Head to Head
September 30th - November 26th 2022
GBS Fine Art are proud to present Head to Head, a joyful celebration of the multiplicity of approaches artists have long manifested in depicting the human head. Not remotely comprehensive and never ever didactic, this exhibition, curated by Giles Baker-Smith and Cedric Christie, revels in diversity — from Dürer to Bacon to the contemporary, from the classical to the unabashedly bizarre. It embraces all media — sculpture, painting, drawing, photography and print-making — and offers them up in a literally cheek-by-jowl “St Petersburg hang” in our gallery in a Georgian townhouse overlooking the cathedral in Wells in the heart of Somerset.
Oliver Abraham • Francis Bacon • Susannah Baker-Smith • Nicola Bealing • Roger Bernet • Rae Birch-Carter • Kate Bland • Gerald Brockhurst RA • David Caines • Louise Camrass • Rob & Nick Carter • Cedric Christie • Julie Cockburn • Jeroen Cremers • Serena Curmi • Ken Currie • Adam Dix • Albrecht Dürer • Edward Dutkiewicz • Roy Eastland • Machiko Edmondson • Sarah Edwards • Mark Entwisle • Simon English • Nicole Farhi • Gordon Faulds • Luke Fildes RA • Kevin Foote • Henry Fraser • Steve Goddard • Thomas Cooper Gotch • Oona Grimes • Sean Henry • Charlotte Hopkins Hall • Peter Howson • Edward Robert Hughes • Ian Hughes • Tom Hull • Gary Hume RA • Laura Hynd • Alfred Kingsley Lawrence • Kieron Leach • Simon Liddiment • David Lucas • Haydn Reynolds Mackey • Edwin Martin • Siobhan McAuley • Donna McLean • Heather V. McLeod • Georgia Moors • Ishbel Myerscough • John Watson Nicol • Kelvin Okafor • Martha Parsey • Manfred Peckl/Thomas Draschan • Oliver Raw • Colin Ross • Pascal Rousson • Paul Sakoilsky • Rebecca Scott • Tai Shan Schierenberg • Slawn • Phoebe Stringer • Tanguy • Caroline True • Gavin Turk • Unknown • Gill Vaux • Harriet White • Clayton Woods • Stuart Pearson Wright
Oliver Abraham (Germany; born 1972)
Richard Serra 2008 2022
Silver gelatin; 50 x 40 cm
Edition of 6
Francis Bacon (Irish; 1909-1992)
Portrait of Michel Leiris 1990
Lithograph in colour on Arches wove paper; 72 x 55 cm
Printed by Atelier Mourlot and published by Galerie Lelong, Paris.
From Miroir de la Tauromachie.
Susannah Baker-Smith (UK; born 1968)
Celia 2022
Archival pigment print;39 x 32 cm
Edition of 5
Susannah Baker-Smith (UK; born 1968)
Yrsa 2022
Archival pigment print;39 x 32 cm
Edition of 5
Nicola Bealing (UK; born 1963) (Courtesy of Matt’s Gallery)
Red hair 2020
Oil on panel; 110 x 80 cm
Nicola Bealing (UK; born 1963) (Courtesy of Matt’s Gallery)
WTF 2021
Oil on panel; 61 x 46 cm
Attributed to Roger Bernet (France; 1903-1984)
À l’ami Thomas
Oil on canvas; 55 x 46 cm
Indistinctly signed and dated
Gerald Brockhurst RA (UK; 1890-1978)
Young Womanhood 1931
Etching; 23 x 17.4 cm
Rob and Nick Carter (UK)
Jean-Michel Basquiat Robot Painting 2019
Painting time: 14:41:15; Stroke count: 6,713; 2-3 December 2019
Acrylic on wooden board; 61 x 61 cm
Rob and Nick Carter (UK)
Jean-Michel Basquiat Robot Painting 2019
Painting time: 14:41:15; Stroke count: 6,713; 2-3 December 2019
Acrylic on wooden board; 61 x 61 cm
Julie Cockburn (UK; born1966) (Courtesy of Flowers Gallery)
The Author 2021
Hand embroidery on found photograph; 25.1 x 20.2 cm
Jeroen Cremers (Netherlands;born 1972)
Talking heads XI 2022
Cardboard, construction foam, black screws; 30 x 27 x 30 cm
Serena Curmi (UK)
Bristol Lunatic Asylum Study - W.I.H. 2022
Oil on gesso; 27 x 23 cm
Ken Currie (UK; born1960) (Courtesy of Flowers Gallery)
Likeness of Max Beckmann 2018
Oil on gesso; 26 x 20 cm
Albrecht Dürer (Germany; 1471-1528)
Erasmus of Rotterdam 1526
Engraving; 25.1 x 19.3 cm
Roy Eastland (UK; born 1964)
Displaced Portrait #9 (from Irina to Feliz To remember happy times with 19th July 1942) 2019
Silverpoint on gesso panel; 20 x 15 cm
Edward Dutkiewicz (UK; 1961-2007) (Courtesy of Flowers Gallery)
Head II 1990
Oil on board; 48 x 41 cm
Roy Eastland (UK; born 1964)
Displaced Portrait #3 (Young woman in carefully repaired photo) 2018
Silverpoint on gesso panel; 20 x 15 cm
Sarah Edwards (UK)
Seventeen 2022
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle German Etching; 25 x 20cm
Edition of 5
Sarah Edwards (UK)
Seventeen 2022
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle German Etching; 25 x 20cm
Edition of 5
Mark Entwisle (UK; born 1961)
Nantobeko 2022
Oil on board; 21 x 15 cm
Mark Entwisle (UK; born 1961)
Girl with red hair 2020
Oil on board; 30 x 21 cm
Simon English (UK; born 1959)
Kettle Song 2009
Oil on stretch polyester linen; 48 x 38 cm
Gordon Faulds (UK; born 1957)
Palettes 2022
Mixed media; 44 x 110 cm
Kevin Foote (USA)
Crowded West Study II 2022
Oil on canvas; 40.5 x 30.5 cm
Luke Fildes RA (1843-1927)
Peggy - the artist’s grand-daughter c.1919
Oil on canvas; 66 x 51 cm
Steve Goddard (UK; born 1957)
Van Gogh with sunflower 2015
Mixed media electroplated in silver; 46 cm in height
Attributed to Thomas Cooper Gotch (UK; 1854-1931)
Study of a young boy
Pencil and chalk; 28.5 x 19 cm
Peter Howson (UK; born 1958) (Courtesy of Flowers Gallery)
Goliath 1997
Oil on canvas; 20.4 x 17.7 cm
Sean Henry (UK; born 1965)
Head of a woman 2022
Sealed plaster, wood, steel sculpture stand; 168 x 63 x 63 cm
Edition of 3
Sean Henry (UK; born 1965)
Head of a woman 2022
Sealed plaster, wood, steel sculpture stand; 168 x 63 x 63 cm
Edition of 3
Sean Henry (UK; born 1965)
Head of a woman 2022
Sealed plaster, wood, steel sculpture stand; 168 x 63 x 63 cm
Edition of 3
Tom Hull (UK)
Madhu 2022
Archival pigment print; 71 x 59 cm
Edition of 5
Oona Grimes (UK)
The Chorus 2022
Clay and painted slip; approx 7 x 5 x 4 cm each
Charlotte Hopkins Hall (UK)
The Golden Age of Queues and Caravans 2022
Acrylic and 24k gold leaf on canvas; 60 x 60 cm
Laura Hynd (UK)
Untitled from The Saining 2022
Analogue c-type with brown tape; 19 x 19 cm
Edition of 4
John Watson Nicol (1876-1924)
The Revenge c.1908
Oil on canvas; 21.5 cm diameter
Edward Robert Hughes (1851-1914)
Nora Beausire, daughter of the Liverpool art collector 1887
Chalk; 50.8 x 45.7 cm
Alfred Kingsley Lawrence (1893-1975)
Head of a Soldier, Bois de Trônes 1916
Coloured chalks; 42 x 28 cm
Haydn Reynolds Mackey (1883-1979)
Ralph "Alf" Batty 1920
Oil on board; 50 x 39 cm
Donna McLean (UK)
Selfie #13 2022
Oil on board; 18 x 16 cm
Heather V. Mcleod (USA)
Clouded vision 2022
Oil on canvas; 30 x 30.5 cm
Donna McLean (UK)
Selfie #9 2022
Oil on board; 16 x 15 cm
Ishbel Myerscough (UK; born 1968) (Courtesy of Flowers Gallery)
Fraser 2019
Oil on panel; 28 x 35.5 cm
Stuart Pearson Wright (UK; born 1975) (Courtesy of Flowers Gallery)
Katrina 2020
Oil and pigment gesso on oak; 20.5 x 17 cm
Kelvin Okafor (UK; born 1985)
III (Self portrait) 2021
Graphite & charcoal on paper; 70 x 49 cm
Harriet White (UK)
Sitting 2022
Oil on aluminium; 30 x 25 cm
Gill Vaux (UK)
Gil Evans 1971 2022
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photorag; 64 x 43.5 cm
Edition of 9
Tai Shan Schierenberg (UK; born 1962) (Courtesy of Flowers Gallery)
Gustavus 2021
Oil on copper; 15 x 10 cm
Caroline True (UK)
True Faith 2011
Archival pigment print; 42.5 x 42.5 cm
Edition of 4 (1 remaining)