2003-04-25
... ? Guardian Unlimited | Arts reviews | Derek Jarman: Early Days, Dean Clough, HalifaxDerek Jarman was so many things - film-maker, poet, alchemist, gardener - that it is easy to overlook the fact that he was also one of the most original painters of his generation. This exhibition, organised by the artist's sister, places rarely seen early work alongside the vast, vituperative later masterpieces. It suggests that Jarman may have been our greatest apocalyptic visionary since William Blake.
