From dumb to singing pictures.(Patrick Caulfield Paintings)(Book Review)

Publication: Spectator

Publication Date: 23-JUL-05

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PATRICK CAULFIELD PAINTINGS by Marco Livingstone Lund Humphries, 35 [pounds sterling], pp. 224, ISBN 0853319170

Patrick Caulfield's paintings look specific while giving us tantalisingly little to go on. Where are we? Seemingly, a spotlight moves, the disc of dislocated brightness slithering over tablecloth, tankard, swirly-plastered wall and simulated half-timber. Could this be a Vermeer-themed hostelry for the discriminating guest? Details punctuate the ambience. Take a pew, why don't we,...

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