From the Archive
1975 Essay on 130 Drawings of Matisse, Musée Cantini, Marseille – One Magazine.
1976 ‘Gouk, Tonkin, McLean, Pollock and Durrant.’ Review of Stockwell Depot Studio Exhibition.
1979 ‘John Gibbons’. Exhibition introduction, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London.
1988 ‘Mali Morris’. Exhibition introduction, ‘Plastic Rhythm’, Bede Gallery, Jarrow.
1990 ‘Alan Gouk’. Exhibition introduction, Goldsmiths College Gallery, London.
1993 ‘Jeff Lowe’. Exhibition introduction, Cultural Centre, Lisbon, Portugal.
1993 ‘Geoff Mowlam’. Exhibition introduction, Pike Gallery, London.
1994 ‘Cuillin Bantock’. Exhibition introduction, The Cut Gallery, London.
1995 ‘Heirs and Rebels’. Exhibition introduction, The Living Room Gallery, London.
1998 ‘Getting Real’. Exhibition introduction, ‘Sharing a View’, Whitstable Museum and Gallery.
2001 ‘Stephen Jaques’. Exhibition introduction, ‘What Then?’, deliBar, London.
2002 ‘At School Together’. Exhibition introduction, ‘The Canterbury Kilburns’, deliBar, London.
2003 ‘Mali Morris – Recent Paintings’. Exhibition introduction, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown.
2004 ‘Unfathoming – Paintings of Geoff Mowlam’. Exhibition introduction, deliBar, London.
2006 ‘New Sculpture by Stephen Lewis’. Exhibition introduction, Galerie Schlassgoart, Luxembourg.
2008 ‘Michelle Niewel & Brinley Neil Stephens.’ Exhibition introduction, Apocalypse Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2008 ‘Peter Hoida’. Exhibition introduction, SE1 Gallery, London.
2008 ‘It Either Comes in Like Honey or Razor Blades’. Exhibition introduction, Cuillin Bantock – ‘Cool Departures & Other Paintings 2007-2008’, SE1 Gallery, London.
‘Passeur á La Goulette’
‘En 1926, Marquet, qui n’avait
pas oublié l’enchantement de
Sidi-Bou-Said, eut envie de
jouir de sa lumière fine et
légère et pour changer un peu
de point de vue, il s’installa
à La Goulette, à l’entrée du
port de Tunis.’
(Marcelle Marquet)
From the Archive
The man rowing the boat out of the picture
Looks like ‘Chocolat’,
The negro dancer at the ‘Moulin Rouge’,
Who was painted by Toulouse Lautrec.
It’s the vigorous pose,
And his outfit
Which resembles a cat-suit,
That suggests this.
In fact, he’s the ferry-man,
Going home for his lunch
I reckon,
Cous-cous perhaps,
Or sardines.
And some dates for after,
Or prickly-pear.
Then coffee,
Or tea.
Suppose it were ‘Chocolat’ –
Retired from acrobatic dancing,
Reconciled and recast with his former rival
From the cabaret,
And domiciled together
In one of the red-roofed villas on the shore –
A neat conclusion –
‘Chocolat et La Goulou à La Goulette’.
Geoffrey John Stanley Rigden
9 October 1989
Mediterranean voyage, 2009 | Photo J.Harding
From the Archive
1975 Essay on 130 Drawings of Matisse, Musée Cantini, Marseille – One Magazine.
1976 ‘Gouk, Tonkin, McLean, Pollock and Durrant.’ Review of Stockwell Depot Studio Exhibition.
1979 ‘John Gibbons’. Exhibition introduction, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London.
1988 ‘Mali Morris’. Exhibition introduction, ‘Plastic Rhythm’, Bede Gallery, Jarrow.
1990 ‘Alan Gouk’. Exhibition introduction, Goldsmiths College Gallery, London.
1993 ‘Jeff Lowe’. Exhibition introduction, Cultural Centre, Lisbon, Portugal.
1993 ‘Geoff Mowlam’. Exhibition introduction, Pike Gallery, London.
1994 ‘Cuillin Bantock’. Exhibition introduction, The Cut Gallery, London.
1995 ‘Heirs and Rebels’. Exhibition introduction, The Living Room Gallery, London.
1998 ‘Getting Real’. Exhibition introduction, ‘Sharing a View’, Whitstable Museum and Gallery.
2001 ‘Stephen Jaques’. Exhibition introduction, ‘What Then?’, deliBar, London.
2002 ‘At School Together’. Exhibition introduction, ‘The Canterbury Kilburns’, deliBar, London.
2003 ‘Mali Morris – Recent Paintings’. Exhibition introduction, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown.
2004 ‘Unfathoming – Paintings of Geoff Mowlam’. Exhibition introduction, deliBar, London.
2006 ‘New Sculpture by Stephen Lewis’. Exhibition introduction, Galerie Schlassgoart, Luxembourg.
2008 ‘Michelle Niewel & Brinley Neil Stephens.’ Exhibition introduction, Apocalypse Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2008 ‘Peter Hoida’. Exhibition introduction, SE1 Gallery, London.
2008 ‘It Either Comes in Like Honey or Razor Blades’. Exhibition introduction, Cuillin Bantock – ‘Cool Departures & Other Paintings 2007-2008’, SE1 Gallery, London.
‘Passeur á La Goulette’
‘En 1926, Marquet, qui n’avait
pas oublié l’enchantement de
Sidi-Bou-Said, eut envie de
jouir de sa lumière fine et
légère et pour changer un peu
de point de vue, il s’installa
à La Goulette, à l’entrée du
port de Tunis.’
(Marcelle Marquet)
From the Archive
The man rowing the boat out of the picture
Looks like ‘Chocolat’,
The negro dancer at the ‘Moulin Rouge’,
Who was painted by Toulouse Lautrec.
It’s the vigorous pose,
And his outfit
Which resembles a cat-suit,
That suggests this.
In fact, he’s the ferry-man,
Going home for his lunch
I reckon,
Cous-cous perhaps,
Or sardines.
And some dates for after,
Or prickly-pear.
Then coffee,
Or tea.
Suppose it were ‘Chocolat’ –
Retired from acrobatic dancing,
Reconciled and recast with his former rival
From the cabaret,
And domiciled together
In one of the red-roofed villas on the shore –
A neat conclusion –
‘Chocolat et La Goulou à La Goulette’.
Geoffrey John Stanley Rigden
9 October 1989
Mediterranean voyage, 2009 | Photo J.Harding
From the Archive
1975 Essay on 130 Drawings of Matisse, Musée Cantini, Marseille – One Magazine.
1976 ‘Gouk, Tonkin, McLean, Pollock and Durrant.’ Review of Stockwell Depot Studio Exhibition.
1979 ‘John Gibbons’. Exhibition introduction, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London.
1988 ‘Mali Morris’. Exhibition introduction, ‘Plastic Rhythm’, Bede Gallery, Jarrow.
1990 ‘Alan Gouk’. Exhibition introduction, Goldsmiths College Gallery, London.
1993 ‘Jeff Lowe’. Exhibition introduction, Cultural Centre, Lisbon, Portugal.
1993 ‘Geoff Mowlam’. Exhibition introduction, Pike Gallery, London.
1994 ‘Cuillin Bantock’. Exhibition introduction, The Cut Gallery, London.
1995 ‘Heirs and Rebels’. Exhibition introduction, The Living Room Gallery, London.
1998 ‘Getting Real’. Exhibition introduction, ‘Sharing a View’, Whitstable Museum and Gallery.
2001 ‘Stephen Jaques’. Exhibition introduction, ‘What Then?’, deliBar, London.
2002 ‘At School Together’. Exhibition introduction, ‘The Canterbury Kilburns’, deliBar, London.
2003 ‘Mali Morris – Recent Paintings’. Exhibition introduction, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown.
2004 ‘Unfathoming – Paintings of Geoff Mowlam’. Exhibition introduction, deliBar, London.
2006 ‘New Sculpture by Stephen Lewis’. Exhibition introduction, Galerie Schlassgoart, Luxembourg.
2008 ‘Michelle Niewel & Brinley Neil Stephens.’ Exhibition introduction, Apocalypse Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2008 ‘Peter Hoida’. Exhibition introduction, SE1 Gallery, London.
2008 ‘It Either Comes in Like Honey or Razor Blades’. Exhibition introduction, Cuillin Bantock – ‘Cool Departures & Other Paintings 2007-2008’, SE1 Gallery, London.
‘Passeur á La Goulette’
‘En 1926, Marquet, qui n’avait
pas oublié l’enchantement de
Sidi-Bou-Said, eut envie de
jouir de sa lumière fine et
légère et pour changer un peu
de point de vue, il s’installa
à La Goulette, à l’entrée du
port de Tunis.’
(Marcelle Marquet)
From the Archive
The man rowing the boat out of the picture
Looks like ‘Chocolat’,
The negro dancer at the ‘Moulin Rouge’,
Who was painted by Toulouse Lautrec.
It’s the vigorous pose,
And his outfit
Which resembles a cat-suit,
That suggests this.
In fact, he’s the ferry-man,
Going home for his lunch
I reckon,
Cous-cous perhaps,
Or sardines.
And some dates for after,
Or prickly-pear.
Then coffee,
Or tea.
Suppose it were ‘Chocolat’ –
Retired from acrobatic dancing,
Reconciled and recast with his former rival
From the cabaret,
And domiciled together
In one of the red-roofed villas on the shore –
A neat conclusion –
‘Chocolat et La Goulou à La Goulette’.
Geoffrey John Stanley Rigden
9 October 1989
Mediterranean voyage, 2009 | Photo J.Harding
