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ARTS & EXHIBITIONS Mixed Winter Exhibition David Simon Contemporary 37 High Street, Castle Carey BA7 7AW 4 December – 29 January 2022
Winter Exhibition Beaux Arts Bath, 12-13 York Street, Bath BA1 1NG Until 23 December Beaux Arts’ winter exhibition hosts a collection of wild seascape paintings by Shetland artist Ruth Brownlee. Providing something of a contrast are Rachel Ross’s prosaic set-pieces: scissors, spools of thread, a yellowed letter, forks, cake-slices, spoons, the surfaces patinated with time, and many hands or none. Elsewhere a collection of established gallery favourites abound, with a collection of ceramics by Katharina Klug and new work by Anna Gillespie, Andrew Crocker, Jack Doherty, Helen Simmonds and many others. Well worth a browse…
Thes popular Mixed Winter Exhibition includes paintings, ceramics and bronze sculpture by Daisy Cook, Julia Cooper, Isabel Coulton, Parastoo Ganjei, Andrew Lansley, Peter Lloyd-Jones, Mungo Powney, Yuta Segawa, David Ralph Simpson, Mike Service and Frances Watts. An eclectic feast of new work by gallery artists plus new invited artists. davidsimoncontemporary.com Image: Something About Nineveh by Mungo Powney
Image: All is not Everything by Andrew Crocker beauxartsbath.co.uk
Christmas Exhibition, Gallery Nine, 9B Margaret’s Buildings, Bath, Until 31 December Gallery Nine’s winter exhibition brings together the work of British contemporary artists, ceramicists and jewellers. Carolyn Genders creates bold, asymmetric sculptural vessels and forms; ceramicist William Papworth’s work is hand thrown, one-off and repeated forms that reflect an appreciation of simple, ergonomic design; and Paul Catherall is known for his clean, sharp linocuts of architectural London landmarks. Carolyn Genders will also be showing alongside Paul with her relief prints. Featured jewellers are Cara Tonkin who works mostly in silver, with finishes such as gold vermeil and oxidised silver and Ann Katrin Evans, whose work is like that of an alchemist where the ‘non precious’ becomes precious. galleryninebath.com
Image: Southbank Steps Yellow by Paul Catherall
Myths and Monsters Victoria Art Gallery, Bath BA2 4AT Until 27 February 2022 This colourful celebration of children’s book illustration is a follow-up to 2017’s blockbuster Here Be Dragons exhibition. Myths and Monsters will once again link the worlds of literature, art and myth with some of the very best (and worst) you could expect to meet. Visitors will encounter characters from the Gruffalo to the Iron Man and fearsome dragons to the Little Ogre. Alongside the exhibition, there will be a chance for young visitors to get involved by making their own ‘monster in a jar’, which will be displayed as part of the show. victoriagal.org.uk Disco Cave Monsters by Ben Cort
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Shooting Stars: Carinthia West, Britain and America in the 1970s, American Museum & Gardens, Bath BA2 7BD, until 31 December Carinthia West’s intimate photographs of rock and film stars of the 1970s in America – and in particular on the glorious beaches of Malibu in California – present an upbeat and buoyant view of the decade that should remind us of the outstanding music and the great design of this much-maligned period. Carinthia West’s fascinating photographs demonstrate that the 1970s was a decade of bright colours, fun, and self-expression. americanmuseum.org Image: Mick Jagger in Holland Park, 1976
