Atelier JI is delighted to have collaborated and produced the ‘Ramparstoo’ edition for Sir Frank Bowling for display in the presentation of his work at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany from November 16, 2022, to Feburary 12, 2023. The print is derived from the drip edge of his painting, ‘Flogging the Dead Donkey’, accquired on the occasion of the 2022 Wolf­gang Hahn Prize by the Ge­sellschaft für Mod­erne Kunst am Mu­se­um Lud­wig.

Sir Frank Bowling’s work consists of a pure passion for painting, a tireless dedication to it, and the experiences, adventures, and also setbacks that make up the career of the exceptional artist Bowling. Traces of this can be found in the acquisition of the work Flogging the Dead Donkey on the occasion of the Wolfgang Hahn Prize 2022 for the Museum Ludwig. The generous application of paint in his pictorial works during his painting practice produces lush drip edges which land on the ground on sheets laid underneath. Through this process, basic elements of Bowling’s unique painting style are recognisable: the power of colour and the liveliness of painting itself.

The motif for the edition ‘Rampartstoo’ was created in 2022 through subsequent processing, smudging, and painting over the still visible drip edge. The production context is still physically visual and yet something new develops from the artist’s intervention and the radiant power of the paint.

Full details of the edition can be seen below and purchased through Museum Ludwig.