Peter Kinley

Osborne Samuel opened this important exhibition of Peter Kinley's work in May 2006. This will be the first substantial showing of the artist's work in London since the Tate showed a group of recent acquisitions of his work in 1994. Peter Kinley's work is held in numerous private and public collections in the UK and abroad including: the British Council, Tate, the Arts Council, the Imperial War Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. This new exhibition provided an overview of Kinley's work and emphasised Osborne Samuel's continued commitment to Modern British art. It followed on from the gallery's acclaimed Nine Abstract Artists exhibition in 2005. The catalogue consists of over 30 works by Peter Kinley and explores chronologically his early work typified by paintings such as Figure with Mirror and Easel, 1962. It goes on to look at his post-1965 painting which underwent a dramatic stylistic and philosophical shift.