Jethro BUCK "Golden"

Crane Kalman Gallery Ltd 178 Brompton Road, London sw3 1hq +44 (0)20 7584 7566 www.cranekalman.com / info@cranekalman.com

For Lizzie & Isla

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Jethro Buck, 2022 in front of Fig Tree

I use gold for the illuminating effect it has when viewed with the right lighting conditions and angle. Gold has been used as a symbol for the sacred and divine throughout the ages across many different cultures and traditions. It creates the effect of both space and of a glowing warmth.

Its mysterious visal allure is symbolic of the infinite and unchanging reality lying beyond the sensory veil.

Its material attributes contribute towards making it suitable for this purpose.

It doesn’t oxidise or tarnish which points to ideas of permanence and purity. It reflects yellow light reminiscent of the life-giving light of the sun. Its rarity contributes to its preciousness, like the rarity of true wisdom.

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EXHIBITIONS 2021 Group Show. “Making Paradise” Agha Khan Centre, London 2021 Sarmaya Museum, Mumbai (online exhibition.)

2020 Group Show “Old Tradition, New Narratives: South Asin Miniatures” The South Asian Institute, Chicago 2020 Group show “cure3exhibition”, London 2019 Solo show “Wild Things”, Crane Kalman, London 2018 Group show “Luminously between Eternities”, The Ark Foundation, Vadodara, India 2018 “Prince and Patron Exhibition” to celebrate HRH Prince Charles’s 70th Birthday, Buckingham Palace, London 2017 Solo show “Axis Mundi”, Crane Kalman, London 2015 “Light” START Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London 2014 Prince’s School degree show, London 2013 Solo show, “Free Fall”, Art Jericho, Oxford 2010 Solo show, “New Work”, North Wall, Oxford

EDUCATION 2014–19 Assistant Tutor, The Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts 2012 Apprentice to Ajay Sharma, Jaipur, India 2012–14 The Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts, London 2005–08 Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall

AWARDS AND PRIZES 2018 Finalist in the Asian Art in London Emerging Artists Award 2014 Ciclitira Prize 2012 Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) Scholarship 2012 The Farjam Foundation Scholarship

COLLECTIONS The British Library, London The South Asian Institute, Chicago Sarmaya Museum, Mumbai

PUBLICATIONS The Book of Change by Stephen Ellcock (September Publishing, London, 21 Oct 2021)

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Bird in Fig Tree, 2021 Initialled lower right and signed on the reverse Oil and 23 carat gold leaf on canvas, 60 46 ins (152 117 cms)

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The Sun the Moon and the Date Palm, 2021/22

Palm Tree, 2020

Initialed lower right and signed, titled and dated on the reverse

Initialled and dated lower right

Oil and 23 carat gold leaf on canvas, 60 46 ins. (152 117 cms)

Natural pigments and gum arabic on hemp paper, 10. 75 x 8.75 ins (27 x 22.5 cms)

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Palm Tree, 2020

Fra Angelico’s Flowers, 2022

Initialled and dated lower right

Initialled lower right and titled, signed and dated on the reverse

Natural pigments and gum arabic on hemp paper, 10. 75 x 8.75 ins (27 x 22.5 cms)

Oil and 23 carat gold leaf on hemp paper, 7.5 6.5 in. (19 16.5 cms)

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These Great Trees are Prayers, 2020

Tiger Leap, 2022

Signed, dated and titled on the reverse and inscribed on the front

Initialled lower left and signed, dated and initialled on the reverse

19 carat gold on hemp paper, 10.75 9.5 ins (27.5 24 cms)

Oil and gouache on hemp paper, 7.75 6.75 ins. (19. 5 17 cms)

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Golden Goose, 2021 Initialled lower right Oil and 23 carat gold leaf on gesso panel, 11 8.75 ins (28 22 cms)

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Palm Tree, 2020

Jungle Glow, 2021

Initialled and dated lower right

Initialed lower right and signed, titled and dated on the reverse

Natural pigments and gum arabic on hemp paper, 10. 75 x 8.75 ins (27 x 22.5 cms)

Oil and white gold on canvas, 54 48 ins (137 122 cms)

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Primavera, 2020–22 Initialled lower right corner Natural pigment and watercolour on hemp paper, 15.75 14.25 ins (40 36 cms)

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Forsythia, 2021 Initialled lower right Natural pigment and gouache on hemp paper, 17.75 17 ins (45 43cms)

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10,100 Seeds, 2020–21

Palm Tree, 2020

Initialled lower right and titled and dated on the reverse

Initialled and dated lower right

Oil and gold leaf on hemp paper, 8.25 8.25 ins (21 21 cms)

Natural pigments and gum arabic on hemp paper, 10. 75 x 8.75 ins (27 x 22.5 cms)

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Looking Up, 2021

Looking Up II, 2021

Signed, initialed, titled and dated on the front

Signed, initialed, titled and dated on the front

23 carat gold on hemp paper, 8.8 8.9 ins. (22.4 22.7 cms)

23 carat gold on hemp paper, 6 5.8 ins (15.3 14.9 cms)

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“Gold could simply be described as a malleable, ductile metal that has a radiant warm yellow glow. This description cannot account, however, for our mystical fascination with it over millennia. Our timeless obsession with gold has been attributed to its colour, shine and symbolic significance. One can only imagine the excitement when the first flecks of gold were seen shimmering in sandy riverbeds or when the first nugget was pulled from the dark earth to glitter in the sunlight!”

GOLD: FROM BELIEF TO ‘BLING’: Why is Gold used to venerate the Divine?

– Elisabeth Deane, 2016 Fellow artist and Jethro’s wife

Crown Shyness, 2022

Palm Tree, 2020

Initialed lower right and signed, titled and dated on the reverse

Initialled and dated lower right

Oil and 23 carat gold leaf on canvas, 48 60 ins (122 152 cms)

Natural pigments and gum arabic on hemp paper, 10. 75 x 8.75 ins (27 x 22.5 cms)

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Fig Tree, 2020 Initialled lower right Gold leaf, natural pigments and gum arabic on hemp paper, 10. 75 8.75 ins (27 22.5 cms)

Palm Tree, 2020

Exhibited: Making Paradise: Exploring the concept of Eden through Islamic Garden Design, The Aga Khan Centre Gallery, London, April–September 2021

Natural pigments and gum arabic on hemp paper, 10. 75 x 8.75 ins (27 x 22.5 cms)

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Initialled lower right Natural pigments and gum arabic on hemp paper, 10. 75 8.75 ins (27 2 . 5 cms) Exh ibited: Making Paradise: Exploring the concept of Eden through Islamic Garden Design , The Aga Kh an Centre Gallery, London, April– September 2 02 1

Date Palm, 2020 Initialled and dated lower right Palm Tree, 2020 Initialled and dated lower right Natural pigments and gum arabic on hemp paper, 10. 75 x 8.75 ins (27 x 22.5 cms)

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Natural pigments and gum arabic on hemp paper, 10. 75 8.75 ins (27 22.5 cms) Exhibited: Making Paradise: Exploring the concept of Eden through Islamic Garden Design, The Aga Khan Centre Gallery, London, April–September 2021

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Pomegranate Tree in Moonlight, 2020 Initialled lower right Natural pigments and gum arabic on hemp paper, 10. 75 8.75 ins (27 22.5 cms)

Palm Tree, 2020

Exhibited: Making Paradise: Exploring the concept of Eden through Islamic Garden Design, The Aga Khan Centre Gallery, London, April–September 2021

Natural pigments and gum arabic on hemp paper, 10. 75 x 8.75 ins (27 x 22.5 cms)

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Initialled and dated lower right

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Glowing Ongole, 2010–22 Initialled lower right Oil on sized paper, 13.75 8.5 ins (35 21.5 cms)

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Palm Tree, 2020

Stand Still, 2022

Initialled and dated lower right

Initialled lower right and signed and dated on the reverse

Natural pigments and gum arabic on hemp paper, 10. 75 x 8.75 ins (27 x 22.5 cms)

Tempera on canvas, 48 60 ins (122 152 cms)

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Details from I’m in the mood-board, both featuring the artist

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Details from I’m in the mood-board

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Palm Tree, 2020

I’m in the mood-board, 2021

Initialled and dated lower right

Initialled centre right

Natural pigments and gum arabic on hemp paper, 10. 75 x 8.75 ins (27 x 22.5 cms)

Oil and 23 carat gold on linen, 44.8 39 ins (114 99 cms)

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Masked butterflyfish, 2021

Sail Fin Tang, 2021

Oil on 22 carat gesso panel, 8.75 11.1 ins (22.2 28.4 cms)

Oil on 21 carat gesso panel, 8.75 11 ins (22.2 28 cms)

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Top left to right: Saddled butterflyfish, Red and green angelfish, Red back angelfish; Sail Fin Tang, Powder blue Tang, Achilles Tang; Bluering angelfish, Masked butterflyfish, Clown Tang.

Jewels of the Sea, 2022 Initialled on the reverse Oil on 23 carat gesso panel, 8.75 11.1 ins (22.2 28.4 cms)

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Looking Up III, 2021 Signed, titled, dated and initialled lower front 23 carat gold on hemp paper, 5.9 6 ins (14.9 15.1 cms)

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The Canopy, 2021 Initialled lower right Walnut ink on gold leaf on hemp paper, 8.25 12.25 ins (21 31 cms)

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