Andrew Lambirth

Like burst balloons after a party: the last paintings of John Hoyland

With their dark spaces and fragments of bright surface colour, there’s an element of cosmic drama in the late works, as a stunning new publication emphasises

‘Chasing Memories’ by John Hoyland. [Courtesy of ridinghouse/photo:colin mills]

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