This exhibition in partnership with Gerrish Fine Art of paintings and prints by the Sixties visionary, Gordon House, at Morchella. Gordon, was an artist, typographer and designer, as well as being Executive Chef Ben Marks' Grandfather.
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Gordon House, painter, printmaker and graphic designer, is internationally recognised for his dynamic compositions that feature clean geometric shapes, sharp lines, grids, and distinctive colour. His unique abstract language drew from a broad range of sources, from historical design, such as Art Nouveau and Charles Rennie Mackintosh chairs, to the urban environment of road signs and lettering. House’s expertise in the field of graphic design found expression in many of his paintings, which can be read as a play on the typographer’s grid and division of surface. Central to his practice were elements of serial working, systems, and permutation of form. Later in life, House translated his signature abstract forms into intensely personal canvases, that recalled the Welsh landscapes of his childhood in the mining town of Pontardawe.

Straddling the dual worlds of fine art and design, House both exhibited at, and created design work for, all the key West End galleries and art institutions of swinging 60s London. He exhibited at New Vision, Marlborough, Waddingtons and the Art Council, and held a major print retrospective in the US in 1981, with a double venue show at the Carnegie Institute and Brooklyn Museum of Art. Alongside his design work on iconic album covers for the Beatles, he revolutionised the fine art printmaking field, creating the first fine art screenprint at Kelpra, and introducing the medium to contemporaries such as Eduardo Paolozzi and Richard Hamilton.

In the 1970s, he established his own printmaking studio, White Ink, where he pioneered the use of photography to transfer images onto the etching plate.

House lived and worked in Islington for most of his adult life, buying a large townhouse in Highbury, in 1967. In 1987, architect M J Long designed a purpose- built studio for him within the grounds. His work is held in the permanent collections of over 50 museums and continues to be exhibited in exhibitions internationally.

Restaurants are built on the little stories that make them unique, the people who bring them to life, the memories behind the dishes, and the artwork that hangs on the walls. As we all admire and cherish my grandfather’s artwork, it adds yet another layer of individuality, authenticity and character to the restaurant.

- Ben Marks, Executive Chef of Morchella and grandson of Gordon House