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forthcoming exhibitions 2008...
Keep watching this space as more names are still to be announced .....
13 Sept - 4 Oct
Paintings by Charles Sutton & glass by Phil Atrill
Charles Sutton's paintings focus on the figure, skyscapes and still-life, although he likes to tackle most subjects. He is constantly looking for new imagery, and admires and takes influence form Keith Vaughan, Frances Bacon, Mark Rothco and Frans Kline.
Phil Atrill graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in 2001 and has exhibited widely since. The starting point for this series was Horizons and how the light changes in different weather conditions. From sunrise to sunset, to stormy sky's and clear sunny summer days, each moment is different. Using colour to suggest these moods Phil has tried to capture these moments in time, making each group of pieces unique to a certain place and moment in time.
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11 Oct – 1 Nov
Paintings by Mychael Barratt, ceramics by Sotis Filippides & Craig Underhill
Mychael Barratt was born in Toronto, Canada but thinks of himself as a Londoner since arriving for what was meant to be a two week stay twenty years ago. He has that immigrant’s zeal for his adopted home and includes local settings that have a personal resonance in much of his work. He is a narrative artist and anecdotal incidents from his day-to-day life which he gathers like a magpie are at the heart of his paintings and prints. Mychael was recently commissioned to write a book on intaglio printmaking for the publishers A & C Black and decided to try out all of the techniques that he wrote about. His print O for a muse of fire based on the work of William Shakespeare is the culmination of those experiments as he has created a 26 plate etching which includes every intaglio technique from drypoint and engraving to mezzotint and aquatint.
From generous bowls to tall, tapering pots, each piece is a tribute to Sotis Filippides’s love of texture. Expertly thrown, with their grainy exteriors in dark earthy shades and softly coloured contrasting interiors, at first glance these ceramics appear to be fashioned from a more solid material. Yet pick up any of these pieces and you will discover that they are feather-light and deceptively delicate.
A predominant influence in Craig Underhill’s work is the landscape, but not a static landscape, instead a landscape in time; where things grow, the land moves, geological deposits are built up and most importantly where humankind has intervened and our repetitive, methodic actions have left lasting visual effects on the environment. Conversely Craig is also influenced by man-made environments and constructions that have been eroded or transformed through time by the natural forces of sea, wind, rain, frost or sun. The work is about places and landscapes he has visited or travelled through, but he wants to avoid extraneous descriptive detail, instead things are pared down to express the spirit and essence of place and time.
11 Oct – 1 Nov
New Prints by Anita Klein
Anita Klein studied at Chelsea and the Slade schools of art. She has exhibited her prints and large oil paintings extensively in the UK, Europe, the USA and Australia. In 2003 she was elected president of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers and she has work in many private and public collections including the Arts Council of Great Britain. Anita's work is a humorous visual diary celebrating the small domestic moments we all share; having breakfast with her daughters, shaving her legs while husband "Nige" does his exercises, catching the guinea pig and many more. These moments are encapsulated with a thick meaty drypoint line, and while irrelevant details are unscrupulously ignored, others like Nige's hairy legs or the television remote control are lovingly described. Anita says that these everyday events are what she would miss most "if it all was taken away". While family photo albums record our lives as one long round of birthdays and holidays, the very moments we should most value are almost always ignored and forgotten.
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8 Nov 08 – 3 Jan 09
Winter Wonders exhibition
A fantastic collection of work by over 100 artists and makers, featuring paintings, prints, ceramics, textiles, glass, wood, metal with something to suit every budget!
Artists - Jane Bristow, Justin Cooke, Anne Davies, Emma Dunbar, Michael Fairclough, Rachel Grigor, Ursula Leach, Sally Mcgill, Colin Moore, Jilly Morris, Janine Partington, Susie Perring, Trevor Price, Sonia Rollo, Tony Scriviner, Dawn Stacey, Suzanne Stuart Davies, Liz Toole and Heather Young.
Makers - Nick Barberton, Helen Beard, Julian Belmonte, Brian Blanthorn, Matthew Chambers, Judith Davies, Hannah Facey, Sarah Hillman, Gareth Mason, Elizabeth Rollins-Scott, Kyoko Takahashi, Sarah Thirlwell, and Andrea Walsh.
Rarefind Winter
Jewellery – seasonal collection of jewellery to suit all tastes and budgets. Including work by Marion Barclay, Nicola Becci, Holly Belsher, Ruta Brown, Shimara Carlow, Gabriella Casemore, Joanne Cox, Rachel Dorris, Rachel Gaw, Yvonne Gilhooly, Clare Hillerby, Seon-Hwa Lee, Ann Morgan, Suzanne Potter, and Katharine Warner.
Craft – focus on smaller scale and priced, functional and non-functional work. Including work by Linda Bloomfield, Lucy Burley, Rachel Dormor, Chris Donnelly, Rachel Foxwell, Rowena Gilbert, Ikuko Iwamoto, Hitomi Mckenzie, Annie Neill, Claire Newberry, Jane Ryan, and Josie Walter.
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