Hylton Nel at Eighty
For the London Art Week 2021, displayed in our gallery on Soho's Carnaby Street, we are thrilled to present Hylton Nel at Eighty. Celebrating Hylton's 80th birthday year and over five decades working as an 'artist-potter', this exhibition is also significant as it marks his relationship with The Fine Art Society which spans a quarter of a century.
The centrepiece of the exhibition is a selection cats and figurines that have been made especially for the occasion. These brightly decorated, sculptural works are reminiscent of English pottery of Staffordshire and Wedgwood, as well as European maiolica and Delftware. Accompanying these figurines are newly made vases, bowls and plates. As always, Hylton's ceramics are satirical, witty and tactile, and are at once decorative and utilitarian: objects to be handled and used, as much as they are to be admired.
This exhibition of hand built ceramics includes works from the 1990s from when the artist first began exhibiting with us, with a group of works from the Andrew McIntosh Patrick collection, through the 2000s to the present-day. For the past five decades, Nel has developed a rich visual language filled with references to decorative arts from across the world: from literary and art historical sources, to objects and images collected from popular media whilst living between Europe and South Africa.
For advanced enquiries please contact the gallery directly on 0207 629 5116 or email us at london@thefineartsociety.com
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Hylton Nel, People Can Be Pigs But Most Cats Are Ok' Cat, 1998-12-30
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Hylton Nel, Parrots, 1996-02-25
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Hylton NelNever More Happy as Out in the Light Dish, 15/03/2004dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic stonewareDiameter 7 5/8 in
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Hylton Nel, Arm Panel , 1999-03-23
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Hylton Nel, Blue Cat, 1996-12-16
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Hylton NelA Good Queen Always Turns' Plate, 1997-11-14dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic earthenwareDiameter 25 cm
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Hylton Nel, People Can Be Pigs But Most Cats Are Ok' Bowl, 1998-12-31
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Hylton Nel'Fallen Leaves' plates, 17/06/2003dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic earthenwareDiameter 10 1/4 in
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Hylton NelGreen and White Plate (No longer available), 1997-07-21dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic earthenwareDiameter 22 cm
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Hylton Nel, Swan Plate Set (8), 1994-10-06
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Hylton Nel, Autumn Leaves , 2002-11-05
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Hylton NelNaked Man with a Cat Plate, 2002-11-20dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic earthenwareDiameter 27 cm
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Hylton NelA Prayer for Good Governance, 2013-04-03dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic earthenware42 x 21 x 12 cm
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Hylton NelInterrupted While Reading , 2021-03-17dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic earthenware38 x 29 x 15 cm
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Hylton NelThey’ve washed up the dishes, they’ve hung up the cloth to dry, they step into the yard and are just transported by the moon (cat 1), 2021-03-23dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic earthenware40 x 32 x 13 cm
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Hylton NelInterrupted while reading , 2021-03-22dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic earthenware38 x 29 x 15 cm
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Hylton Nel, They’ve washed up the dishes, they’ve hung up thecloth to dry, they step into the yard and are justtransported by the moon (cat 2), 2021-03-23
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Hylton NelMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 12-14 August 2020dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic stoneware, Set of 125 x 26cm each
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Hylton NelCat Mother and Child I, 2021-05-17dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic earthenware43 x 17 x 17cm
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Hylton Nel, Cat Mother and Child II, 2021-05-17
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Hylton Nel, Still able to enjoy the moon while living in a troubled world, 2021-04-20
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Hylton NelFat Bedroom Cat, 2021-04-14dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic earthenware36 x 20 x 15cm
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Hylton Nel'Two Birds in Blue' bowl, 2020-03-02dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic stoneware25 x 8.5cm
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Hylton NelFat Cat on Mat , 2019-11-22dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic stoneware36 x 20 x 15cm
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Hylton Nel'Cat Between Two Trees' plate, 2016-07-24dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic stoneware24.5 x 6cm
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Hylton NelDog on Stump, 2019-11-25dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic stoneware45 x 20cm
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Hylton NelHic Habitat Felicitas plates (5), 2004-12-22dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic earthenware, Set of 521.5 x 4.5cm each
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Hylton Nel‘Lente in Calitzdorp bowl 2, 2015-08-11dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic stoneware9 x 20cm
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Hylton NelWilly Vase, 2018-11-11dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic stoneware35.5 x 15 x 12.5cm
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Hylton Nel, A Stone on a Path Plates 1 - 7, 2016-09-06
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Hylton NelYellow Vase, 2017-12-14dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic stoneware29 x 17.5cm
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Hylton NelIn the garden plate IV, 2012-09-29dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic earthenware5 x 26.5cm
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Hylton NelIn the garden plate III, 2012-09-29dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic earthenware5 x 26.5cm
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Hylton NelPale blue small vase, 2015-02-27dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic stoneware23.5 x 9cm
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Hylton NelJade bird bowl II, 2020-02-05dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic stoneware10 x 27 cm
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Hylton NelCeladon-Type Bowl, 2019signed with initials and dated '2019-04-24'glazed ceramic stoneware10.5 x 25 cm
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Hylton NelStar bowl , 2020-02-03dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic stoneware9 x 25 cm
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Hylton Nel, Bush of Birds bowls, 2020-10-20
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Hylton Nel'Figure with Wine Pots' bowl, 2015-07-29dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic stoneware24 x 8.5cm
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Hylton NelLady with Lotus Edge II, 2011signed with initials and dated '2011-04-13'glazed ceramic earthenware4.5 x 27.5 cm
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Hylton NelLady with Lotus Edge IV, 2011-04-13dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic earthenware5 x 27.5cm
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Hylton NelBowl with vases on a table, 2017-08-30dated and signed HNGlazed ceramic stoneware7 x 29cm