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27 June - 8 August 2008
Colour is controversial. Shunned from our lives through the cold white minimalist period for too long, colour is now making a welcomed resurrection. A new exhibition, which is exploding with colour, is opening at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary on Thursday 26 June. The work of three exciting artists, Katie Guthrie, Martin McKenna and Sarah Tingle, will be on display in the Gallery of ARI until 8th August 2008. Graduates of Gray’s School of Art, these three artists have differing styles, but each one uses colour – or its absence – to engage the viewer. Their bold, vibrant abstracts and rich detailed studies offer a visual spectacle at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
The Art Gallery Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Foresterhill Aberdeen AB25 2ZN
8am - 8pm
31 May - 5 July 2008 * Last chance!
Watercolour and gouache paintings of the volcanic hills surrounding Abergavenny. Semi-abstract stone carvings relating to natural forms in the landscape.
8, Cross Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. NP7 5EH
9.15am-5pm
14 June - 26 July 2008
Paul Peter Piech was born in 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, of Ukrainian parents, and settled in the UK following the second World War. He studied printmaking at Chelsea and worked in advertising for 20 years before returning to Chelsea to teach graphic design.In 1959 Paul Piech set up The Taurus Press at his home in Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, where he worked on books and prints which explored new ways of combining text and imagery, often to reflect his deeply held views on pacifism and equality. His work was produced mainly through the medium of linocut and woodcut. In 1986 Piech moved to Wales, where he involved himself passionately in the cultural life of the country, and continued producing work right up until his death in 1996.Regional Print Centre touring exhibition from the collection of Yale College, Wrexham
Penglais Road Aberystwyth, SY23 01970 622882
23 July - 7 September 2008 * Coming soon
an exhibition of recent paintings on plywood: 'small windows on the world, glimpses of land and sky' www.susanlaughton.com
Howarth Museum and Gallery Accrington Lancashire
see website for location and opening times
4 - 27 July 2008
Allenheads Contemporary Arts presents ‘draw a line, follow it’, an exhibition exploring the significance of process to this group of North East based artists.Each of the artists has established a system for the making of work which places specific constraints and limitations on their practice. Ranging from the rigid employment of painstakingly repetitive actions to the relinquishing of decisions to chance, those systems provide a focus for production and provoke questions about personal control over creative process.
Preview 4th July 5 - 8.Weekends 10 - 5. Weekdays by arrangement.
3 - 6 July 2008 * Last chance!
See new 'domestic' art pieces by Caren Garfen - Contemporary Textile Artist at One Year On
The Business Design Centre London N1 0QH
11:00 - 18:00 (Sun 11:00 - 16:00)
13 June - 12 July 2008
One person show of new works on paper
Market Street Armagh City Co. Armagh BT61 7BW
9.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Saturday and until 10.00pm on performance evenings. Sunday access to exhi
8 June - 6 July 2008 * Last chance!
Sculpture in stone by eighteen leading artists including Emily Young, Bridget McCrum, Nicolas Moreton, Anthony Turner, Dominic Welch, Helaine Blumenfeld, Mat Chivers, Luke Dickinson, William Peers, Nigel Watson and David Worthington in the garden and ballroom of a Jacobean manor house.
Asthall Manor Asthall Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4HW
12 noon to 6pm
14 June - 27 July 2008
The Little Artists are John Cake and Darren Neave. Cake and Neave's practice considers cultural identity, branding and what it means to be a contemporary artist through adopting the concept of the figure of the artist as a logo, a brand name, a lifestyle choice. They created and became 'The Little Artists' brand. Their work has been exhibited across the UK, Europe and in New York. This is the first time a slice of their practice has been shown together in the UK.
HIVE GALLERY, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Wath Road, Elsecar, Barnsley, S74 8HJ
Thursday - Sunday 12-4pm
8 - 21 July 2008 * Coming soon
Solo exhibition to mark the end of employment as Artist in Residence at Chederit Visual Arts School.A collection of 85 paintings; an insight into my mental experiences.Private View is Mon 07/07/08 18:30 to 20:30. I will be giving a talk about my work then.www.dawnainley.com
Michael Heseltine Gallery Archery Road Middleton Cheney Oxfordshire OX17 2QR
09:00 - 17:00 mon - fri. Sun 13/07 14:00 -17:00
3 June - 5 July 2008 * Last chance!
This is a mixed group show depicting one work from each of the sixty artists participating in Art Trek 2008. From painters, print makers, ceramicists, bronze sculptors, jewellery and chain Maille makers, textile artists, through to musical instrument makers. The Art Trek event takes place in artists studios across North Devon and West Exmoor for four days, from 19th - 22nd June, 11am - 4.15pm, where you are invited to chat about the work on show in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere, over over a cup of tea!
Boutport Street, Barnstaple, North Devon EX31 1SY England
10am -5.pm and on performance evenings
15 May - 14 November 2008
A collection of phoo and video works from Xiamen, China examining the impact of regeneration
Abbey Road Barrow in Furness Cumbria LA14 5TY
Mon-Thurs 9:00-5:00, Fri 9:00-4:30
7 June - 7 September 2008
A nationally selected exhibition of original prints.Selectors: Morgan Doyle and Melvyn Petterson
The Ropewalk Maltkiln Road Barton upon Humber North Lincolnshire DN18 5JT
10am - 5pm Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm Sunday
14 June - 12 July 2008
Fairfields is very pleased to organise the first event of its kind in the UK - ‘The First UK International Manga Art Show.’ There have, of course, been a small number of very good exhibitions of Manga before in the UK, but this is the first exhibition which treats it purely as an art form and which has such an international selection of work by artists from all over the world.Although essentially a Japanese art form, this exhibition has work by artists from Japan, China, US, Italy, France, Canada, the UK...... Many of these artists whose work we are showing are only in their early twenties, and their work is a perfect sythesis of old and new. Indeed, many of these artists state their media as ‘Pencil and Photoshop CS.’
Council Road Basingstoke Hampshire RG21 3DH
Mons, Tues, Weds, Thurs 9.30am - 8.00pm. Fris by appointment. Sats 10.00am - 12.30pm. Closed Bank
17 July - 4 August 2008 * Coming soon
French artist photographer Alice Odilon has worked directly for major international clients such as Kenzo, Vogue, Van Cleef, Arpels, Givenchy, Clarins and Marie-Claire. She worked for the Musee National d'Art Moderne de Paris, has won very many awards, and has had exhibitions in many countries all over Europe. She also worked for Brigitte Bardot on her campaign against ivory, and worked with advertising agency, 'Suleyman et Fantin', specialists in humanitarian causes.
Council Road Basingstoke Hampshire RG21 3DH
Mons, Tues, Weds, Thurs 9.30am - 4.45pm. Fris by appointment. Closed Bank Holidays. Admission Free
5 July 2008 * Coming soon
To mark the opening of Alison Marchant’s exhibition Charged Atmospheres and Gob Squad’s performance Kitchen (You’ve Never Had It So Good) this seminar teases out shared themes around spatialisation, documentation and historical moment.
ICIA University of Bath Claverton Down Bath BA2 7AY
2.30pm - 5.30pm
5 July - 31 October 2008 * Coming soon
Alison Marchant’s fading photographs of once grand interiors, now abandoned and decaying, emphasise the passing of time.
ICIA, University of bath Claverton Down Bath BA2 7AY
Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm
19 April - 1 August 2008
In response to ICIA’s theme 'so far...' this atmospheric series of photographs explores how geography, personal memory and social history intersect. In the tradition of the seascape, the images depict the North Sea, where most of the North’s un-mined coal still resides. The photographs have been created using image-making equipment available to all of us in everyday life; the low-resolution mobile phone camera. Enlarged beyond clear definition, the images become hazy, impressionistic, glowing with colour. Printed on a surface that appears to be watercolour paper, they seem to suggest the more abstract works of Turner. Tim Brennan is viewed as one of the most important practitioners to contribute to the social and political role of contemporary art and has been cited as developing and applying the concerns of minimalism, performance, land art and conceptualism within the social fabric. He is Programme Leader, MA Curating at the University of Sunderland.
ICIA, Art Space 2, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY
10am-5pm Mon-Sat
22 - 27 July 2008 * Coming soon
A selection of new work from 2008. Further work can be seen at The White Room Gallery, Brock Street, Bath, BA1 2LN, until August
Walcot Chapel, Walcot Gate, off Walcot Street, Bath, BA1 5UG
11am - 6pm
18 - 24 July 2008 * Coming soon
An exhibition of work from two of Baths most prolific vibrant and imaginative Abstract Artists Alexandra & Eric Gabb. Their work will be complemented with animal sculpture by Samantha Fitzgerald Scares whose recent sell out exhibition has furthered her reputation for tactile patterned domestic scale pieces. All three artists here became increasingly involved with local art/ and art education groups giving talks, demonstrations and workshops. An exhibition of exciting textures, vibrant colour and contrast – one not to be missed.
Widcombe Studios Gallery The Old Malt House Comfortable Place Upper Bristol Road Bath BA1 3AJ
19th - 24th July 11am - 5pm
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