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EXHIBITIONS
STATE OF THE ART Homecoming: New Paintings by Sally Stafford, Clifton Contemporary Art, until 13 May The wetlands of the Somerset Levels have harboured wildlife and people for millennia. They resonate with myths, bird calls and the prevailing South West wind. It is this exposed yet sheltering place that Sally chooses to embrace and paint, after some years dividing her time between the UK and rural Spain. Returning to England to experience every season has been an inspiring creative homecoming, where the interaction of her paints on canvas mimic the flow and patterns of nature. Sally's latest work harnesses the energy of this quietly dramatic phenomenon, which is itself a daily homecoming – a return to safe haven before the sun rises again. This deeply personal, life affirming new collection encapsulates the true essence of the Avalon Marshes, where water and air interact like a form of alchemy to create something precious: a timeless sense of place. • cliftoncontemporaryart.co.uk
Image: Alchemy by Sally Stafford
Our House, Lime Tree Gallery, until 31 May Over the last two years the familiar contents of our homes have provided comfort and contentment during stressful times. Our House contains work from a broad range of artists across a wide range of media and a good range of locations. This interesting and varied exhibition is uplifting and full of colour. Exhibiting artists include Denise Heywood, Phil Johns, Jane Kite, Ollie Le Brocq, Irene McCann, Lucy McKie ROI, Rory McLauchlan, Morag Muir, Sigrid Müller, Anna Perlin, Jackie Philip, Philip Richardson, Mats Rydstern, Vivienne Williams RCA. • limetreegallery.com Image: Jug with Cups by Ollie Le Brocq
32 THE BRISTOL MAGAZINE
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MAY 2022
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No 210
Exhibitions at Arnolfini, throughout May Arnolfini welcomes you to venture into the extraordinary imagination of Dame Paula Rego RA, one of the leading figurative artists of our generation. Rego makes a welcome return to Bristol (almost 40 years after her first exhibition here in 1982-83), creating an opportunity for a new generation of visitors to explore the artist’s rich and imaginative world. Elsewhere at the gallery, Arnolfini is currently showing CUEVA DE COPAL, a new and immersive site-specific installation by Donna Huanca, a celebrated, rising star of the international art world. Drawing on painting, sculpture, performance, choreography, video, and sensory interventions, Huanca’s interdisciplinary practice focuses upon the human body, exploring our physical relationship to the world around us. Huanca builds her experiential installations around the architecture of each new site, with CUEVA DE COPAL plunging audiences into a cocoon-like space. Award-winning documentary photographer, Polly Braden, in her latest exhibition, Holding the Baby, creates a portrait of the strength and resilience of single parent families facing austerity. • arnolfini.org.uk Image from Polly Braden’s exhibition, Holding the Baby. Image courtesy of Polly Braden
