Halcyon Gallery to Hold First Gallery Exhibition of Bob Dylan Art

The Drawn Blank Series Launches in London on 14 June 2008

LONDON, May 10/PRNewswire/ -- One of London's most prestigious galleries, Halcyon Gallery in Mayfair,
will present the first ever gallery exhibition of Bob Dylan's artwork,
beginning 14 June 2008. The Drawn Blank Series exhibition is the most
comprehensive and authoritative collection of Bob Dylan's art ever assembled.
While Dylan has been a committed visual artist for more than four decades,
The Drawn Blank Series will cast a vibrant new light on the singular
creativity of one of the world's most important and influential cultural
figures.

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Based on drawings and sketches made by Dylan while on the road during the
period of 1989 through 1992, the paintings in The Drawn Blank Series visually
echo the stylistic hallmarks of Dylan's prose, poetry and music. Just as
Dylan's songs are constantly reinvigorated and rediscovered through his live
performances, so these paintings revisit images and scenes which were
captured in all their immediacy by the artist.

The Drawn Blank Series has resulted in an exhibition which explores the
experience of dislocation and the ceaseless confrontation with new faces and
new places which has characterised Dylan's life on tour. Feelings of
anonymity, transience, rootlessness and sometimes loneliness pervade these
representations of the people, objects and places that Dylan has seen and
drawn.

Accompanying the originals exhibition at Halcyon Gallery, a unique and
impressive collection of limited edition graphics, signed by the artist, will
be available through selected galleries throughout the UK from 14 June 2008.

Paul Green, President of the Halcyon Gallery, commented, "This is an
incredible opportunity for viewing this powerful body of work which gives an
insight into the artists' soul; and which have already been the subject of
widespread critical acclaim. Halcyon Gallery is privileged to be hosting this
unique exhibition."

Bob Dylan is one of the world's most popular and acclaimed songwriters,
musicians and performers, having sold more than 110 million albums and
performed literally thousands of shows around the world in a career spanning
five decades. His most recent album, Modern Times - lauded by critics around
the world and selling more than 2.5 million copies to date -- entered the
Billboard Top 200 Albums chart at #1, as well as debuting within the Top Five
in 21 other countries.

Bob Dylan was recently awarded a special Pulitzer Prize for "his profound
impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions
of extraordinary poetic power." In 2001, he received a Golden Globe and an
Academy Award for best song from a motion picture for "Things Have Changed"
from the movie Wonder Boys. Dylan's Chronicles - Volume I, his recent memoirs
released in October, 2004, was a world-wide best seller, spending 19 weeks on
The New York Times Bestseller List. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in 1982.

Situated in the heart of Mayfair, London, Halcyon Gallery is one of
Europe's leading art galleries, representing some of the finest contemporary
painters and sculptors working today. Halcyon Gallery is committed to
supporting and nurturing outstanding living artists, as well as specialising
in fine art and masters original paintings, drawings and sculpture.

2008 marks the 25th anniversary of Halcyon Gallery and the opening of a
magnificent new flagship gallery at 24 Bruton Street. This elegant Georgian
building has been renovated to create a stunning exhibition space suitable
for the finest art and joins Halcyon Gallery's existing space at 29 New Bond
Street.

For further information about the exhibition of the original Dylan works
at Halcyon Gallery please visit http://www.halcyongallery.com

For further information on the limited edition graphics collection please
visit http://www.bobdylanart.com

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Source: Halcyon Gallery

For more information and images, please contact Iliana Taliotis, Truda Spruyt or Philip Abraham at Colman Getty Consultancy: T: +44(0)20-7631-2666 or contact Truda Spruyt on +44(0)7740725206, E: iliana@colmangetty.co.uk / truda@colmangetty.co.uk / philip@colmangetty.co.uk

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