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THANKS FOR THE APPLES Thanks For The Apples at Falmouth Art Gallery is an extraordinary opportunity to experience new work by nationally and internationally acclaimed contemporary artists, inspired by hidden treasures from Cornish museum collections. Sculptures, paintings, textiles and films will be shown alongside the originals that inspired them. The exhibition is the culmination of a major project devised and curated by artists Naomi Frears and Ben Sanderson, who in November 2019 hosted an artists’ residential at Prussia Cove with the intention of sparking creativity. Four contemporary artists each invited another artist of their choosing, resulting in a diverse group of eight exceptional practitioners who spent a week exploring collections at Bodmin Keep, Wheal Martyn, Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Perranzabuloe Museum, PK Porthcurno, Royal Cornwall Museum and the Museum of Cornish Life in Helston. Each artist selected a museum object to respond to and spent a year creating new work to display alongside it in the exhibition. Pictured is Sir John Arnesby Brown’s A Summer Day (1913), from Falmouth Art Gallery. On show until January 22, 2022. l
LINDA CRAIG AT THE COWHOUSE GALLERY Painter and printmaker Linda Craig works from her home studio overlooking the harbour in Penzance. A long-time member of the Cowhouse collective in Perranuthnoe, she is also a member of the Association of British Naive Artists, a style which comes naturally to her. The harbour provides much in the way of subjects for Linda, but she also draws upon the mysterious moorland of West Penwith, where windswept trees point to ancient standing stones. Regarding processes, she enjoys the immediacy of the collograph printmaking technique, which allows her to work in a more expressive way. Her paintings call for a more considered approach, using a limited palette of three primary colours to produce many vibrant hues. Linda's collographs, paintings and greetings cards are priced from £3 to £300, and can be found on permanent display at the Cowhouse Gallery. Open 11am to 4pm daily. l www.cowhousegallery.co.uk
KENIDJACK: A CORNISH VALLEY The Jackson Foundation - a large, multiple award-winning art-space in St Just – tells the story of Kenidjack Valley, the ‘almost-most’ westerly valley in Cornwall through two interlinked exhibitions. In Kenidjack: A Cornish Valley, acclaimed artist Kurt Jackson captures the beauty of a place spilling over with natural treasures and dramatic topography. A stunning collection of paintings and sculpture takes inspiration from the journey of a small stream from its source on the moors, down through the valley and into the sea; celebrating the sights, sounds, history, heritage and wildlife encountered along the way. Concurrently Valley Lives reflects on the fact that Kenidjack Valley has been inhabited for 6,000 years - a place of mining, metalwork and agriculture, with shops, a Sunday school, places of recreation and manufacture. Some are gone but a thriving community lives on. This collection of images and artefacts aims to tell the human story of this valley. l The Jackson Foundation is open Tuesday to Saturday. n 52 |
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| Volume 2 Issue 69 | December 2021 - January 2022
