Drawings
Keith Cunningham
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The complete collection dedicated to the graphic work of one of Britain’s most compelling yet overlooked artists.
In the 1950s and 1960s, while also working in the commercial art world, Keith Cunningham immersed himself in an intensely personal drawing practice. These early works – marked by immediacy, variation and emotional intensity – reflect a restless, searching imagination and form the focus of Volume I. Volume II presents drawings created between the mid-1980s and early 2000s, a period defined by increasing refinement and experimentation in Cunningham’s practice.
Arranged chronologically and annotated with details of date, size and medium, the drawings offer an intimate glimpse into the evolution of Cunningham’s visual language. The collection also includes a biographical essay, an introductory text providing historical context and critical insight and comprehensive illustrated indexes of the works.
Keith Cunningham: Drawings is a foundational step toward recognising the full scope of this remarkable artist’s legacy.
Publication:
June 2025
Illustrations:
1908, 1937
Dimensions:
290 x 290 mm
Format:
Hardback
ISBN:
978-1-911736-03-5, 978-1-911736-28-8
No. of pages:
528, 528
Keith Cunningham (1929–2014) was born in Sydney, Australia. He worked as a graphic designer before moving to London in 1949 where he studied at the Central School of Design (1949–51, now Central Saint Martins) and the Royal College of Art (1952–55). Cunningham continued to paint, but kept his work private, until the end of his life. At the time of his death, thousands of artworks were discovered at his studio. A selection of his oil paintings was presented in an exhibition at Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery in London, 2022.
Dr Laura Scalabrella Spada completed her PhD at University College London in the Department of History of Art in 2020. Her research focuses on early modern European art, with a particular emphasis on the body and its processes, boundaries and relations. She has published papers on the politics of corporeality and animation in early modern prints and currently works as an independent researcher.
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