RICHARD DEVEREUX
VESSEL vol. III, 2022
16,5 x 25,5 x 5,0 cm | 6,5 x 10,0 x 2,0 inch
2.200,00 € excl. VAT
art doesn't work by being analysed, it works by enchantment
In the absence of narrative, a meditative quality emerges from the work offering visual experiences that can be both nourishing and contemplative. I don't set out wanting to do anything at all, I follow the work. The resulting forms have one purpose––to take us to another place––all other considerations are secondary. The work continually evolves, it knows far more than I do, I am simply the means by which it gains purchase in the world....
Read moreIn the absence of narrative, a meditative quality emerges from the work offering visual experiences that can be both nourishing and contemplative. I don't set out wanting to do anything at all, I follow the work. The resulting forms have one purpose––to take us to another place––all other considerations are secondary. The work continually evolves, it knows far more than I do, I am simply the means by which it gains purchase in the world.
[RD]
"[These works] do not remain as objects existing in a specific time and space but function as visual and spiritual conduits. They are not distracted or preoccupied with occasion or event but engage through the experience of personal encounter, perception, and cognition.
Prolonged viewing of these works engages the observer more as a devotional image might, creating a meditative calm, transitional or liminal experience."
Extract from a forthcoming essay by Tony Broome
RICHARD DEVEREUX
FADING INTO KNOWLEDGE (s.III n.I) after Peter Ackroyd, Chatterton 2025, Walnut ink, carbon, and limestone powder on walnut fragment 11.4 x 3.5 x 2.1 cm
LIMINAL HORIZON (I) 2024, oil pigment, Belgian linen, and encaustic on wooden panel 15.0 x 12.4 x 2.0 cm
CONVEYED BY HAND ( II ) 2024, Walnut fragment, carbon, and walnut ink within mixed media panel, 20.0 x 13.0 x 2.3 cm
EARTH STICK (II) 2023, aqueous polyester and oil pigment dispersal mounted on antique paper, 21.5 x 14.5 cm
SINGING IN THE WILDERNESS ( I ) after Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2023, iron oxide, encaustic and carbon on distressed linen 63.4 x 43.3 cm
SUSURRATION (VI) 2023, carbon, walnut ink, and ultra-black resin on fallen walnut 20.17 x 9.5 x 1.5 cm
SUSURRATION (IV) 2023 carbon, walnut ink, and ultra-black resin on walnut 21.0 x 15.0 x 1.2 cm installation: 12th c. Preceptory
MORNING IN THE BOWL OF NIGHT ( VI ) after Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2022, Cumbrian stone fragment, ultra-black resin 16.0 x 9.0 x 3.7cm
ENFOLDING (s. II, No I ) 2022, oil pigment on aqueous polyester within archival mount 33.2 x 43.2 cm
MORNING IN THE BOWL OF NIGHT ( III ) after Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, pigment and ultra-black resin on oak fragment, 15.5 x 7.0 x 1.7cm
THE CALM DREAM (III) after Olav H. Hauge, 2022, pigment dispersal, aqueous polyester and antique paper, 35.2 x 24.0cm
THE CALM DREAM (II) after Olav H. Hauge, 2022, pigment dispersal, aqueous polyester and antique paper, 25.0 x 35.2cm
THE CALM DREAM (II) after Olav H. Hauge (detail) 2022 pigment dispersal, aqueous polyester and antique paper 25.0 x 35.2cm
SILENT VOICE (II) 2022 iron oxide and mild steel, image area: 14.0 x 9.0 cm overall size: 60.0 x 42.0 cm (detail)
SILENT VOICE (II) 2022 iron oxide and mild steel, image area: 14.0 x 9.0 cm overall size: 60.0 x 42.0 cm (private collection UK)
THIS IS THE DREAM s.2 n.1 (after Olav H. Hauge) 2022 pigment dispersal and aqueous polyester panel 20.3 x 19.0 x 3.4 cm
TRUTH IS A SHY BIRD (IV) after Olav H. Hauge 2022 carbon and encaustics on Belgian linen image area: 14.0 x 9.0 cm, overall size: 60.0 x 42.0 cm
TRUTH IS A SHY BIRD (III) after Olav H. Hauge 2021 iron oxide and encaustic on Belgian linen image area: 14.0 x 9.0 cm, overall size: 60.0 x 42.0 cm
TRUTH IS A SHY BIRD (III) after Olav H. Hauge 2021 (detail) iron oxide and encaustic on Belgian linen image area: 14.0 x 9.0 cm, overall size: 60.0 x 42.0 cm
ONLY YOU SHALL WALK IT ( II ) after Olav H. Hauge, 2021, pigment dispersal on aqueous polyester within archival window mount. Image area: 14.0 x 9.0cm, archival mount: 63.2 x 45.0cm
ONLY YOU SHALL WALK IT ( II ) after Olav H. Hauge, 2021, pigment dispersal on aqueous polyester within archival window mount. Image area: 14.0 x 9.0cm, archival mount: 63.2 x 45.0cm
TRUTH IS A SHY BIRD (I) after Olav H. Hauge, 2021, iron oxide on Belgian linen, image area: 14.0 x 9.0 cm, overall size: 60.0 x 42.0 cm
TRUTH IS A SHY BIRD (II) after Olav H. Hauge, 2021, iron oxide on Belgian linen, image area: 14.0 x 9.0 cm, overall size: 60.0 x 42.0 cm
THE CALM DREAM (I) after Olav H. Hauge 2021 pigment dispersal on aqueous polyester (inc. museum glass + frame) 23.2 x 17.4 cm
THE DREAM WILL OPEN BY ITSELF ( V ) after Olav H. Hauge, 2021 pigment dispersal on aqueous polyester within archival window mount. Image area: 12.7 x 9.5cm, archival mount: 45.0 x 33.0cm
UNTROUBLED LINE – small (after Iris Murdoch) 2019 Lincolnshire limestone – silverbed 18.5 x 14.6. x 2.5 cm
HOW WILL YOU GO ABOUT FINDING THAT THING THE NATURE OF WHICH IS TOTALLY UNKNOWN TO YOU? 2015, oil pigment dispersal on panel 121.5 x 162.5 x 5.0 cm
UNTROUBLED ARC (I II and III) 2019 silica and raw pigment on Dibond, each panel 27.8 x 19.0 x 3.3 cm
Studio: CONTINUIOUS NOW turquoise (IV) 2012, pigment dispersal on 100% cotton fibre 147.0 x 108.0 cm
A PURE UNTROUBLED LINE IV (after Iris Murdoch) 2019 Lincolnshire limestone – silverbed 34.5 x 23.5. x 4.0 cm
6000º, 2006 six thousand degrees fahrenheit on cotton fibre housed within archival Solander case 43.0 x 52.4 x 7.3 cm
A PURE UNTROUBLED LINE (after Iris Murdoch) 2019 Lincolnshire limestone – silverbed 21.4 x 15.0 x 4.0 cm
THE DREAM WILL OPEN BY ITSELF ( IV ) after Olav H. Hauge, 2021 pigment dispersal on aqueous polyester within archival window mount. Image area: 12.7 x 9.5cm, archival mount: 45.0 x 33.0cm
THE SOFT-PRESS OF SILENCE, 2020 (s.2 no.5) limestone, atomised iron + mixed media (private collection, USA)
A PURE UNTROUBLED LINE III (after Iris Murdoch) 2019, Lincolnshire limestone – silver bed, 33.5 x 22.4 x 5.0 cm
WITH ITS PURE UNTROUBLED LINE (III) after Iris Murdoch 2019, Ironstone and silica on Dibond panel 27.8 x 19.0 x 3.5
In Stillness and In Silence
Rare footage of a 1998 film where David Bowie discusses the British artist Richard Devereux’s work: In Stillness and In Silence.
HOW WILL YOU GO ABOUT FINDING THAT THING THE NATURE OF WHICH IS TOTALLY UNKNOWN TO YOU?
What is your favourite material to work with? How has your use of it evolved throughout your practice?
All materials have their own unique resistance – its resistance that I like
What themes do you pursue?
I don't set out wanting to do anything at all, I follow the work
What advice has had the biggest impact on your career?
Listening to the heart
If you could install your art absolutely anywhere, where would that be?
Abbey of Our Lady of Nový Dvůr, Bohemia, Czech Republic: https://www.cjwho.com/post/104940282435/abbey-of-our-lady-of-nov-dvr-by-john-pawson
If you could only have one piece of art in your life, what would it be?
James Turrell's Roden Crater: https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/james-turrell-roden-crater
What are your favourite places besides your studio?
Mountains of northwest Cumbria, UK
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2023
Viewing by Appointment, Showing Space, Lincoln, UK
2015
New Works by Richard Devereux, Galleri Mjøsvågen, Hosanger, Norway
Continuous Now, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington, UK
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GROUP
2020
2020, Refresh, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington, UK
2017
Aesthetica Art Prize (longlist) York, UK
2015
Nottingham Castle Open, Nottingham, UK
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WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Chelsea School of Art, London, UK
Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
Manchester Metroplitan University, UK
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GALLERIES
Tarpey Gallery, UK | https://tarpeygallery.com/
SHOWING SPACE, 5 Silver Street, Lincoln uk
PUBLICATIONS
Assembled Rites, 1997
In Stillness and in Silence, 1994
Casting Visions, 1997
EDUCATION (detailed)
1974–77 Portsmouth College of Art, United Kingdom
2002 Hitsuzendo, under the tutelage of Zen Master Terayama Tanchu Sensei, Tsukuba Dojo, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
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RICHARD DEVEREUX
VESSEL vol. I, 2021
15,6 x 21,7 x 5,0 cm | 6,1 x 8,5 x 2,0 inch
1.800,00 € excl. VAT
RICHARD DEVEREUX
MORNING IN THE BOWL OF NIGHT ( I ) after Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, 2022
17,3 x 17,0 x 5,0 cm | 6,8 x 6,7 x 2,0 inch
2.000,00 € excl. VAT
