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ARTS AND EXHIBITIONS David Simon Contemporary 37 High Street, Castle Cary BA7 7AW
The Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, Bath
Kit Andrews: The Cornish Potter 2 July – 30 August
Love Life: David Hockney’s Drawings, until 18 September Hockney’s drawings in the late 1960s and 1970s show his extraordinary power of observation and skill in using tiny, mundane details to help capture a situation. Marvellous Makers, Wondrous Worlds: Raised Embroidery from the 17th Century until 11 September A show of the exceptional raised and 17th-century embroideries from the museum’s collection – a jewel-like show allowing visitors to look closely at these exceptional objects. holburne.org
Beyond Beastly: Creatures Natural and Imagined Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI), 16–18 Queen Square, Bath, until 1 October
Experimenting with a variety of vase and bottleforms, Kit Andrews’ work uses pitfiring and smoke-firing techniques, creating beautifully balanced forms in stoneware clay. Margaret Lovell: Leaves of Bronze 2 July – 30 August A retrospective exhibition of sculpture in bronze relating to the theme of leaf and blade forms, for which Margaret Lovell is internationally renowned. Ossie Clark in a Fairisle Sweater, by David Hockney, 1970 Coloured pencil on paper 43.18 x 35.56 cm © David Hockney. Photo credit: Fabrice Giber
As new continents were explored, a rich array of extraordinary new animals and plants were formally described. Here were creatures quite as weird as the ones in medieval pictures, but now they were being illustrated in vivid and accurate detail. Come and meet some familiar fantastical creatures (and quite a few natural ones) extracted from the pages of the historic books and boxes of specimens in Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Collections. brlsi.org
Songs of Nature: Painting and Collage by Hiroko Sherwin 44AD Artspace, 4 Abbey Street, Bath 9–21 August Hiroko Sherwin used to watch rice paper being made by hand in Japan, where he grew up. Many of his works are painted on rice paper as well as on Western paper and canvas. He also makes collages by dyeing rice paper. While loving colour, Sherwin recently rediscovered the world of black and white, the Japanese legacy of sumi-ink painting on rice paper. Black has many shades while white is the ultimate colour, he explains. 44ad.net
Trees in Autumn by Horoko Sherwin
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Marine Flow 2 by Margaret Lovell
Beaux Arts Bath 12–13 York Street Bath, until 27 August Beaux Arts latest exhibition sees new work by award-winning artist Ashraf Hanna. Born in 1967 in El Minia, Egypt, he currently resides and works from his studio in Pembrokeshire, West Wales. Hanna’s work is represented in prestigious collections such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Fitzwilliam Museum and National Museum of Wales. The walls of the gallery are adorned by selected gallery artists, including Laurie Steen, Kate Sherman, David Tress, Harriet Porter, Nathan Ford, And Mark Johnston. beauxartsbath.co.uk Black bowl with chartreuse interior by Ashraf Hanna
