Art
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Suzanne Holtom ‘And Hills Bore Scars’
I am a huge fan of the New Walsall Art Gallery, and often pop along to see new exhibitions, particularly if they feature local artists. Last month I went to see one that really interested me, as it featured local landscapes seen in a completely different way. The Suzanne Holtom exhibition ‘And Hills Bore Scars‘ is a stunning exploration of key sites around Walsall and Dudley described as ‘geosites’. The New Walsall Art Gallery explain:- The Black Country geosites of Barr Beacon, Streetly and Wren’s Nest, Dudley have been key to her most recent work. Ancient limestone formations and more recent collapsed structures from mining and industry provide rich visual…
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Clyde Holmes At The MOMA Machynlleth
Clyde Holmes was a London born artist, but his heart lay in the heart of Wales. In 1970 he moved with his family to a remote Shepherd cottage near Bala, in the heart of the beautiful Snowdonia National Park, For the next 30+ years it was this area that inspired his work in painting and poetry. He said:- My painting was concerned with expressing the mystery and the power of the wilder aspects of welsh landscapes which we’re all part of – there’s no difference between nature outside us and nature inside us. In my painting I’ve been attempting to express the silent dialogue between light and dark. We all live…
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Painted Dreams At Wolverhampton Art Gallery
I must admit I have caught this wonderful exhibition very late on. It ends this weekend, fittingly on the occasion of International Women’s Day. Painted Dreams, the art of Evelyn De Morgan, is a re-visitation, and a re-imagining, of an exhibition that was first held at the Wolverhampton Art Gallery in 1907. This was a unique, and important exhibition. It was incredibly rare for a modern gallery to dedicate a show to a solo female artist in Edwardian times. Featuring thirty artworks, Painted Dreams reveals De Morgan’s progression as an artist and her technical mastery as one of the most impressive artists of the late Victorian era. Discover De Morgan’s exploration of…
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Daniella Turbin – A Place To Return To
Last week, I made the most of the kids returning to school by popping along to the New Walsall Art Gallery. There is currently an exhibition running by local artist Daniella Turbin, who creates her art, and takes inspiration, from long distance walking that she combines with photography, drawing and writing. in 2022, Daniella embarked on her current project. She walked around the whole of Great Britain, and logged her journey in journals, photographs and online in instagram posts. Her exhibition, entitled ‘A Place To Return To‘ showcases this journey, which started in her home village of Essington, Staffordshire. An environment constructed from paper and drawings has been created in…
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Dion Kitson Rue Britannia At The Ikon Gallery
Dion Kitson recently reached the news headlines, after it was revealed that he, not Banksy, was the artist responsible for the ‘Dorothy’ art work that suddenly appeared on a wall in Birmingham’s Gay Quarter. The work had been commissioned to be part of Joe Lycett’s ‘Late Night Lycett’ programme’s ‘fake news segment’, and had clearly had the desired effect, and had got people asking ‘Who is Dion Kitson?’. The answer is that he is a local Midlands artist, hailing from Dudley, and that you can currently see some of his most iconic pieces in a new exhibition ‘Rue Britannia’ which is currently on display at Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery. Kitson’s work…
