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The count of lines, 2019 Acrylic paint and chalk on cotton canvas and linen, and metal pins, 20 part work: 1. 183cm x 302cm, 2. 25cm x 30cm, 3. 50cm x 45cm, 4. 25cm x 25cm, 5. 25cm x 25cm, 6. 25cm x 26cm, 7. 38cm x 35cm, 8. 30cm x 30cm x 4cm, 9. 24

The count of lines, 2019

Acrylic paint and chalk on cotton canvas and linen, and metal pins, 20 part work: 1. 183cm x 302cm, 2. 25cm x 30cm, 3. 50cm x 45cm, 4. 25cm x 25cm, 5. 25cm x 25cm, 6. 25cm x 26cm, 7. 38cm x 35cm, 8. 30cm x 30cm x 4cm, 9. 24.5cm x 24cm, 10. 23cm x 22cm, 11. 28cm x 13.5cm, 12. 15.5cm x 22.5cm, 13. 22cm x 31cm, 14. 24.5cm x 16cm, 15 25.5cm x 23cm, 16. 20cm x 12.5cm, 17. 24.5cm x 34.5cm, 18. 5cm x 11.5cm, 19. 22.5cm x 27.5cm, 20. 31.5cm x 29.5cm Installation variable

Photo credit Peter White, FXP Photography

The blue is in the green , 2018 Acrylic paint on cotton canvas, canvas board, paper and metal, 13 part work: 1. 168cm x 154cm, 2. 200cm x 93.5cm, 3. 154cm x 9cm diameter, 4. 30.5cm x 30.5cm, 5. 12.5cm x 17.5cm, 6. 20cm x 20cm, 7. 25cm x 20cm, 8. 1

The blue is in the green, 2018

Acrylic paint on cotton canvas, canvas board, paper and metal, 13 part work: 1. 168cm x 154cm, 2. 200cm x 93.5cm, 3. 154cm x 9cm diameter, 4. 30.5cm x 30.5cm, 5. 12.5cm x 17.5cm, 6. 20cm x 20cm, 7. 25cm x 20cm, 8. 10cm, x 15cm, 9. 30cm x 25cm, 10. 25cm x 20cm, 11. 25cm x 20cm, 12. 12.5cm x 35cm x 7.5cm, 13. 12.5cm x 35cm x 7.5cm (metal supports) Installation variable

Photo credit Peter White, FXP Photography

The Weight of Souls II , 2017/18 Acrylic paint and chalk on cotton canvas, 9 part work: 1. 140cm x 130cm, 2. 160cm x 160cm, 3. 12.5cm x 10cm, 4. 12.5cm x 10cm, 5. 10cm x 7.5cm, 6. 25cm x 30cm, 7. 20cm x 20cm, 8. 25cm x 30cm, 9. 25cm x 25cm Install

The Weight of Souls II, 2017/18

Acrylic paint and chalk on cotton canvas, 9 part work: 1. 140cm x 130cm, 2. 160cm x 160cm, 3. 12.5cm x 10cm, 4. 12.5cm x 10cm, 5. 10cm x 7.5cm, 6. 25cm x 30cm, 7. 20cm x 20cm, 8. 25cm x 30cm, 9. 25cm x 25cm Installation variable

Photo credit Peter White, FXP Photography

The Weight of Souls I , 2017/18 Acrylic paint and chalk on cotton canvas and canvas board, 13 part work: 1. 165cm x 240cm, 2. 190cm x 240cm, 3. 25cm x 30cm, 4. 20cm x 25cm, 5. 25.5cm x 25.5cm, 6. 26cm x 25.5cm, 7. 20cm x 20cm, 8. 18cm x 13cm, 9. 2

The Weight of Souls I, 2017/18

Acrylic paint and chalk on cotton canvas and canvas board, 13 part work: 1. 165cm x 240cm, 2. 190cm x 240cm, 3. 25cm x 30cm, 4. 20cm x 25cm, 5. 25.5cm x 25.5cm, 6. 26cm x 25.5cm, 7. 20cm x 20cm, 8. 18cm x 13cm, 9. 25cm x 30cm, 10. 25.5cm x 20.5cm, 11. 25.5cm x 20.5cm, 12. 25.5cm x 30cm, 13. 20.5cm x 20.5cm Installation variable

Photo credit Peter White, FXP Photography

In some languages there is one hundred words for snow, in others there are none , 2016/18 Acrylic paint on cotton canvas, silk, tracing paper, paper and metal, 12 part work: 1. 160cm x 160cm, 2. 75cm x 70cm (with painted canvas attachments), 3. 51

In some languages there is one hundred words for snow, in others there are none, 2016/18

Acrylic paint on cotton canvas, silk, tracing paper, paper and metal, 12 part work: 1. 160cm x 160cm, 2. 75cm x 70cm (with painted canvas attachments), 3. 51cm x 51cm, 4. 30cm x 30cm, 5. 25cm x 20cm, 6. 25cm x 20cm, 7. 25cm x 30cm, 7. 20cm x 25cm, 8. 18cm x 12.5cm, 9. 18cm x 12.5cm and 148.5cm x 10.5cm (paper), 10. 91cm x 92cm (silk fabric unfolded), 11. 12. 12.5cm x 35cm x 7.5cm Installation variable

Photo credit Peter White, FXP Photography

Iniquitous Symmetries , 2014 Acrylic paint and chalk on cotton and linen canvas, and metal, 5 part work: 1. 190cm x 165cm, 2. 190cm x 165cm, 3. 65cm x 75cm Installation variable Studio view photo Avis Newman

Iniquitous Symmetries, 2014

Acrylic paint and chalk on cotton and linen canvas, and metal, 5 part work: 1. 190cm x 165cm, 2. 190cm x 165cm, 3. 65cm x 75cm Installation variable

Studio view photo Avis Newman

A little patch of yellow , 2014 Acrylic paint on cotton canvas; 40cm x 40cm A Little Patch of Yellow , The Lion and Lamb Gallery, London

A little patch of yellow, 2014

Acrylic paint on cotton canvas; 40cm x 40cm

A Little Patch of Yellow, The Lion and Lamb Gallery, London

Birds of a feather I , 2012 Acrylic paint on linen canvas; 30.2cm x 60.8cm

Birds of a feather I, 2012

Acrylic paint on linen canvas; 30.2cm x 60.8cm

Birds of a feather III , 2009/12 Acrylic paint and pencil on canvas and linen with paper, elastic band and metal, 6 part work: 1. 254cm x 254cm, 2. 25cm x 30cm, 3. 25cm x 25cm, 4. 25cm x 25cm, 5. 25cm x 25cm, 6. 25cm x 25cm Installation variable

Birds of a feather III, 2009/12

Acrylic paint and pencil on canvas and linen with paper, elastic band and metal, 6 part work: 1. 254cm x 254cm, 2. 25cm x 30cm, 3. 25cm x 25cm, 4. 25cm x 25cm, 5. 25cm x 25cm, 6. 25cm x 25cm Installation variable

Installation view, NUA Gallery, Norwich; photo credit Peter White, FXP Photography

A man who walks on his head, ladies and gentlemen, a man who walks on his head sees the sky below, as an abyss , 1998 Slate, glass and chalk; 13.8cm x 33cm x 149cm Installation view, Meridians, Lisson Gallery, London, 1998; Descriptions Museu

A man who walks on his head, ladies and gentlemen, a man who walks on his head sees the sky below, as an abyss, 1998

Slate, glass and chalk; 13.8cm x 33cm x 149cm

Installation view, Meridians, Lisson Gallery, London, 1998; Descriptions Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2003

Untitled, 1998 Slate and glass; 111cm x 30.5cm x 26 cm Installation view, Meridians, Lisson Gallery, London, 1998; Descriptions Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2003

Untitled, 1998

Slate and glass; 111cm x 30.5cm x 26 cm

Installation view, Meridians, Lisson Gallery, London, 1998; Descriptions Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2003

Untitled , 1998 Slate and glass; 37cm x 81.3cm x 28.5cm Installation view, Meridians, Lisson Gallery, London, 1998; Descriptions Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2003

Untitled, 1998

Slate and glass; 37cm x 81.3cm x 28.5cm

Installation view, Meridians, Lisson Gallery, London, 1998; Descriptions Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2003

Sleep’s Reason, 1998 Silvered glass, linen and wood, 4 part work; 1.&2. (2 x mirror) 143cm x 150cm, 3. (ladder) 187cm x 48cm, 4. (ladder) 268cm x 46cm, Installation variable Installation view, Meridians, Lisson Gallery, London, 1998, Photo

Sleep’s Reason, 1998

Silvered glass, linen and wood, 4 part work; 1.&2. (2 x mirror) 143cm x 150cm, 3. (ladder) 187cm x 48cm, 4. (ladder) 268cm x 46cm, Installation variable

Installation view, Meridians, Lisson Gallery, London, 1998, Photo ; Pretext: Heteronyms, The Clink, London, 1995; Heteronymous or an ambiguous journey through self, Rome, 1997

Figure , 1992-93 (foreground) Lithographic prints and linen folio, painted wooden tables; 65cm x 95cm x 5cm (folio); 91cm x 72xm x 42cm Installation view, Vicious Circle, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 1993; Vicious Circle, De Appel Foundation

Figure, 1992-93 (foreground)

Lithographic prints and linen folio, painted wooden tables; 65cm x 95cm x 5cm (folio); 91cm x 72xm x 42cm

Installation view, Vicious Circle, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 1993; Vicious Circle, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1993; Recent Work Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 1995

Exhibition view; photo credit: Edward Woodman

Compass , 1992-93 Acrylic paint, pigment and graphite on Linen canvas, Boxed lithographic prints, painted wood and steel tables, 4 part work; 1. 254cm x 254cm (canvas), 2. 69cm x 75cm x 75cm (tables); 3.&4. 32cm x 31cm x 17cm and 33cm x 31cm x

Compass, 1992-93

Acrylic paint, pigment and graphite on Linen canvas, Boxed lithographic prints, painted wood and steel tables, 4 part work; 1. 254cm x 254cm (canvas), 2. 69cm x 75cm x 75cm (tables); 3.&4. 32cm x 31cm x 17cm and 33cm x 31cm x 12cm (lithographic prints)

Installation view, Vicious Circle, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 1993; Vicious Circle, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1993; Photo credit: Edward Woodman. Exhibited at Ikon Gallery, 2021 as part of A Very Special Place: Ikon in the 1990s

Tate Collection, presented in memory of Adrian Ward-Jackson by Weltkunst Foundation 2013

A Book Of Numbers , 1991 Graphite and acrylic pigment on linen canvas, wood and perspex, linen card slip case, litho prints on paper, 2 part work; 1. 245cm x 245cm; 2. 213.5cm x 45.7cm x 45.7 cm Excavating the Present , Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge,

A Book Of Numbers, 1991

Graphite and acrylic pigment on linen canvas, wood and perspex, linen card slip case, litho prints on paper, 2 part work; 1. 245cm x 245cm; 2. 213.5cm x 45.7cm x 45.7 cm

Excavating the Present, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, 1991; Vicious Circle, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 1993; Vicious Circle, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1993; Photo credit: Edward Woodman

A Book Of Numbers , 1991 Linen card slip case, litho prints on paper Detail view; Excavating the Present , Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, 1991; Vicious Circle, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 1993; Vicious Circle, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, th

A Book Of Numbers, 1991

Linen card slip case, litho prints on paper

Detail view; Excavating the Present, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, 1991; Vicious Circle, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 1993; Vicious Circle, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1993; Photo credit: Edward Woodman

Title Unknown No. I, (Vicious Circle) , 1992-93 Charcoal and acrylic paint on linen canvas; 254cm x 254cm x 7cm Installation view, Vicious Circle , Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 1993; Vicious Circle, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherl

Title Unknown No. I, (Vicious Circle), 1992-93

Charcoal and acrylic paint on linen canvas; 254cm x 254cm x 7cm

Installation view, Vicious Circle, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 1993; Vicious Circle, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1993; Photo credit: Edward Woodman

Title Unknown No. II, (Vicious Circle) , 1992-93 Charcoal and acrylic paint on linen canvas; 254cm x 254cm x 7cm Vicious Circle, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 1993; Vicious Circle, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1993; Photo

Title Unknown No. II, (Vicious Circle), 1992-93

Charcoal and acrylic paint on linen canvas; 254cm x 254cm x 7cm

Vicious Circle, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, 1993; Vicious Circle, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1993; Photo credit: Edward Woodman

Title Unknown , 1987 Mixed media on cotton canvas; 274.3cm x 365.8cm (approximately)

Title Unknown, 1987

Mixed media on cotton canvas; 274.3cm x 365.8cm (approximately)

Lassitude before words , 1987 Mixed media on cotton canvas; 274.5cm x 406.5cm Lassitude before words , Lisson Gallery, London, 1988; Avis Newman , Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, 1987; Photo credit: Sue Ormerod Priva

Lassitude before words, 1987

Mixed media on cotton canvas; 274.5cm x 406.5cm

Lassitude before words, Lisson Gallery, London, 1988; Avis Newman, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, 1987; Photo credit: Sue Ormerod

Private collection

Sensible Ellipse of Lost Origin , 1985-6 Mixed media on cotton canvas; 274.5cm x 457cm Avis Newman , Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, 1987; Material Culture, The Object in British Art of the 1980’s and 90’s , Hayward G

Sensible Ellipse of Lost Origin, 1985-6

Mixed media on cotton canvas; 274.5cm x 457cm

Avis Newman, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, 1987; Material Culture, The Object in British Art of the 1980’s and 90’s, Hayward Gallery, London, 1997; Tate collection

Untitled , 1985-86 Acrylic paint, cotton gauze, muslin and paper on canvas; 274.5cm x 366cm

Untitled, 1985-86

Acrylic paint, cotton gauze, muslin and paper on canvas; 274.5cm x 366cm

Nothing Uttered Too , 1985-6 (Left) Mixed media on cotton canvas; 274.5cm Photo credit: Sue Ormerod

Nothing Uttered Too, 1985-6 (Left)

Mixed media on cotton canvas; 274.5cm Photo credit: Sue Ormerod

Cameo of Compulsive Repetition , 1985-86 Mixed media on cotton canvas; 274.3cm x 365.8cm Lassitude before words , Lisson Gallery, London, 1988; Avis Newman , Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, 1987; Photo credit: Prudenc

Cameo of Compulsive Repetition, 1985-86

Mixed media on cotton canvas; 274.3cm x 365.8cm

Lassitude before words, Lisson Gallery, London, 1988; Avis Newman, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago, 1987; Photo credit: Prudence Cumming

LA Louver Gallery collection

Figure Who No One is (South wall ), 1983-84 Mixed media on cotton canvas; 274.3cm x 365.7cm Figure who no one is... Matt’s Gallery at the Serpentine Gallery, London, 1984 Private collection; Paula Rego, John Murphy, Avis Newman , Saatchi Galle

Figure Who No One is (South wall), 1983-84

Mixed media on cotton canvas; 274.3cm x 365.7cm

Figure who no one is... Matt’s Gallery at the Serpentine Gallery, London, 1984 Private collection; Paula Rego, John Murphy, Avis Newman, Saatchi Gallery, London, 1994; Photo credit: Steve Percival

Figure Who No One is (North wall) , 1983-84 Mixed media on canvas; 274.3cm x 426.7cm Installation view, Figure who no one is... Matt’s Gallery at the Serpentine Gallery, London, 1984 Private collection; Paula Rego, John Murphy, Avis Newman , S

Figure Who No One is (North wall), 1983-84

Mixed media on canvas; 274.3cm x 426.7cm

Installation view, Figure who no one is... Matt’s Gallery at the Serpentine Gallery, London, 1984 Private collection; Paula Rego, John Murphy, Avis Newman, Saatchi Gallery, London, 1994; Photo credit: Steve Percival

Private collection

Figure Who No One is (East wall), 1983-84 Mixed media on cotton canvas; 274.3cm x 365.7cm (2 x canvases) Figure who no one is... Matt’s Gallery at the Serpentine Gallery, London, 1984 Private collection; Paula Rego, John Murphy, Avis Newman ,

Figure Who No One is (East wall), 1983-84

Mixed media on cotton canvas; 274.3cm x 365.7cm (2 x canvases)

Figure who no one is... Matt’s Gallery at the Serpentine Gallery, London, 1984 Private collection; Paula Rego, John Murphy, Avis Newman, Saatchi Gallery, London, 1994; Photo credit: Steve Percival

Private collection

The Wing of the Wind of Madness , 1982 Acrylic paint, metallic paint, cotton gauze, muslin and paper on canvas; 274.5cm x 366cm Displays, Tate Modern, London, 2015; Tate Collection, presented by Janet Wolfs de Botton

The Wing of the Wind of Madness, 1982

Acrylic paint, metallic paint, cotton gauze, muslin and paper on canvas; 274.5cm x 366cm

Displays, Tate Modern, London, 2015; Tate Collection, presented by Janet Wolfs de Botton

On This House by Horror Haunted... , 1982 Mixed media on cotton canvas; 274.5cm x 457cm

On This House by Horror Haunted..., 1982

Mixed media on cotton canvas; 274.5cm x 457cm