New Possibilities: Abstract Paintings from the Seventies – in pictures

Jay Rayner with his father Desmond, in Desmond's studio in Harrow, London Photograph: Karen Robinson/the Observer

Basis for Light, Series II, no.7, 1977 by Desmond Rayner Photograph: Jeanne Masoero

Blue, Red and Yellow Grid, 1977, by Barrie Cook Photograph: Marea Downey

Carnival, 1977-79, by Gary Wragg Photograph: Gary Wragg

Remain, 1979, by Tess Jaray Photograph: Tess Jaray

Descender, 1976, by Graham Boyd Photograph: Graham Boyd

Glow, 1971, Albert Irvin Photograph: Lukas Gimpel/Gimpel Fils

Purple Heart, 1979, by Mali Morris Photograph: Mali Morris

Bull's Eye, 1979, by Desmond Rayner Photograph: Desmond Rayner

That Swing 4. K, 1979, by Trevor Sutton Photograph: Paul Tucker

There Is Always More, 1978, Colette Moray de Morand Photograph: Colette Moray de Morand

3D Blue and Gold Segments, 1978, by Alice Sielle Photograph: Alice Sielle

Funky, Black and Catch Me, 1978, by William Henderson Photograph: Paul Stephenson

Untitled, 1973, by Patricia Poullain Photograph: Patricia Poullain

Rush Green, 1977, by Frank Bowling Photograph: Frank Bowling/Hales Gallery