Born in Peterborough UK in 1941, Oliver Bevan trained at the Royal College of Art alongside David Hockney, Patrick Caulfield, Gulamohammed Sheikh and R. B Kitaj. Since 2001, Bevan has been based in Uzès, in the Gard Department in Southern France. Throughout his career Bevan’s art has been dominated by a fascination with light and colour: the play of light and colour on forms, coloured light reflected on water, the rhythm of light and colour on the canvas. Each series of works represents a distinct period of his artistic life. Bevan began his career as a highly successful Op artist in the 1960s and 70s. Back in London in the late 1970s following a key period teaching drawing and painting at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, he turned to gestural realism, tackling themes of urban decay and renewal in taut compositions that echo his earlier preoccupation with purely abstract geometries. Notably since 2000 his subject matter has broadened to include European cityscapes and landscape. Bevan has continued painting and exhibiting since his first London solo show in 1965 and works by the artist can be found in many public collections in the UK and internationally, as well as in numerous private collections worldwide. For more detail see his CV |
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photo © Joe McLean |
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LA RÉSERVE
1, rue Nicolas Froment - 30700 UZES, France
contact: Annick Le Mée
tel: +33 (0)6 75 59 61 80
Oliver Bevan's stock of work dating back to the beginning of his career is stored here. In addition a ground floor and upper floor gallery enables current and earlier work to be exhibited in changing exhibitions throughout the year. La Réserve is open on market days in Uzès or by appointment when it is a question of choosing a work.
Open: Wednesday and Saturday mornings 11 am - 1 pm, Saturday afternoons 3.30 - 6 pm
The space is managed by Annick Le Mée who curates the exhibitions.