Page 57 - Studio International - January 1965

London commentary

designers and opened with a scintillating exhibition. Brazilian Embassy is sponsoring exhibitions by its
Best known perhaps is Gerda Flockinger who teaches national artists. First was Jose Paulo from Rio de
at Homsey; she brings modern handling to a silver Janeiro, a self-taught painter whose techniques are
neckband with a large cabuchon silver drop at £37 1 Os. far from naif. Favourite subject matter is the doorway
A young Scot John Forsyth creates flat silver pendants and fenestration of buildings so clean as to be surreal.
inlaid with ivory and tortoiseshell. Frances Beck, His paint is brilliantly scumbled and the under­
Ernest Blyth, Caroline Couchman, Peter Hauffe, and painting shines through in transparent strengths of
Gillian Packard are the other names to remember. varied intensity. Later works are painted on layers of
At its Information Centr'3 in Berkeley Street, the newsprint hardened to papier mache solidity. ■

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1
Marek Zulawski
1 964
Oil and lacquer board
56 in
Galleries
2
Mochica 4th- Century A.D.
F,guone
Gold idol with nose pendant.
ear ornament and silver sash
15 cm. high
Peruvian Exh1b1t1on
Arts Gallery

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Tony Underhill
1964
60 48 in.
Galleries

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Kneale
Pf/soner's 1 964
Steel in. high
R Gallery 45