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Roger Dean Exhibition Of Original Works And Fine Print

28 Cork Street, London 12th-24th November 2001

Last Modified On 08/11/2004

Note this nothing for the colours in the prints Roger is holding

Roger Dean will be holding the first major exhibition of his art in the UK since about 1976. Pieces of his work have probably been seen since then but even so probably not for over a decade so this is an excellent chance to catch with Roger's work and see many pieces for the first time. Entry is free so if you are in or near London it is well worth going.

The display is being held at The Gallery 28 Cork Street, London between 12th and 24th November 2001.

The following original art works will be on display:-

Octopus
Cave (Greenslade Hermit's Cave)
Awakening
Arrival
`Z' Dome At Night (Acoustically Driven)
Paladin
Magician's Birthday (2°d Panel Coloured)
The Sea Of Light
Blue Demon
Yesshows
Yellow City
Arches Splash
Space Needle
Centre Of The Earth
Rock Forms III
Rock Forms IV
Rock Forms V
Rock Forms VI
Dragons's garden

Along with original paintings visitors will also be able to see and purchase a series of fine print works roger has been working on since 1997. Back in the 1970's some of Roger's work was sold as posters. The main buyers were American students. There was great demand for these posters but not some albums such as Yes's Relayer album were painted small and wouldn't stand being blown up to a Poster size so Roger stopped releasing them.

Over the years there was been a great demand for Roger's work and his audience has grown up and wants some a bit more substantial than just a poster. Roger therefore set about creating a set of limited edition fine art prints.

Tales From Topographic Oceans 2001

The original painting by Roger took about 1 month to make. The fine art print for this exhibition took about 5 months work!

When an album cover is printed it uses four colour separations to get all the colours. This works very well but the inks tend to be thin and some colours get lost. Apparently only about 60% of the Blue colours are available using this process. The reason the new picture took Roger five months is it is made up of about 40 different colour separations. Each one is applied to the paper using the silk screening process. Every detail on the 40 separations has been hand drawn again from scratch.

While drawing the pictures again Roger has chosen to change some of the details in a minor way so for instance the two left hand rocks in the middle of the picture now look slightly different to the original in their detail.

Arches - Mist view

There are two fine Art prints for the Arches drawing which was used for Yes's "Keys To Ascension" album. Surprisingly it is the "Mist" view which uses the most separations.

Arches - Morning view

Because the "Morning" view is in the sun the shadows on the arches are darker and therefore have less detail.

The Original Yes Logo.

The original Yes logo only uses 5 of 6 separations but I was really impressed the brightness of blues on the fine art print. It makes what to me could be quite an ordinary picture really stand out. I was also surprised how the curves on it aren't as smooth as you would expect if you drew it from memory.

It has to be said I am not big on art but I think I will be going down to the exhibition to see the paintings and prints up close. I was quite taken by what I saw at the press conference.

The following is the full list of Limited Edition Fine Art Prints:

Tales From Topographic Oceans
The Magician's Birthday (Black & White)
The Magician's Birthday (Colour)
The Yes Logo
Arches (Morning)
Arches (Mist)
Dragon's Garden I
Dragon's Garden II
Dragon's Garden III
Asia Eyes I-IV
Yes Dragonfly I-IV

Full details of the sales of the fine print can be found at http://www.roger-dean.com.

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