-88 Portfolio, 1986
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Guarro Wove Paper
Paper size: 38 x 56 cm. / 14.9 x 22 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Jim Bird” in the lower right image.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 100, at the lower left image.
There were 20 artist’s proofs and 10 hors commerce [out of trade] impressions.
It was included in the portfolio “Carpeta Commemorativa 12e Aniversari” [Commemorative 12th Anniversary Portfolio], consisting of 20 lithographs and etchings by numerous artists.
The paper bears the Guarro watermark in the upper left sheet corner.
Note:
The contributing artists were: Sergi Aguilar, Frederic Amat...
Category
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Lithograph
Jim Bird - tribute to Vasarely 16
By Jim Bird
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Jim Bird - tribute to Vasarely 16
Photolithography
1972
Signed and numbered 58/75
Paper size : 68x68
Image size : 61x61
Perfect condition
Published by Poligrafa, Barcelona
290€
Category
1970s Jim Bird Art
Materials
Paper
tribute to Vasarely 6 blue
By Jim Bird
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Photolithography
1972
Signed and numbered 6/75
Paper size : 68x68
Image size : 61x61
Perfect condition
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290€
Category
1970s Jim Bird Art
Materials
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