‘Squares in Orbit’ by Sandra Blow

Squares in Orbit (2000) is a limited edition silkscreen print with collage elements by renowned British abstract artist Sandra Blow RA. Squares in Orbit is a lively and well balanced print that is signed and numbered in pencil in an edition of 75.

Sandra Blow was at the forefront of the abstract art movement in Britain during the 1950s.  Her prints consist of silkscreen and collage often made up from cheap discarded materials such as, cut-out strips of old canvas, plaster and torn paper. The use of such materials is designed to create an expressive informality and promote a natural, organic feeling. Her works have a tactile as well as visual emphasis on surface, and her use of simple large geometric shapes lends a feeling of expansiveness and dynamism.

Sandra Blow

Sandra Blow RA (1925-2006) was born in London in 1925, the daughter of a Kent fruit farmer. She left school at 15 and in 1940 entered St Martin's School of Art. Shortly after the Second World War, Blow studied at the Royal Academy Schools and in 1947 ventured further afield and lived in Italy for a year, where she met Alberto Burri, who was a significant influence on her work for the rest of her career.

Sandra Blow was at the forefront of the abstract art movement in Britain during the 1950s.  Her works are often on a large scale and consist of abstract collages made up from cheap discarded materials such as sawdust, cut-out strips of old canvas, plaster and torn paper. The use of such materials is designed to create an expressive informality and promote a natural, organic feeling. Her works have a tactile as well as visual emphasis on surface, and her use of simple large geometric shapes lends a feeling of expansiveness and dynamism.