Richard Smith

Uptown Downtown 1959-63

In 2018 Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert presented a survey of rare early works by the British artist Richard Smith. The exhibition showed 18 paintings, including loans from the Arts Council of England, Southampton City Art Gallery and private collections.  The catalogue features an essay by Marco Livingstone as well as texts by Smith's contemporaries, including Frank Stella, Joe Tilson, Peter Blake, Clive Barker, Derek Boshier, Michael Craig-Martin and Stephen Buckley. 

 

 

E-catalogue

Press Release

Press Coverage

 

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Front Gallery (Clockwise): MM (1959), Trailer (1962), Product (1962) and Trio (1963)
Front Gallery (Clockwise): Album (1962), MM (1959) and Trailer (1962)
Back Gallery (Clockwise): Billboard (1961), Kent (1962) and Pack (1962)
Back Gallery (Clockwise): Lubitsch (1962), Flip Top (1962), Mister (1962) and Packet of Ten (1962)
Middle Gallery: After Six (1960)