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EXHIBITIONS
STATE OF THE ART Cara Romero Photography, Rainmaker Gallery, 7 July – 30 September This month, Rainmaker Gallery opens its new expanded exhibition space on Whiteladies Road with two concurrent shows of contemporary Native American art. Minimalistic oil pastel drawings by Potawatomi artist Jason Wesaw are juxtaposed with narrative photographic portraits by Chemehuevi artist Cara Romero. In the drawings of Jason Wesaw we find carefully chosen single colours that describe simple shapes with deeply personal references to nature, healing and ceremony. Romero, whose photography is currently on show at both MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art, NY) and The Met (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY ), says of her work: “My photographs explore our collective Native histories, and the ways in which our indigeneity expresses itself in modern times.” • rainmakerart.co.uk; 140 Whiteladies Road, BS8 2RS Image: Shameless by Cara Romero
Earth: Digging Deep in British Art 1781 2022, Royal West of England Academy (RWA), 9 July - 11 September
Black Sky City, F4 Photography gallery, throughout July In Black Sky City, Esmé Lloyd FRPS presents a cinematic storyboard, illustrating her song of the same name. A transient musician is tracked on his night odyssey across 1960s America. Shot entirely from Esmé’s Dorset studio, the collection of photographic images display an extraordinary reality, perfectly capturing the mood and feel of night time America. Limited edition 50, a selection from the 20 images that make up Black Sky City will be on display and available to purchase. Entry is free. The gallery is open every day except Tuesdays. • f4clifton.co.uk
34 THE BRISTOL MAGAZINE
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Image: #17 of the Black Sky City series by Esmé Lloyd
JULY 2022
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No 212
The final instalment of the RWA’s elements series, Earth: Digging Deep in British Art 1781-2022 tackles the most expansive and urgent of subject matters, bringing together important modern, historical and contemporary artworks, co-curated by artist Emma Stibbon RA RWA, art historian Professor Emerita Christiana Payne (Oxford Brookes University) and Nathalie Levi (Head of Programme – Curator of Exhibitions, RWA). The exhibition examines how attitudes towards the landscape have evolved over the centuries and how artists’ approaches have changed over time; from the pastoral idylls of the 18th century, through representations of the Romantic Sublime, to present-day confrontations of the climate emergency. Encompassing depictions of the natural world from geological, spiritual, industrial, cultural and scientific perspectives. • rwa.org.uk Image: Rodney Harris MRSS (b. 1966), A Delineation of Strata of England and Wales with parts of Scotland, Ireland and France, based on the original geological map by William Smith in 1815
