Michael Brick (1946 - 2014) was, at heart, a minimalist who found inspiration in Russian and American non-figurative work. His paintings can be read as three-dimensional statements, and were painstakingly assembled in such a way that the measurements in the image related to their physical construction. In his work, he was able to express complex ideas to the viewer through simple means.
Brick often worked with a cruciform structure and would say that, whilst there was no theology behind his work, there was an inevitable connection to images of religion. He made many prints with Kip Gresham, most significantly, ‘The Size of What I See’, a set of 12 prints created alongside the poetry of Fernando Pessoa.
Brick exhibited widely and his work is held in public collections including The Arts Council, The British Council, The Contemporary Arts Society, The Fitzwilliam Museum, The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
