'PROTO-TYPE' 

Paintings by COLIN LATTER

12th September - 11th October

Grand Opening Friday 12th Sept 7 - 9pm (bar available)

An exhibition of original work by Colin Latter

Colin Latter was born in Islington in 1961 and took up painting aged 15 after an inspiring visit to an exhibition of work by members of the 'School of London' - Freud, Bacon, Kossoff, Hambling and Auerbach, put on at the Hayward Gallery in the summer of 1976. 
A few years later Colin was the vocalist with punk band Flux of Pink Indians, writing lyrics, organising gigs and setting up a record label, and for more than a decade creating artwork for record sleeves, fanzines and posters for gigs. Today, a touch of that anarchic spirit lives on in his work. “I love to paint objects that spike my imagination” he says. “I look for things that some might think are obsolete and are discarded but still have use and would have been regarded as futuristic in their time.” 
He has a passion for old pre-used artist's materials, palette knives and tubes of paint, many made by companies long gone. For his current work he has used some old stock of canvas he picked up that could well be over sixty years old. This passion also includes mid century typewriters - old oak stairs lead up to his attic, part studio, part homage to Olivettis that date from the 193Os to 197Os and inspiration for much of his work. "I'm drawn to their colour, shape and design, and especially the different fonts used on the keys. I've read that a typewriter has around 2OOO parts, all of them essential."