ROSIE SNELL (BRITISH B. 1971)
Marking Time
1997
signed and dated Rosie, 1997 (on the reverse)
oil on panel
122 x 173 x 2.5 cm
ARR

Provenance:
Paton Gallery, London

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1998

Exhibition History:
The New Neurotic Realism, Saatchi Gallery, London, 1998

Literature:
‘Saatchi Gallery Loan of Art’ published by Saatchi Gallery, London, 2006, pp.326

‘The New Neurotic Realism’, exh. cat., published by Saatchi Gallery, London, 1998, n.p.

Description:
From Saatchi Gallery, Loan of Art, pp.326 – “In Snell’s paintings, the never-ending cycle of nature up against the legacy of the industrial revolution. These are the landscapes of today, where natural beauty is frequently compromised by an armature of gas containers, or makeshift roof of an aircraft hangar. In Marking Time, dandelion seed heads are about to be blown out by the wind, a child’s clock counting down as a US Air Force plane taxies in the distance”.