Dear Painters and Fine Artists,

Peter Doig: Early Works.                  

                                                                                                                                                        At the edge of town (1986)

 

I wanted to draw your attention to an exciting show which is on at the Michael Werner gallery in London.

These neo-impressionist paintings and drawings are both sensual and vibrant pieces of figurative art done at a time when Doig was a student at St Martin's in the 1980's.  The art here is also a visual embodiment of Doig's love of travel, cities and space.

As always, let us know if you go!!


Sam

Dear Students,  When you pass the Craft Study Centre on your way out, venture in and have a good look at the ephemeral, sculptural works of Caroline Sharp.   The Crafts Study Centre is delighted to announce the exhibition by Caroline Sharp: Land-Line-Form from 11 March until 26 April In her sculptural assemblage works, landscape architect and artist Caroline Sharp uses a variety of natural materials including her own charcoal, clay, chalk, willow, poplar, birch, hazel, dogwood stems and leaves. Her main focus is on sustainability and treading the land gently. Much of her woven work is strongly influenced by natural form, containment and movement. More recently, Caroline has explored ideas in response to the craft of charcoal burning and her autobiographical journey in relation to walking the land and the memory of place. I am particularly interested in how these fragile and autobiographical  works are informed by walking, landscape and place. Perhaps you could have a think about this too and let me know your thoughts when I see you next. Sam

Dear Students, 

Can I please draw your attention to the following previews/shows/exhibitions/research events:

• If you are in London later on, Srin Surti, Senior Lecturer in Fine Art here at Farnham, has some work in a group show which opens tonight, Tuesday 11 March, from 6 – 8:30pm at Bond House Gallery, ASC Studios, London.

• bookRoom seminars 2014 

an opportunity for UCA staff, postgraduate and research students to disseminate and share ideas, practices and processes and inspire each other
12th March  (Farnham)-  Y19 – 12.30 to 13.30 pm2 presentations of recent research projects followed by a discussion chaired by Emmanuelle Waeckerlé
Vicky Churchill (photography)“I can only experience this with my eyes”

Amanda Couch (fine art)“ reflection on digestion”

Cezanne and the Modern

For those Fine Artists amongst you, there is a superb exhibition of watercolours by the French painter Paul Cézanne's work which will be on at the Ashmoleon museum when we visit for the day on Tuesday 18th March. This is a real coup for the Ashmoleon, great timing for us, and well worth the entrance fee! As always, reviews welcome!!

The exhibition will also feature paintings and sculptures by artists including Paul Gauguin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Edouard Manet, Vincent van Gogh, Jacques Lipchitz, Edgar Degas and Amedeo Modigliani.

Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)
Mont Sainte-Victoire, c.1902
Oil on canvas

Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920)
Jean Cocteau, 1916–17
Oil on canvas

Images: ©The Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection

• 13 March - 22nd June 2014 Cezanne and the Modern: Masterpieces of European Art from the Pearlman Collection. The Ashmoleon, Museum of Art & Architecture, University of Oxford.

        Entry: £8 concessions. 

If interested, have a look at this trailer: http://www.ashmolean.org/exhibitions/cezanne/about/

Thanks, 
Sam