TIM HYMAN is a professional artist and writer on art who has curated exhibitions at the Hayward Gallery and Tate in London. His paintings are held in public collections including those of The British Museum and the Government Art Collection. Numerous solo exhibitions. Exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery Award in 1981 and 1987. His work has been included in exhibitions at the Barbican Art Gallery, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol and Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal www.austindesmond.com

“When in 1980 I first experienced the Indian art schools at Baroda and Santiniketan, I was impressed that so rich a painting-culture had already developed. It was, inevitably, a hybrid, emerging out of a long dialogue - between East and West, betweeen Indigenous and International, between "Traditional" and "Modern". Many Indian students seemed better  informed about contemporary art than their British counterparts. My hope is that Nepal (where the great Indian painter Binode Behari Mukherjee once taught) may evolve a sophisticated painting culture of its own - and that's why I wanted to support Celia's brave project.

In my Door, I wanted to bring together three emblems of London - Bearing it on My Back, Carrying  it over My Shoulder, and Winding its River around Me..”

Tim Hyman

Three Ways to Bear London by Tim Hyman

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