TWO short exhibitions on in Coventry and Warwickshire are showcasing photographic talents from the area.
Both look like they’re worth a visit but aren’t on for long enough for me to be able to write about them more fully in the Friday Coventry Telegraph art column.
At Rugby’s Floor One gallery in Rugby Art Gallery & Museum until May 5, Lee Prescott is showing his photographs in an exhibition called Infinite Ephemera. He lives in Hillmorton, Rugby, and this is his first solo exhibition of travel photography, and he says the works are “documenting those ordinary moments that once captured on film become extraordinary”.
Galleries
Artists’ talks are new feature at Gallery 150
Gallery 150 in the Regent Court Shopping Centre, Leamington, is launching Art talks, an opportunity for people to meet the artists exhibiting at the gallery and get an insight into their methods, conception and production of art.
Two talks next week tie in with current exhibitions. On Tuesday, April 19 at 7pm Andy Farr will give a talk on his exhibition of paintings, and on Thursday April 21 at 7pm the founder of the Coventry-based Titanic Heritage Trust, Howard Nelson, will be giving a talk about his work and the trust.
Coventry University students’ first exhibition at the Lock
A GROUP of students have taken over the Lock gallery in Coventry this week for their first professional exhibition.
The six, studying a mixture of fine art and illustration, are second years at Coventry University, and doing all the work to stage an exhibition is part of the professional practice module in their degree.
Frank Sidney Smith’s paintings at The New Art Gallery show beauty born from trauma
A LIFE full of trauma and tragedy has helped create some paintings which are enchanting and enthralling.
It seems as though Frank Sidney Smith decided to use his creative urges as a type of therapy, to try to come to terms with everything that had happened to him.
There are times when it’s impossible to look at some paintings without reference to the artist who created them and what he or she has endured, and this is one of those times.
The images are pretty and child-like in initial appearance but many tell stories of unbelievable sadness. It’s vital to read the paragraphs underneath each one in this exhibition at The New Art Gallery, Walsall, to have an understanding of what the innocent-looking pictures really show.
Walls have wheels in Gallery 150
How do you rattle an artist? Well, I’m sure there are lots of ways, but I saw a good one in action at the latest private view at Gallery 150 in Leamington.
I was talking to painter Martin Johnson about his works (including Woodland Rendezvous, above) and he was explaining the concept behind them when one of the gallery walls started receding behind me.
Jagger is one star of Hanging Out show
Mick Jagger is one of the stars of an exhibition taking place at an unusual venue in Warwickshire.
Model, actress, and photo journalist Carinthia West has been photographed in the past by such greats as Lord Lichfield, Mario Testino and David Bailey but the 59 year old is now bringing her own debut exhibition of photographic works, entitled Hanging Out, to Warwickshire, where she has ancestral roots.
Gallery 150 on to a winner with open show
Gallery 150 in Leamington, run by the Leamington Studio Artists, is halfway through its latest exhibition after a packed opening night on Tuesday.
The gallery was on to a sure-fire winner by holding Renewal (2) an open where everyone who submitted a maximum of two entries was guaranteed of having at least one of them hung in the show.
Belfast galleries take your mind off Troubles
They may not be on the doorstep, but if you find yourself in Belfast for a few days and need a respite from Troubles tours and Guinness, there are several great galleries worth checking out.
I went to see two ice hockey games but spent as much time in different galleries as the rink.
Three small galleries have often-changing exhibition. (more…)
Egypt keeps its secrets until another day
THE Herbert in Coventry is promoting its Secret Egypt: Unravelling Truth From Myth exhibition. But after the opening night tonight I’m afraid it’s still keeping its secrets from me.
The gallery opened up the first night to anyone who wanted to attend, and apparently more than 1,000 people packed in to see their dancers, and the exhibition.
Give The Public a chance
A BUILDING dogged by controversy and financial catastrophes before it even opened is well worth a visit – especially if it’s hosting a temporary exhibition which attracts you.
You can even get to go for quite a pleasant walk during your visit, without having to go out into the cold.
The Public in West Bromwich is about a 45 minute drive from Coventry. It looms startlingly out of a rather bleak West Midlands landscape of a shopping centre and cleared wastelands, and you catch glimpses in gaps between buildings as you try to find your way to the nearest car park.
Private View II 