ArtSpace is the journal of Leamington Studio Artists
Editor Lucy Ovanesyan Editorial team Clive Engwell Dave Phillips Art direction Clive Richards Produced by Magenta Advertising LSA charity number 1147593
Left: Petra Digital photography by Hilary Roberts See: Art news miscellany page 26
Cover: All that glitters (detail) by John Devane (2018) oil on canvas 150 x 180 cm See review page 16
Spring 2019
Contents Reviews 2 Waste Land at East Lodge 10 Alan Dyer’s retrospective 16 John Devane’s exhibition Features 4 The next generation 8 Hockney's window 14 Kenilworth arts festival 21 Community curation 24 Kevin Parrish – a reflection Art news 26 Art news miscellany LSA in focus 28 LSA members’ gallery 30 LSA organisation 32 LSA members
LSA East Lodge Jephson Gardens Willes Road Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV32 4ER
The ArtSpace journal was first published in 1998
PHOTOGRAPH: TONY OVANESYAN
A
warm welcome to ArtSpace 50. I hope you have had a brilliant start to the New Year and have already seen and celebrated a great deal of art both within the local art scene and beyond. This issue of ArtSpace offers insightful reflections on a number of current and recent exhibitions. Some of the highlights include Clive Engwell’s review of David Hockney’s window at Westminster, David Phillips’s article on LSA member John Devane’s exhibition in London, and Lynne Gougeon’s reflections on the East Lodge exhibition she has been working on with pupils from Clapham Terrace Community Primary School. As always, we hope to celebrate the wonderful work created by LSA members. Karen Parker’s article on community curating takes us on a journey of how her experience as part of the Journeys with ‘The Waste Land’ project has come about, addressing some rather interesting questions regarding contemporary curatorial practice. Another fascinating piece is John Devane’s review of the Alan Dyer 2018 exhibition at the Lanchester Research Gallery. Devane has balanced his writing beautifully between his own personal impressions of Dyer’s work and the universal, timeless qualities of his art. These are merely some of the pieces in ArtSpace 50 which I believe deserve particular attention - I invite you to explore the great variety of different kinds of writings and ideas we have included in this issue, and to find what it is that fascinates you the most. I hope that the next couple of months bring you lots of exciting opportunities to create and celebrate good art. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you would like to contribute to ArtSpace, new submissions are always welcome! We hope that you will enjoy this new issue as much as we have enjoyed creating it for you.
ISSN: 1754-9612
50
