'Einstein & The Jealous Monk'
'Einstein & The Jealous Monk'
This major work by Chris Gollon was purchased by Huddersfield Art Gallery in 2005. It was unveiled in autumn 2005 and shown alongside several studies for it, the latter borrowed back from collectors. In the same temporary exhibition it was juxtaposed with Epstein's bust of Einstein, also owned by the museum. A partial influence for Gollon's work were these lyrics from Bob Dylan's great ballad 'Desolation Row':
"Einstein dressed as Robin Hood/With his memories in a trunk/Passed this way an hour ago/With his friend The Jealous Monk/(...)You would not think to look at him/But he was famous long ago/For playing the electric violin/On Desolation Row..."
Chris Gollon's painting now forms part of the museum's permanent collection alongside major works by Sir Jacob Epstein, Walter Sickert, L.S. Lowry and Francis Bacon.
Huddersfield Art Gallery is a town-centre museum gallery, sharing building with Library and part of Kirklees Museums and Galleries Service; annual programme of temporary exhibitions including one-person and group shows, and historical shows of fine art, by regional and national artists; education and events programme;a collection of mainly twentieth century British art inc work by Auerbach, Bacon, Moore, Lowry, Epstein, Gilman, Sickert, Wadsworth, Nicholson etc, with some 18th and 19th century and European art.
'Einstein'
This edition of only 100 'Einstein' silk-screen prints by Chris Gollon is both an official study for the painting above, but was also produced to celebrate Einstein Year (2005). A few remain available for sale, for more information, please contact IAP Fine Art.
