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Contents Features 18 24 28 30 54
Henry Moore Textiles by Anita Feldman Eric Gill: Sacred and Profane by Simon Martin The Ice Woman Cometh by Emma Stibbon Working Together by Artists First Outside In 2009
Friends 37 38 51
Chairman's Letter Forthcoming Friends Events Roll Up, Roll Up: The Art Raffle
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Director's Letter What's On: Exhibition Diary Collection News Bookshop Gallery News What's On: Events What's On: Events Calender Pallant Photos Artwork of the Month
Top and Cover (Detail) Henry Moore, Textile Design: Figures and Symbols, 1943, Page from No.2 Design Notebook, wax crayon, watercolour wash, pen and ink, brush and ink on cream medium-weight laid, The Ascher Collection, photo: Michael Phipps, Reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation Bottom Emma Stibbon, Firn 3, 2008, Woodcut, Pallant House Gallery (Golder-Thompson Gift, 2009) Š The Artist
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Director's Letter Stefan van Raay
Moore working on a textile design in 1943
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While many will be familiar with Henry Moore's largescale sculptures and famous wartime sketches of the London Underground, this autumn's major temporary exhibition introduces a different side to this muchloved artist. 'Henry Moore Textiles', which comes from Moore's former home in Perry Green, focuses on the artist's designs for textiles and fabrics, setting them alongside his drawings, maquettes and smaller-scale sculptures. Anita Feldman, Curator of the Henry Moore Foundation, introduces this fascinating show in an extract from the accompanying catalogue on page 18. Moore began working on designs for fabrics during the Second World War when the Czech textile manufacturer Zika Ascher commissioned Moore, Matisse, Cocteau and others, to create designs for fabric 'squares' or scarves. Produced in cotton, rayon and parachute nylon, as well as silk, the scarves were intended to brighten up post-war wardrobes with bold patterns and colours such as shocking pinks and acid greens. To celebrate the occasion of the Henry Moore Textiles exhibition at Pallant House Gallery, a new limited edition scarf has been produced, printing one of Moore's designs from the 1940s onto silk for the first time. More details of this unique piece of history, as well as the other fabrics available to buy can be found on pages 32–33.
This season the Gallery also looks at the works on paper of another famous sculptor and one time resident of Chichester, Eric Gill. Best known for his typographical work, especially the renowned Gill Sans font, Gill's wider body of work reflects his own internal contradictions between a controversial private life and personal spirituality. Simon Martin, Head of Curatorial Services at Pallant House Gallery, explores Gill's life and work in the exhibition 'Eric Gill: Sacred and Profane' on page 24. Fans of Gill's work will also be delighted to see the Gallery's Ditchling Nativity crib on loan to Chichester Cathedral this Advent. Other highlights this winter include 'The Search for the Real: The Figure from Sickert to Auerbach', an in-focus display which explores depictions of the human form throughout the twentiethcentury, and a series of seasonal Alpine prints by the contemporary artist Emma Stibbon. Stibbon introduces her work in her own words on page 28. Finally, despite frugal times, the Gallery continues to push forward with the appeal to offer free entry to the Collection for everyone by 2012. Every penny helps, and you can help by dropping a few coins in to the donations box on the Ground Floor at the Gallery. To find out about bigger ways to give, contact Elaine Bentley, Head of Development, at the Gallery.
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What's On Main Galleries
Henry Moore, Four Standing Figures and one Reclining Figure, 1945-46 printed by ASCHER, with Moore’s bronze Small Maquette No.2 for Reclining Figure, 1950
Henry Moore Textiles 14 Nov 2009–21 Feb 2010 Best known for his large-scale reclining figures and wartime sketches of London underground shelters, Henry Moore also produced remarkable designs for textiles and fabrics shortly after the Second World War. This exhibition, curated by the Henry Moore Foundation, brings together the many works which Moore designed for fabric, including the curtains and bedspreads which adorned his own home at Hoglands. WOKmedia: A New Breed Until spring 2010 A startling installation by the art collective, WOKmedia, in the centre of the carved stairwell of the 18th-century house featuring broken porcelain eggs with interiors painted with ancient Chinese erotic scenes suspended from the ceiling and smashed on the ground.
WOKmedia, A New Breed
The Search for the Real: The Figure from Sickert to Auerbach 27 Oct 2009–23 May 2010 Paintings, drawings and prints from the Gallery’s collection revealing how figurative artists across the twentieth-century approached the human form, both clothed and nude. Including works by Andrews, Auerbach, Bomberg, Coldstream, Kitaj, Minton, Rego and Sickert. William Coldstream, Seated Nude
Modern British Art: A Collection of Collections Permanent One of the best collections of 20th century British art in the world including important works by amongst others; Andrews, Auerbach, Blake, Bomberg, Caulfield, Freud, Hamilton, Hodgkin, Nicholson, Moore, Paolozzi, Piper, Sickert and Sutherland, shown throughout the gallery spaces including the original Grade 1 listed Queen Anne townhouse.
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Emma Stibbon: Firn 1 Dec 2009–22 Feb 2010 Garden Gallery A group of four dramatic woodcut prints of alpine landscapes by the British contemporary artist Emma Stibbon reflecting the Northern Romantic Landscape sensibility and highlighting the vulnerability of the glaciers in the face of climate change. Emma Stibbon, Firn 2
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What's On The De'Longhi Print Room and Studio Jon Adams: The Goose on the Hill 13 Oct–22 Nov 2009 A solo show by Portsmouth-based artist Jon Adams marking the culmination of his two year-long project as Artist in Residence for Southern Rail, ‘The Goose on the Hill’ is an intimate journey into the artist’s past told through an accumulation of found objects inspired by the language and symbolism of geology, with a new installation addressing issues of art and disability. Eric Gill: Sacred and Profane 24 Nov 2009–28 Feb 2010 Iconic etchings and wood engravings from the Eric Gill Collection at the West Sussex Record Office revealing the contradictions between the artist’s deeply held religious faiths and his controversial sexual interests.
Studio Exhibitions NADFAS - Schools project 6–29 Nov 2009 A schools art exhibition sponsored by the Chichester Decorative and Fine Arts Society featuring illustrations by pupils from local schools to accompany original poems and prose written by students from the University of Chichester. Artists First 1 Dec 2009–3 Jan 2010 A group show from the Bristol-based artist collective who work to support artists in a way that encourages their personal, creative and professional development
John Tunnard: Inner Space to Outer Space 13 Mar–6 June 2010 The first major exhibition of the British abstract artist John Tunnard whose paintings drew on both Surrealist fantasy worlds and developments in science and engineering. Tom Hodson, Untitled
Richmond Fellowship 50th anniversary exhibition 5–31 Jan 2010 Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Richmond Fellowship, an organisation working to empower and support people with mental health needs to lead full and independent lives. John Tunnard, Holiday, from the School Prints
St Ives and Beyond 6 Mar–31 May 2010 Paintings, drawings and sculptures providing a unique and highly personal view of the friendships and family connections that linked the work of this extraordinary group of artists. Includes works by Ben and Winifred Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Christopher Wood and Alfred Wallis, and the post-war abstractionists. 10
Creative Response Annual exhibition 2–28 Feb 2010 An eclectic display of works by artists involved with Creative Response. Sally Mather 2–28 Mar 2010 An exhibition of personal and idiosyncratic work by long-time friend of the Gallery and Partner in Art, Sally Mather.
John Tunnard, Holiday, from the School Prints, Pallant House Gallery (Purchased with support from Miss Anne Hodgson (2007)
Forthcoming Exhibitions
Servants at Petworth Exhibition Wed 11 November - Sun 20 December
A fascinating exhibition looking at the lives of servants who lived and worked at Petworth House in the late 19th century. The Servants’ Quarters is little changed from Victorian times. Opened to the public in 1995, it features a splendid copper batterie de cuisine as well as many other original items that help to recreate a very accurate picture of life as a servant. The new exhibition, as well as a series of accompanying events, will really bring the Servants’ Quarters to life with photos of and recorded interviews with some of the Petworth servants. There will be guided tours of the historic kitchens each open day at 11.30am and 2.00pm. Please note: the property is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays and the exhibition and tours will also not be available on 14, 21, 27, 28, 29 November or 5 December. Normal grounds admission charge.
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Collection News
Joseph Cribb, Eric Gill and David Jones, Ditchling Nativity, Pallant House Gallery (Presented by Mr Nicholas Wickham-Irving, 1993) © Joseph Cribb © Trustees of the David Jones Estate
Snowdon Portraits of Artist's Studio Lord Snowdon's intimate portraits of the artists Frank Auerbach, Roy de Maistre, Rachel Whiteread, Bridget Riley, Michael Andrews and Graham Sutherland in their studios are on loan from Pallant House Gallery for the exhibition 'The Artist's Studio' at Compton Verney in Warwickshire (26 Sept–13 Dec 2009). Francis Bacon, Vanessa Bell, Cézanne, Warhol and Zoffany are also represented. www.comptonverney.org.uk
The Hans Feibusch Archive In 1998 Pallant House Gallery was presented with the contents of the studio of the artist Hans Feibusch (1898–1998), one of the leading 20th century mural painters in Britain. This summer Jessica Baggaley and Naomi Davenport, students at the Courtauld Institute of Art and Jo Milner from the University of Manchester, have been working with the curatorial staff to create an inventory of the archive which includes personal correspondences and photographs as well as source material and sketches. The artist’s nephew Paul Werth has set up an internet blog dedicated to Hans Feibusch: www.hansfeibusch.blogspot.com
Eric Gill Crucifixion An important early stone sculpture by Eric Gill has been loaned to the Gallery from a private collection. The sculpture features the Crucifixion and was previously unrecorded. It has since been authenticated and with its provenance, is an important part of the significant artistic legacy of the Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic. In the work Christ is not nailed to the cross, but instead appears to have placed himself against the cross. The clothed figure recalls the carvings at Chartres Cathedral, appearing untouched by the pain and suffering that he experiences.
Ditchling Nativity to Chichester Cathedral To complement the Eric Gill print show in December, Pallant House Gallery is lending the Ditchling Nativity (1923) by Eric Gill, David Jones and Jacob Cribb to Chichester Cathedral as part of the Advent and Christmas celebrations. This unique wooden crib was a collaborative work between members of the Ditchling Community: Gill carved the Christ child, Joseph Cribb designed and made the Hound of St Dominic, while Jones made the figures of Joseph and Mary in the winter of 1922–3. Joseph Cribb, Eric Gill and David Jones, Ditchling Nativity
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Rauschenberg's Stoned Moon To coincide with the fortieth anniversary of the first manned mission to the moon, Mr John Doff has presented the Gallery with a print by the American Pop Artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008). 'Tilt' from Rauschenberg's 'Stoned Moon' series was created in 1969 after the artist was invited by NASA to witness the lift-off of Apollo 11. The title was a double pun referring to both the literal lithographic stones and the metaphorical feeling of being 'stoned' produced by one of the most important events in the history of man.
Jann Haworth at Wolverhampton Art Gallery The retrospective of the Hollywood-born Pop artist Jann Haworth at Wolverhampton Art Gallery (26 Oct 2009–10 Apr 2010) will feature two major works from the Pallant House Gallery collection. The artist is restoring 'Cowboy' and 'Mae West Dressing Table' expressly for the show which offers a rare opportunity to see her early soft sculptures alongside more recent pieces including giant charm bracelets and corset canvases. www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/wolves
Conversation Anglaise – La Groupe de Bloomsbury The Bloomsbury Group were among the first artists to introduce the continental artistic influences of Post-Impressionism to Britain in the early twentieth-century. This cultural exchange is being celebrated in an exhibition at La Piscine, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie André Diligent in Roubaix (20 Nov 2009–27 Feb 2010.) Pallant House Gallery is contributing to this significant show by lending 'Bathers by the Pond' (1920), Duncan Grant's homoerotic bathing scene which was influenced by the work of Cézanne and Seurat.
Duncan Grant, Bathers by the Pond
Ceramics by Braden and Pleydell-Bouverie Ceramics by the pioneering British women Studio Potters, Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie (1895–1985) and Norah Braden (1901–2001) have been presented to the Gallery by Mrs Pat ArThurs. Both artists trained at Bernard Leach's St Ives Pottery in the 1920s before working together at Coleshill Pottery from 1928. During the following eight years they produced individual pieces mainly using ash glazes made from the plants and wood on the estate, firing them in a large wood-fired kiln. Frank Auerbach – London Building Sites 1952–62 Frank Auerbach's 'Oxford Street Building Site' (1960) is a key exhibit in the first exhibition to explore the artist's extraordinary group of paintings of post-war London building sites. The exhibition at the Courtauld Institute Galleries (16 Oct 2009–17 Jan 2010) reunites the complete series of building site paintings together with rarely seen oil sketches and a number of recently rediscovered sketchbook drawings.
Jann Haworth, Mae West Dressing Table
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Jann Haworth Pallant House Gallery ( Wilson Loan) © The Artist; Duncan Grant Pallant House Gallery (Hussey Bequest, Chichester District Council,1985), © 1978 Estate of Duncan Grant, courtesy Henrietta Garnett
Collection News
THE CORIANDER STUDIO SHOW 10th December 2009 – 10th January 2010 The Brook Gallery and Brad Faine of Coriander Studio Ltd bring you work from some of the great names of British Art including... Sir Peter Blake, Gary Hume, Sandra Blow and Damien Hirst.
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Going Going Gone‌ De'Longhi Raises Funds for Macmillan Cancer Support
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Henry Moore Textiles Anita Feldman, Curator of the Henry Moore Foundation
Whilst steadfastly opposed to using colour in his sculpture, considering it a distraction from form, Henry Moore's lesser-known designs for textiles reveal a surprising penchant for colour: from acid greens to shocking pinks. Here, Anita Feldman, Curator of the Henry Moore Foundation at Perry Green and the Henry Moore Textiles exhibition now showing at Pallant House Gallery, introduces Moore as a textile designer, and reveals a different side to this great British artist.
Henry Moore, Family Groups Textile (c.1946) with Moore's bronze Family Group (1945)
Moore is best known for his monumental sculpture, evocative war drawings and for his inspirational use of natural forms – from bones and stones to gnarled roots and the internal coils of a sea shell. Visitors to his maquette studio at Perry Green are often astonished to discover that the artist worked on an intimate scale with objects he could hold in the palm of his hand, and that fewer than ten per cent of his ideas were enlarged. His textile designs fall into this category as well: they remain virtually unknown, the majority are drawn on paper measuring a mere 204 x 165mm, and relatively few were put into production. Yet these compositions reveal many illuminating aspects of his work, with ties to his interests in non-western art, organic form and perhaps surprisingly, industrial materials and vivid colour. The textiles are intricately connected to Moore's aims as a post-war artist, particularly as a socialist who believed that modern art should be a part of daily life and that art could act as a cohesive force in society – bringing together communities through public projects as well as inspiring a new approach to family living through modern designs and materials for dress and upholstery fabrics. Incorporating industrial motifs such as barbed wire or twisted safety pins give the designs a distinctive hard edge, while enigmatic surrealist motifs such as clock hands harken back to Moore's pre-war experiments mediating between the camps of the Surrealists and the Abstractionists. Vibrant and 19
Left Henry Moore, Reclining Figure, 1949, serigraphy in five colours, linen, printed by ASCHER, Photograph: Michael Phipps, Fabric © Ascher Opposite Henry Moore working on a textile design in 1943. Photograph: Felix H. Man Page 22 from Left Irina Moore in Hoglands making a curtain from Horse’s Head and Boomerang 1944–45. Curtains Heads hang in the window behind, with a family group maquette, Photograph: The Henry Moore Foundation archive; Textile Design for ‘Fruit and Flowers’ 1943, pencil, wax crayon, watercolour, chalk, pen and ink, signature: pen and ink l.l. Moore/43 The Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 2008 Photo: Michael Phipps Page 23 Barbed Wire c.1946, serigraphy in four colours rayon, printed by ASCHER, Photograph: Matt Pia, Fabric © Ascher All images reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation
sometimes dizzying intertwining streaks of colour such as appear in 'Fern Leaves and Palm Branches' anticipate the gestural freedom of the Abstract Expressionists, and question the preconceived notion that Moore was somehow divorced in his aesthetic pursuits from his contemporaries in the post-war avant-garde. Many of the subjects depicted in Moore's textile designs are unusually whimsical, from imaginative sea creatures to twisting caterpillars, insect wings, piano keys and even rows of tepees. Although free from direct ties to sculpture, in some instances patterns are carried forward from one medium to another, such as in 'Textile Design: Figure Studies' (1943) which clearly relates to Moore's leaf figures in bronze a decade later. In other drawings Moore revisits his compositions from the 1930s, reviving the free line and interplay of geometric shapes in 'Textile Design' (1943). One expects to find reclining figures, Moore's preferred template for exploring form. Yet out of twenty eight textile patterns only three employ this theme, and in one in particular, the lines of brilliantly coloured drapery flow on through the repeat until the figures virtually dissolve within them. Moore once said that colour for him was 'a bit of a holiday', and his work in textiles, as in his drawings and graphics, gave him unrestrained freedom within which to experiment. For an artist who believed that colour was a distraction from appreciation of form and hence 20
did not paint his sculptures (as did Hepworth), Moore's dynamic manipulation of colour in his textiles, such as shocking pink and acid green, may seem wildly out of character. Yet they do find precedent in many of his war drawings, in which sharp contrasts of colours are used to express the psychological effects of alienation and devastation, and in his compositions from the late 1930s and early1940s with solitary figures seen against imagined red or pink rock formations. But unlike the atmosphere of foreboding in those compositions, the use of colour in Moore's textiles is essentially optimistic – a looking forward to a new era. Although most of his textiles were printed after the war, many designs date from 1943, before the outcome of the conflict was a certainty. Moore was first approached by textile guru Zika Ascher in late 1942 or early 1943. On honeymoon in Norway with his wife Lida, Asher managed to escape the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia. Arriving in England, he soon commissioned leading British artists to create designs for silk 'squares' (scarves). From 1943 Moore filled four notebooks with compositions for textile designs. These were annotated by the artist to indicate which ideas were intended for squares, furnishing fabrics or dress designs. By the late 1940s Moore was experimenting with signed limited editions of hand-printed textile panels which employed fabrics in a similar way to his graphics; they could be hung as objects of art in themselves. The designs for these were not done in a repeat
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but as a bold single motif and were more figurative. The printing of each colour on a separate screen was painstakingly attended to by Ascher along with his team. Moore soon afterwards came to the attention of the firm of David Whitehead Fabrics, which, under the Directorship of architect John T. Murray, launched a range of bold, low-cost, roller-printed fabrics designed by leading artists for the 1951 Festival of Britain. Whitehead subsequently developed a more exclusive range of hand screen-printed textiles with more painterly designs, largely inspired by the 1953 exhibition 'Painting into Textiles' held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. Moore's design for 'Zigzag' (1954) was reproduced on the cover of the catalogue and went into production the following year along with 'Triangles and Lines' (1954). Moore's home, Hoglands, featured the Zigzag fabric made up as bedspreads, as well as curtains made from 'Heads' (1945–6) and from 'Treble Clef, Zigzag and Oval Safety-pins' (1946–7). Moore's vision of artist-designed textiles being a part of daily life had become a reality at least in his own domain. This text is an extract from the Henry Moore Textiles catalogue published by Lund Humphries to accompany the exhibition of the same name. The catalogue, which includes an introduction by Sue Pritchard, curator of Contemporary Textiles at the V&A, is available from the Pallant Bookshop now. Call 01243 770813 to reserve your copy today. 22
Exhibition Henry Moore Textiles 14 November 2009–21 February 2010 Talk Henry Moore Textiles: The Search for a New Aesthetic by Sue Pritchard Thurs 26 November, 6pm Talk Henry Moore: A Question of Reputation by Chris Stephens Thurs 3 December, 6pm Public Tour Henry Moore Textiles Weds 20 January, 2.30pm Friends' Tour Henry Moore Textiles Weds 20 January, 11am Limited Edition Silk Scarve A special limited edition silk scarf has been produced on the occasion of the Henry Moore Textiles exhibition at Pallant House Gallery. For more information about the edition, which recreates Moore's 1943 'Fruit and Flowers' design onto fabric for the first time in over sixty years, turn to pages 32–33.
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Eric Gill: Sacred and Profane Simon Martin
From his early engravings of the Madonna and Child, to erotic depictions of lovers intertwined in moments of ecstasy, Eric Gill's subjects, like his life, were polarised between the flesh and the spirit. In a new exhibition produced especially for Pallant House Gallery, Simon Martin, Curator, explores an artist whose work bridged these seemingly irreconcilable contradictions of the sacred and the profane.
Eric Gill, Stay With Me Apples / Š The Estate of Eric Gill / Bridgeman Art
In his autobiography Eric Gill wrote of how, 'the plan of Chichester is clear and rational – a thing of beauty having unity, proportion and clarity.' These words, to describe the city in which the artist spent his formative years, could equally be applied to the execution of his own engravings, sculpture, calligraphy and typography, perhaps best exemplified by the forms of his iconic 'Gill Sans' typeface. Yet the artist's private life and beliefs, which were to inspire so much of his creative output, were far from being either clear or rational. Instead, as he confided to his diary, his life was beset with seemingly irreconcilable contradictions between his fervent Roman Catholicism and his unconventional sexual practices. Eric Gill (1882-1940) first arrived in Chichester in the summer of 1897 at the age of fifteen, when his father began studying at the Theological College. He waxed lyrical about the city in his autobiography, claiming that here he, 'began a new life, a miraculous life, a life as it were in fairyland.' For Gill it was 'the human city, the city of God, the place where life and work and things were all in harmony.' The teenage Gill drew the religious and vernacular architecture of the city and attended the Technical & Art School, where the art master Herbert Catt taught him that 'letters were something special in themselves', preparing him for the powerful influence of the calligrapher Edward Johnston a few years later. With a side-sweep at the grandeur of Pallant House ('the one ascribed to 25
C. Wren at the corner'), Gill praised its neighbours in East Pallant, saying that there is 'nothing more perfect in England than the five or six houses on the south side of the street.' Yet anyone who has spent much time in a cathedral city may suspect that, just like Trollope's Barchester Towers, the prim facades of such dwellings can cover both religious observance and deviancy. Walking west from the Market Cross at the centre of Chichester's Roman grid (a map of which Gill reproduced in his autobiography) one passes the soaring Norman Cathedral, which houses two of the artist's early carved inscriptions, to arrive at the slightly less grand Westgate Roundabout. Here, a blue plaque marks the site of the modest dwelling (now demolished) at 2 North Walls where Gill lived as an adolescent and as his biographer Fiona MacCarthy has suggested, probably began an incestuous relationship with at least one of his sisters. On the other side of the aforementioned roundabout is the West Sussex Record Office, which houses an important collection of Gill's prints, drawings, sculptures and writings that was started by Mary Gill, the artist's widow, and Walter Shewring, his literary executor. The engravings in the Record Office collection provide a remarkable overview of the artist's output, from his early engravings of the sacred and tender subject of the Madonna and Child, to erotic depictions of lovers intertwined in moments of ecstasy. In Gill's eyes sex and religion were inseparable, and although the subject matter may seem widely divergent, his treatment is the same: a precise and elegantly stylised clarity of approach. Gill's depictions of human figures can seem somewhat impersonal as he felt that models for wood engravings were unnecessary and asserted that his 'inability to draw naturalistically was, instead of a drawback, no less than my salvation. It compelled… me to concentrate upon something other than the superficial delights of the fleshly appearance… to consider the significance of things.' Indeed, he wrote that when he began wood-engraving it was 'for the sake of lettering', and the diaries of his mentor the calligrapher Edward Johnston record that they sat down together on the same evening in 1906 and first tried their hand at wood-engraving. Gill's engravings combine the elegant hand of the calligrapher with the pared-down approach of the stone-carver, and his beautifully carved woodblocks, which were used to print his engravings, have sometimes been exhibited as sculptures in their own right.
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Often Gill's prints were what might be classed as ephemera, but the subjects and patrons are no less fascinating: a 1908 Christmas card for Roger Fry featuring a nativity scene, ex libris bookplates for bibliophiles, ordination cards for the Reverend Desmond Chute, and pamphlets advertising his idiosyncratic views on everything from birth control to the wearing of trousers. His work for the St Dominic's Press in Ditchling before 1924, and later Robert Gibbing's Golden Cockerel Press, and from 1928 the Pigotts Press, was equally extensive and varied. His illustrations for 'The Song of Songs' (Golden Cockerel Press, 1925) such as the provocative 'Dancer' and 'Stay me with Apples' perhaps, more than anything else, allowed Gill to combine both religious and erotic elements with a liberated confidence as they were based on Biblical text, but nevertheless caused great offence amongst his Catholic colleagues. Yet it is images such as his iconic 1922 engraving 'Girl in the Bath' depicting his daughter Petra that have latterly caused so much consternation in the light of revelations about Gill's incestuous relationships, even leading to calls for his great 'Stations of the Cross' in Westminster Cathedral to be removed. As viewers this information may be troubling and difficult to reconcile with Christian ideals, but as Fiona MacCarthy has observed, "after the initial shock, as Gill's history of adulteries, incest, and experimental connection with his dog became public knowledge in the late 1980s, the consequent reassessment of his life and art left his artistic reputation strengthened. Gill emerged as one of the twentieth century's strangest and most original controversialists, a sometimes infuriating, always arresting spokesman for man's continuing need of God in an increasingly materialistic civilization, and for intellectual vigour in an age of encroaching triviality." Exhibition (The De'Longhi Print Room) Eric Gill: Sacred and Profane 24 November 2009–28 February 2010 Talk Eric Gill the Printmaker by Ruth Cribb Thurs 14 January 2010, 6pm
Eric Gill, Nature and Nakedness / © The Estate of Eric Gill / Bridgeman Art
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The Ice Woman Cometh Emma Stibbon
This winter, the Garden Gallery will be hung with a new series of alpine landscape woodcuts by the Bristol-based artist, Emma Stibbon. Here she explains in her own words, some of the techniques and ideas behind her works and the mysterious allure of glacial landscapes. 'In 2007/08 I set out on an extensive trip to the Alps to look at what remains of Summer Alpine glaciers. The awesome spectacle of glacial features inspired me to want to look further at the impact of ice on the landscape. My interest was also provoked by reading new glacier monitoring research that showed by 2050 about 75 per cent of the glaciers in the Swiss Alps are likely to have disappeared - what we now see as white peaks now may soon be a much darker horizon. I am interested in glaciers both as dynamic features and as places of psychological imagining. There is something mysterious about such a large gleaming mass on the move. I made the 'Firn' edition of woodcuts as part of a larger body of work looking at glaciated landscapes. Firn is the glaciological term for old snow, which has survived one summer melt season, but is not yet glacial ice. The series of four images show various sites that I visited including two hanging glaciers. I often make my work in response to places that are in some kind of flux or change. A recurring interest in my work is in the forces of nature; how it can geologically change or glacially erode landscape. Emma Stibbon, Firn 1, © The Artist
I have been working in woodcut for some time now, usually on a much larger scale than the 'Firn' edition. I am attracted to the distinct graphic immediacy of the process; cutting light out of a dark plane lends a tonal drama to the printed image. I enjoy the physicality of chiseling wood, which perhaps equates with the erosion of rock. I also enjoy wood as a material; the grain direction can determine the type of mark you cut and gives a texture to the image. I made the edition of woodcuts 'Firn' in response to an invitation from Xylon, an international relief printmaking group based in Switzerland. Xylon was founded in 1953, and previous editions include artists such as Michael Rothenstein. The suite of prints 'Firn' are from the artists' epreuve, mounted as a portfolio in an edition of 50. I cut the blocks and supplied printed proofs (BATs) for the edition, which was printed in Switzerland by letterpress'. You can see more of Stibbon's work in her solo show 'StadtLandschaften' at the University of Brighton Gallery from 9–31 January 2010. Exhibition (Garden Gallery) Emma Stibbon: Firn 1 December 2009–14 February 2010 Artist's Talk Emma Stibbon Thurs 11 February, 6pm 29
Working together Artists First Steve Canby, Brenda Carr, Carol Chilcott, Joan Clews, Brenda Cook, Brian Davis, Tom Hodson, Kevin Hogan, Tina Kelly, Liz Lane, Jacky Long, Sarah McGeevy, Claude Rimmer, Nicholas Selway, Kathy Stewart, Peter Sutton
Ahead of their exhibition in the Studio this December, the artist collective Artists First describe how together, they are much more than the sum of their parts. 'We are a group of sixteen artists based in Bristol. We are disabled visual artists with learning difficulties. Some of us have been together for a long time, since 1988 and Artists First has gone through many changes. We have learned a lot and we feel very strong and important as a group. Our job is to come together with our art, support each other and move it on. We want to exhibit and sell our work, to show we are strong and share our art with other people. We work to get our art noticed so people can see what we have done and see us as experienced artists: artists first. We want to be valued and respected as artists. We want to reach as many people as possible with our art. Having the chance to make art is a wonderful thing, it is what we want to achieve in our lives, it is the job we want to do and Artists First is how we will do it. There are lots of reasons why it is important for us to have exhibitions. It is important because we can share our art with people. It is important to show them how hard we work and how we work together. We come together with our art. We are serious about our art. Art brings people together; it links people up. We also want to sell our work because then we know how much someone likes our art, if they hang it on their wall at home.
Having people come to see our art makes it bigger and more important and it can make things happen. When people start coming together and linking with us, we are like a big company of people that is open to anyone and everyone. It makes our art all the stronger; we become a wider range of people coming together through art. It makes art more accessible and exciting, it opens more and more doors, lets more and more people in; that’s what art does. We have so many years of experience. We have lost people and we have gained people. All the experience we have makes us know what art can do, that it never stops and it will keep growing for the next generation. We also know that people learn through art. Art is very powerful in this way, it is all about moving on. We believe that art can make a difference to people’s lives, we have proved it. We would like to say to people, come and see our work, come and meet us. Let us know what you think, whether you like our work, or not. We hope our art will make you think differently, we hope our art will talk to you in many different ways'. Exhibition (Studio) Artists First 1 December 2009–3 January 2010 Brenda Cook, Man in Shorts © The Artist
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Henry Moore Textiles Paperback (London: Lund Humphries) £20. With an introduction by Sue Pritchard, Curator of Contemporary Textiles at the Victoria and Albert Museum, this is the definitive book to accompany the exhibition Henry Moore Textiles.
Limited Edition Henry Moore Scarf A unique product produced by Pallant House Gallery to celebrate the Henry Moore Textiles exhibition in Chichester, this silk scarf (90x90mm), is the first time the Henry Moore design 'Fruit and Flowers' has been printed onto fabric for sixty years, and the first time ever on silk. Inspired by the silk scarves Moore first produced in 1943, this limited edition scarf bridges art and fashion. £85 (£75 Friends). Call the Bookshop for more information. NB: The image above is used for illustrative purposes only.
Limited Edition Henry Moore Textiles Framed squares of two of Moore’s best-loved fabric designs, reproduced by the Henry Moore Foundation onto linen, are available to purchase, framed in one of three sizes. £POA. Contact the shop for more details and to order your artwork.
Henry Moore, Heads, 1945-46, © Ascher Studio, reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation
Henry Moore, Treble Clef, Zigzag and Oval Safety Pins, 1946-47, © Ascher Studio, reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation
Pallant House Gallery Christmas Card Henry Moore’s Multi-Coloured Reclining Figure (1967) Using one of Henry Moore’s own designs for a Christmas Card produced in 1967 for Galerie Beyeler, the original lithograph in four colours is reproduced this year as the Gallery’s Christmas Card. Packs of 10, £6. Henry Moore, Multicoloured Reclining Figure, 1967, reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation Photo by Michael Phipps
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Limited Edition Bobbie Rainbow Artists’ Proofs Your last chance to buy one of only six remaining artists’ proofs of the sold-out edition of Bobbie Rainbow, Peter Blake’s homage to the fictitious child of Babe Rainbow, the famous woman wrestler created by the artist for the BIBA store in 1968. £500 for signed and dated artist proof from edition of 2000.
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The Art of Entertaining Venue Hire at Pallant House Gallery
The Venue Hire brochure can be viewed online at www.pallant.org.uk (Click on Information and scroll down to Venue Hire) For further details please contact Helen Martin, Events Co-ordinator on 01243 770838 or h.ward@pallant.org.uk Michael Andrews, Colony Room 1, 1962, Oil on board, Pallant House Gallery (Wilson Gift through The Art Fund), Š June Andrews
Jacob Epstein Torso in Metal from the 'The Rock Drill', 1913–14, Bronze, 70.5 x 58.4 x 44.5 cm, Tate, London , Photo ©Tate, London 2009, © The estate of Sir Jacob Epstein; Susie MacMurray © The Artist
Gallery News 'Accentuate' the Positive Based on the International Paralympic values of tackling disadvantage, raising aspirations and celebrating excellence, 'Accentuate' is a regional scheme which aims to reward new and innovative projects informed by these values. Pallant House Gallery is delighted to have been awarded a grant from 'Accentuate' for the groundbreaking work started in the Step Up project, which will ensure the continuation of the research begun into the collections with marginalised and disabled artists.
Jacob Epstein, Torso in Metal from the 'The Rock Drill'
Where the Wild Things Are This winter the Royal Academy of Arts plays host to 'Wild Thing: Epstein, Gaudier-Brzeska, Gill', an exhibition celebrating the radical transformation of British sculpture at the beginning of the 20th century. The show will contain more than 90 works including sculptures, drawings and pastels and will focus on the key achievements of each artist and their impact on British sculpture, bringing together many spectacular works, including Epstein's robotic masterpiece Rock Drill, Gaudier's innovative carving of Birds Erect, and Gill's controversial carving of the sexual act called Ecstasy. The exhibition runs until 24 January 2010. The Art of Entertaining From the Galleria to the courtyard, Pallant House Gallery offers spectacular spaces for private entertaining. Seminars, conferences, away days, drinks receptions, banquets, parties and private dinners – all with a backdrop of the most inspiring and stimulating art of the 20th century. For more information contact Helen Martin on 01243 770838.
Open Season This autumn sees the return of the annual National Open Art Competition to Chichester. Open to artists of any age from around the UK; professional or amateur, with a prize fund of £40,000, entries will be judged this year by a panel including the contemporary artist Gavin Turk, and Catherine Lampert. You can see the winning entries displayed in the Garden Gallery from 24–29 November 2009, following the exhibition of the finalists' work at the Minerva Theatre in Chichester. www.thenationalopenartcompetition.com Here Come the Girls Constructed from hundred of wine glasses smudged with various shades of lipstick, 'Here comes the Girls' is the latest installation from Shell artist Susie MacMurray. The work will be suspended in Manchester Art Gallery's ten metre high atrium space to accompany the gallery's current exhibition 'Angels of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism' on show until 10 January 2010. For more information go to www.manchestergalleries.org.
Susie MacMurray, Here Come the Girls
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Gallery News St Wilfrid’s Open Art Competition Following the success of the inaugural 'Open Art Competition' earlier this year, a second is planned for September 2010. Organised in aid of St Wilfrid's Hospice and culminating in an exhibition of selected works in the Studio at Pallant House Gallery, the competition offers an opportunity for local artists to display their work whilst supporting an important cause. Register your interest by emailing openart@stwh.co.uk or calling 01243 755827. Amy Douglas, Sisters, © The Artist
Hussey Memorial Commission Chichester Cathedral have announced the artists short-listed to create a new artwork for the central aerial space within the Cathedral. The commission, marking the centenary of Water Hussey (1909–1985), asks for a contemporary interpretation of the resurrected Christ and to ‘inspire a sense of contemplation and engage the imaginations of all who visit’. The artists are Dorothy Cross, Antony Gormley, Ana Maria Pacheco, Cornelia Parker, Jaume Plensa, and Mark Wallinger and their designs will be on view at the Cathedral from November.
BRINGING THE OUTSIDE IN We are delighted to announce that three artworks by Outsider Artists included in the recent Outside In exhibition have been acquired for the Gallery with the help of financial support from Jackie and Steve Street. 'In Awe' by Outside In award winner David Jones, 'Building 3' by Albert, Albert, Building 3, © The Artist and Chaz Waldren's 'Prayer' have been selected to form part of the Gallery's permanent collection. In addition two other pieces from the Outside In display, 'Broken Pine' by Ron Peponis and 'Around' by Philippa King have been purchased by The Archive, Bethlem Museum, Bethlem Royal Hospital, London for their permanent collection.
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Bookshop goes Live Now you can shop even when the Gallery’s closed with the all new Pallant House Gallery Bookshop website. Browse all your favourite titles at leisure from the comfort of your own home, order online and receive the book delivered to your door. Visit pallantbookshop.com And don't miss your free bookmark with every magazine.
Once upon a time.. Pallant House Gallery has received funding from the Museums Libraries and Archives Council to deliver a series of family story telling events led by an experienced story teller. The project will support disabled children and their families to engage with Outside In and the outstanding examples of Outsider Art found within the collections. The sessions will also help to challenge the way disability is represented within art and encourage the groups to create new narratives and stories which engage with perceptions of disability.
Chairman of the Friends' Letter Lady Nicholas Gordon LennoxTickets 01243 774557 (Booking Required)
© Lee Miller Archives, England 2009. All rights reserved.
Lee Miller, Saul Steinberg, 1952
DEAR FRIENDS It is now a few months since we launched the Free by 2012 Appeal. Our target for this is £4million. When we are certain that the gallery is financially secure for future years we can consider free entry for everyone to the permanent exhibitions. To reach this goal in today's financial climate is a mammoth challenge and the support of the Friends of the Gallery will be of vital importance to us in this endeavour.
The Friends' annual Christmas Party will take place on 5th January to celebrate Twelfth Night. The number of Christmas events being organised is so busy for everyone that we thought we would change it to after Christmas in the hope that more of you will be able to come. This will be a cocktails and canapés party in the Galleria. Please book your place early to avoid disappointment.
I am sure you know about the Art Raffle with original artworks generously given by the likes of Antony Gormley, Peter Blake and Lord Snowdon amongst the prizes. We need to sell as many tickets as possible before the raffle is drawn on 3 December. There is a book included with this magazine so if you have not bought any yet, do think about it and perhaps sell some to your friends.
A new benefit for the Friends is the Friends' Private View which is being held on the first Sunday after the opening of the Henry Moore exhibition on Sunday 15th November at 11am. There is no need to book in advance but do come early as the Gallery must be open to the public at 12.30pm as usual. De'Longhi will be serving free coffee. Once more, I want to thank you for all your support. Should you have any ideas for fundraising or you might be prepared to organise an event in aid of the Appeal, please contact Gillian Thompson in the Friends' Office.
Lady Nicholas Gordon Lennox
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What's On Friends' Events
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Friends Private View: Henry Moore Textiles Sun 15 Nov, 11am An opportunity for Friends to enjoy their own private view of the main autumn and winter exhibition. De' Longhi coffee and biscuits will be provided West Dean Tapestry Studio Tues 24 Nov, 2–4.30pm A special guided tour of the Professional Tapestry Studio led by Carron Penney, Head of Studio followed by a good tea (tea, sandwiches and cakes) in the Dining Room of West Dean House. Make your own way there by car or public transport (or contact the Friends Office for help with transport arrangements). £10 includes tea and tour.
Whitechapel Gallery, London, Photograph by Gavin Jackson
Coffee and Mince Pies Weds 2 Dec, 10.30am Enjoy an informal talk in the De'Longhi Print Room by Simon Martin on the exhibition 'Eric Gill: Sacred and Profane.' £5 includes De'Longhi coffee and mince pies. Twelfth Night Party Mon 5 Jan, 5.30–7.30pm Join us for music, cocktails, canapés and conversation in the Galleria, as well as a sneak preview of our forthcoming twelve-month programme of visits and events including the 'Friends Away' trips. There will also be a PowerPoint slideshow of highlights of the 2009 Friends Programme. £15
West Dean Tapestry Studio
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Pallant House Gallery Friends
Young Friends Victorian Christmas Party Thurs 17 Dec, 5.30–7.30pm Free, See page 45 for details.
London: East End Galleries Day Tues 26 Jan, 9am–7pm A day to sample and enjoy the eclectic gallery offerings in the Hoxton Square area beginning with the Whitechapel Gallery in the morning followed by the White Cube Gallery and Victoria Miro in the afternoon. Have lunch in nearby Brick Lane or the acclaimed restaurant at the Whitechapel Gallery itself (we shall give you a list of possible lunch venues on the day). £30 or £12.50 for those who wish to join the visit in London (lunch is not included in the ticket price) Friends' Art Book Club Thurs, 6.30–8pm 14 Jan / 11 Feb / 25 March Back by popular demand, the Book Club will be led once again by Greg Mosse, creative writing teacher and co-director of the Chichester Writing Festival. The book list is available from the Friends' Office. £5 includes glass of wine
What's On Friends' Events
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Performance Pallant Proms Last Sat. of the month, 12pm 28 Nov / 30 Jan / 27 Feb Continuing the new series of concerts by young up-and-coming pianists organised in collaboration with the University of Chichester and the Royal College of Music. £5 (£2.50 Students). Friends free.
Tate St Ives, © Tate
Friends' Tours
The Search for the Real: The Figure from Sickert to Auerbach Fri 20 Nov, 12pm A special tour of the in-focus exhibition exploring the treatment of the human figure in paintings and drawings by artists in the permanent collection including Sickert, Bomberg, Auerbach, Coldstream and Matthew Smith. £5 (£2.50 student Friends) includes coffee/tea and biscuits.
Henry Moore Textiles Weds 20 Jan, 11am A tour of the Henry Moore Textiles exhibition exploring the artist's vibrant textile designs and the fascinating stories behind their production. The tour will be led by Anita Feldman from the Henry Moore Foundation. £5 (£2.50 Student Friends) includes coffee/tea and biscuits.
Advance Notice St Ives and Beyond 17–21 May 2010 To coincide with the exhibitions, 'John Tunnard' and 'St Ives and Beyond: Ben and Winifred Nicholson and their Circle' at Pallant House Gallery' in spring 2010, the Friends' Away trip will take us to St Ives and area. The visit will include the Barbara Hepworth Museum
and Tate St Ives, as well as Newlyn Art Gallery and The National Maritime Museum in Falmouth. Accommodation will be provided at 'The Garrack Hotel' in St Ives on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis. £550 per person (price includes dinner, bed and breakfast for four nights, coach travel to and from St Ives, and a 'welcome' drink on the first night. It also includes an 'Art Pass' which gives unlimited access to many of the attractions). Please contact the Friends' Office to register your interest.
National Maritime Museum, Falmouth, © Hannah Rose
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What's On
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Talks Henry Moore Textiles: The Search for a New Aesthetic Thurs 26 Nov, 6pm Sue Pritchard, Curator of Contemporary Textiles at the Victoria and Albert Museum and a contributor to the Henry Moore Textiles catalogue, will discuss the artist's distinctive fabrics in the context of twentieth-century textile design. Sue Pritchard will be signing copies of her books in the Gallery Bookshop. £8 (students £6.25, Friends £4.25) Pay-Bar in Garden Gallery after Talk. Henry Moore: A Question of Reputation Thurs 3 Dec, 6pm Head of Displays at Tate Britain and Curator of the Tate's forthcoming Henry Moore retrospective, Chris Stephens discusses the artist's life and the development of his work from his early tender carvings and wartime drawings of underground shelters to his later monumental bronzes. Chris Stephens will be signing copies of his book in the Gallery Bookshop. £8 (students £6.25, Friends £4.25) Pay-Bar in Garden Gallery after Talk.
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Emma Stibbon, Firn 4
Eric Gill the Printmaker Thurs 14 Jan, 6pm Ruth Cribb, Grandaughter of Ditchling Community artist Joseph Cribb and Exhibitions organiser at the V&A discusses the etchings of Eric Gill, one of the most celebrated printmakers of the 20th century. £8 (students £6.25, Friends £4.25) Pay-Bar in Garden Gallery after Talk. Artist's talk: Emma Stibbon Thurs 11 Feb, 6pm Leading contemporary printmaker Emma Stibbon provides an insight into the techniques and ideas behind her alpine landscape woodcuts and their link to Northern European romanticism. The artist will be signing copies of the catalogue of her exhibition at the Stadtsmuseum Berlin after the talk. £8 (students £6.25, Friends £4.25) Pay-Bar in Garden Gallery after Talk.
Artwork of the Month Talks An opportunity to hear a Gallery Guide focus on one work from the Collection, exploring techniques and placing it in the context of the artist's life and times. Last Wednesday of the month. Free with Gallery admission. Please meet at reception. No booking required. 'The Open Door' John Armstrong Weds 25 Nov, 12pm '1–5 (The Senses)' Joe Tilson Weds 30 Dec, 12pm 'Crumpled' (part of the Jane Eyre suite) Paula Rego Weds 27 Jan, 12pm 'Reclining Nude' Matthew Smith Weds 24 Feb, 12pm
What's On
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Jake Auerbach Film Season A season of engaging films by Jake Auerbach providing a revealing insight into the lives of leading British artists including RB Kitaj, Paula Rego and Walter Sickert. 'Kitaj: In the Picture' (1994, 40 mins) Thurs 19 Nov, 6pm A remarkably candid look at the life and work of Kitaj from his early days growing up in New York, to working as a merchant seaman, before moving to England where he placed himself at the centre of 'The School of London' with friends David Hockney, Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, Leon Kossoff and Lucian Freud. £8 (students £4) includes a glass of wine and admission. Sickert's London (1992, 48 minutes) Thurs 10 Dec, 6pm Once Britain's most famous artist Sickert drifted into obscurity after his death - ironically rejected for the same inventive spirit that had first made his name. With contributions from artists Howard Hodgkin and Frank Auerbach, and readings by Alan Bennet, Auerbach's film is an extremely good introduction to the methods and haunts of 'one of the undiscovered heroes of modern art.' £7.50 (students £5.75, Friends £3.75) includes admission.
© Jake Auerbach
Paula Rego: Telling Tales (2009, 47 minutes) Thurs 21 Jan, 6pm Born in Portugal, Paula Rego is one of Britain's leading artists. This intimate film follows the artist from her retrospective at the Reina Sofia in Madrid back to the privacy of her studio in London while she talks with humour and candour about her compulsion to produce works that, though accessible, deal with the most private themes. £7.50 (students £5.75, Friends £3.75) includes admission.
Frank Auerbach: To the Studio (2002, 54 minutes) Thurs 25 Feb, 6pm A rare glimpse into the notoriously secret world of Frank Auerbach. The reclusive painter rarely leaves his studio: his main links with the outside world are the models who have sat for him over the last forty years. The film follows Auerbach sketching in the National Gallery and around Camden town, talking about his sitters, his routine, his compulsions, strange rituals, his ambitions and his heroes. £7.50 (students £5.75, Friends £3.75) includes admission.
© Prudence Cuming Ltd
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What's On
Pallant Proms Last Sat. of the month, 12pm 28 Nov / 30 Jan / 27 Feb Continuing the new series of concerts by young up-and-coming pianists organised in collaboration with the University of Chichester and the Royal College of Music. £5 (£2.50 Students) includes admission. Friends free.
Special Event Artists and Authors Fri 27, Sat 28 and Sun 29 Nov Join the Bookshop for some festive shopping with artists and authors to bag some unbeatable offers on leading Modern British Art books. Sponsored by Lund Humphries, this special event organised exclusively for Pallant House Gallery offers visitors discounts up to 15% off their best selling titles including Eric Ravilious, Ivon Hitchens, Peter Blake and Mary Fedden, and the chance to have your copy signed by invited artists and authors over these three days. Free Entry
Exhibition Tours The Search for the Real: The Figure from Sickert to Auerbach Weds 2 Dec, 2.30pm Gallery Guide Alan Bradford explores how figurative artists including Sickert have approached the human form. £8 (students £4.50) includes admission. Henry Moore Textiles Weds 20 Jan, 2.30pm A tour of the Henry Moore Textiles exploring the artist's vibrant textile designs and the fascinating stories behind their production led by Anita Feldman from the Henry Moore Foundation. £8 (students £4.50) includes admission.
Learn more about the Pallant House Gallery collections with these free tours led by the Gallery's knowledgeable guides. Every Saturday at 2pm. Please meet at reception. Free with admission. No booking required.
Thursday Evening Tours Discover a new perspective on familiar works with a themed guided tour every Thursday at 6pm. Please meet at reception. Free with Gallery admission. No booking required. Collectors and Collecting 5 Nov / 7 Jan /25 Feb Get to know the stories behind the extraordinary patrons and collectors who have donated art to the Gallery: including Walter Hussey, Geoffrey Freeman, Charles Kearley and Colin St John Wilson.
Henry Moore, Three Standing Figures
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Highlights Tours
Portraits: Image and Identity 12 Nov / 14 Jan / 4 Mar What does a portrait say about the sitter and their personality? From buttoned-up 18th-century aristocrats to psychologically revealing self-portraits by bohemian artists, here is a chance to find out more.
Henry Moore Three Standing Figures, c.1944, serigraphy in nine colours, rayon, printed by ASCHER, photo: Matt Pia, fabric © Ascher
Performance
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What's On
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Richard Hamilton Swingeing London '67, 1967-68, Relief silkscreen and oil on photo on board, Pallant House Gallery (Wilson Gift through The Art Fund) © The Artist
Creative Liaisons 19 Nov / 21 Jan / 11 Mar Explore the personal stories behind the paintings: love affairs and love triangles, artistic marriages, friends, patrons and rivalries. Landscapes and Modernity 26 Nov / 28 Jan / 18 Mar The idea of landscape has changed over time. This tour explores its depiction in art from classical pastorals through to abstract landscapes by Ivon Hitchens and Michael Andrews. Still Life: The Language of Objects 3 Dec / 4 Feb / 25 Mar The humble still life always reveals more than first appearances. This tour explores how still life has been used a vehicle for artistic innovation from traditional symbolism to Cubism and Pop Art. The Eighteenth Century House: Fine Arts and Furnishings 10 Dec / 11 Feb Explore the interior of the Grade-1 listed Queen Anne townhouse with highlights from the historic collection including artworks by Hogarth, Romney, the Smith Brothers and the Bow Porcelain Factory. Pop Art and the Swinging Sixties 17 Dec / 18 Feb A chance to find out more about the revolution in society in the 1960s heralded by British Pop Art, including iconic works by Peter Blake, Patrick Caulfield, Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi.
Richard Hamilton, Swingeing London '67
Sunday Art Classes A programme of workshops based on the collections and led by artists experienced in traditional art techniques. £9 per person. Life drawing classes £12.50 per person inclusive of £3.50 model charge. Please bring your own art materials, as specified. Please book early as places are limited. Relief Printmaking Sun 29 Nov, 1–4pm Come and learn how to make a relief, vinyl cut block and print on a small press using coloured inks and 'chine colle' (Japanese collage). Artistic Cards and even Moore Sun 13 Dec, 1–4pm Combine creative paper fold and construction techniques to create a unique artistic card. Please bring along a range of your preferred materials, and any images that inspire you or that you would like to incorporate. Paper will be provided.
Life Drawing Sun 10 Jan, 1–4pm Beginning with a series of dramatic, short poses, participants will have the opportunity to respond to a moving model, capturing the dynamic shapes and rhythms using freedom of mark making. Bring a selection from black/coloured inks; chalk/oil pastels and charcoal. Life Drawing Sun 7 Feb, 1–4pm Take inspiration from sculptures in the Pallant House Gallery collections and work in 3D to create your own sculpture using techniques for both modelling and carving in clay. Life Drawing Sun 7 Mar, 1–4pm Using selected works from the figurative exhibition 'The Search for the Real', explore a range of diverse techniques from expressive charcoal drawing to the use of a precise line. Bring a range of materials of your choice, a fine line pen and good quality paper. 43
What's On Artwork of the Month Workshops Participants need to bring their own art materials, as specified. Please book early as places are limited £6 per person (plus a £3.50 model charge where applicable) 'The Open Door'
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'1–5 (The Senses)' by Joe Tilson Weds 30 Dec, 1–3pm Joe Tilson's ‘1-5 (The Senses)’ uses different images linked by a common theme and plays on the relationship between word and image. Create your own work based on this concept using montage, collage and assemblage. Please bring mark-making materials, along with any found images. 'Crumpled' by Paula Rego Weds 27 Jan, 1–3pm Using pen and ink draw a clothed figure and experiment with mark making to show folds and creases on fabric. Bring pen and ink and good quality, smooth cartridge paper.
John Armstrong, The Open Door, Pallant House Gallery (On loan from a Private Collection, 2006) © Artist's Estate
by John Armstrong Weds 25 Nov, 1pm–3pm Create a shallow 3D construction of a view through an open door or gateway using paper sculpture, collage and painting techniques. The emphasis will be on using the imagination, having fun and creating a surreal juxtaposition of elements. Bring your choice of water-based paints, drawing materials or collage materials.
Family Workshop Clothkits Sat 12 Dec, 10.15-11.45am, 12.15-1.45pm and 2.30-4pm. Forty years after they were originally established, Clothkits are back. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn to stitch your own Clothkit cushion decorated in a design commissioned specially for the Gallery to coincide with the Henry Moore textiles exhibition. Sewing machines and Clothkit materials will be provided. £9 per family (one parent/ guardian + one child), ages 8+
'Reclining Nude' by Matthew Smith Weds 24 Feb, 1–3pm Explore the colour palette of the artist Sir Matthew Smith. Please bring your choice of paints and canvas or good quality paper.
© Pallant House Gallery/Clothkits 2009
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Children's Saturday Workshops Please book early as places are limited £6 per child Stencil designs Sat 28 Nov, 10.15am–12.15pm Taking two contrasting images from Henry Moore's textiles for inspiration make your own stencils and use them to create new and exciting designs. (Ages 5–10) Creating Moore textiles Sat 9 Jan, 10.15am–12.15pm Drawing on the Henry Moore textiles exhibition for design ideas, create your own designer fabric using textile paint and dye. (Ages 11+) Textile Transformation Sat 23 Jan, 10.15am–12.15pm Transform a plain square of fabric by creating your own original motif design painted with vivid colours. (Ages 11–14) Exploring Pattern Sat 6 Feb, 10.15am–12.15pm Drawing inspiration from the Henry Moore exhibition come and find out how to work with natural shapes in mono-print and wax resist using sizzling colours. (Ages 5–10)
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Weave Moore than Meets the Eye Sat 6 Mar, 10.15am–12.15pm Using the bright colours used by Henry Moore in his textile designs, have a go at weaving found objects and materials into a woven wall hanging. Bring along any brightly coloured buttons and beads you may have spare. (Ages 5–10)
Children's (Ages 5-16) FREE Holiday Workshops Booking essential as places are limited Shocking Pink and Acid Green Sat 19 Dec, 10.15am–12.15pm (repeated 1.15–3.15pm) Have a look at the Henry Moore textiles exhibition and find patterns of sea creatures and twisting caterpillars to inspire you to create your own vibrant designs. Please wear old clothes and bring along pictures of sea creatures, caterpillars etc. Create a Mood Tues 16 Feb, 10.15am–12.15pm (repeated 1.15–3.15pm) Be inspired by Henry Moore's textile designs to create an experimental mood board using collage and a range of drawing and printing techniques.
Young Friends Christmas Party Young Friends Victorian Christmas Party Thurs 17 Dec, 5.30-7.30pm Come to a Victorian Christmas party, make a willow star to take home and decorations for the Young Friends Christmas Tree. Then join us for some story-telling and carol singing in the magical old house. If you can, come dressed up! (if not, we will have some items for you when you arrive). Free for Pallant House Gallery Young Friends. Young Friends aged under 5 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.
Community Programme To find out more about the Community Programme please contact the Head of Learning. Hans Feibusch Club Thurs, 2.30–4.30pm Free art workshops for Partners in Art and other community groups and individuals that require extra support. Please book early.
Designs to Dye for Sat 27 Feb, 10.15am–12.15pm Work with resist techniques and dyes to create bright, vibrant designs on textiles. (Ages 11–14) 45
What's On Events Calender Key Friends Events and Visits Public Talks, Films and Performances Public Tours Adult/ Student Art Classes, Course and Workshops Children’s and Family Workshops Community Events December 2009
November 2009 Thurs 5
6pm
Collectors and Collecting
Weds 2
10.30am
Friends Coffee Morning
Sat 7
2pm
Collection Highlights
Weds 2
2.30pm
Search for the Real
Thurs 12
6pm
Portraits: Image and identity
Thurs 3
2.30pm
Hans Feibusch Club
Thurs 12
2.30pm
Hans Feibusch Club
Thurs 3
6pm
Moore: A Question of Reputation
Thurs 12
6pm
Lubin Tales book launch
Thurs 3
Art Raffle Draw
Sat 14
2pm
Collection Highlights
Thurs 3
6pm
Still Life: Language of Objects
Sun 15
11am
Henry Moore Textiles Private View
Thurs 3
6pm
Late Night Christmas
Thurs 19
2.30pm
Hans Feibusch Club
Sat 5
2pm
Collection Highlights
Thurs 19
6pm
Film: Kitaj
Mon 7
10am
Christmas Shopping
Thurs 19
6pm
Creative Liaisons
Thurs 10
2.30pm
Hans Feibusch Club
Fri 20
12pm
Search for the Real Tour
Thurs 10
6pm
Film: Sickert’s London
Sat 21
2pm
Collection Highlights
Thurs 10
6pm
18th Century House
Tues 24
2pm
West Dean Tapestry Studio
Thurs 10
6pm
Late Night Christmas
Weds 25
12pm
Artwork of the Month
Sat 12
2pm
Collection Highlights
Weds 25
1pm
Artwork of the Month
Sat 12
10.15am
Clothkits
Thurs 26
2.30pm
Hans Feibusch Club
Sat 12
12.15am
Clothkits (repeated)
Thurs 26
6pm
Henry Moore Textiles
Sat 12
2.30pm
Clothkits (repeated)
Thurs 26
6pm
Moore: Search for a New Aesthetic
Sun 13
1pm
Artistic Cards and even Moore
Thurs 26
6pm
Landscapes and Modernity
Mon 14
10am
Christmas Shopping
Fri 27
10am
Authors and Artists Booksigning
Thurs 17
2.30pm
Hans Feibusch Club
Sat 28
10am
Authors and Artists Booksigning
Thurs 17
5.30pm
Young Friends Party
Sat 28
10.15am
Stencil Designs
Thurs 17
6pm
Pop Art and the Swinging 60s
Sat 28
2pm
Collection Highlights
Thurs 17
6pm
Late Night Christmas
Sat 28
12pm
Pallant Proms
Sat 19
2pm
Collection Highlights
Sun 29
12.30pm
Authors and Artists Booksigning
Sat 19
10.15am
Shocking Pink and Acid Green
Sun 29
1pm
Relief Printmaking
Sat 19
1.15pm
Shocking Pink (repeated)
Mon 21
10am
Christmas Shopping
Thurs 24
Gallery closes at 5pm
Fri 25
Gallery closed
Sat 26
Gallery closed
Sun 27
Gallery Open 12.30-5pm
Mon 28
Gallery Open 12.30-5pm
Weds 30
12pm
Artwork of the Month
Weds 30
1pm
Artwork of the Month
Thurs 31
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What's On Events Calender January 2010
February 2010
Fri 1
Gallery closed
Thurs 4
2.30pm
Hans Feibusch Club
Sat 2
11am
Collection Highlights
Thurs 4
6pm
Still Life: Language of Objects
Mon 5
5.30pm
12th Night Party
Sat 6
2pm
Collection Highlights
Thurs 7
6pm
Collectors and Collecting
Sat 6
10.15am
Exploring Pattern
Sat 9
2pm
Collection Highlights
Sun 7
1pm
Life Drawing
Sat 9
10.15am
Creating Moore Textiles
Thurs 11
2.30pm
Hans Feibusch Club
Sun 10
1pm
Life Drawing
Thurs 11
6pm
Emma Stibbon
Thurs 14
2.30pm
Hans Feibusch Club
Thurs 11
6pm
18th Century House
Thurs 14
6pm
Eric Gill the Printmaker
Thurs 11
6.30pm
Art Book Club
Thurs 14
6pm
Portraits: Image and identity
Sat 13
2pm
Collection Highlights
Thurs 14
6.30pm
Art Book Club
Tues 16
10.15am
Create a Mood
Sat 16
2pm
Collection Highlights
Tues 16
1.15pm
Create a Mood (repeated)
Sat 16
10am
Free Entry Day
Thurs 18
2.30pm
Hans Feibusch Club
Weds 20
11am
Henry Moore Textiles Tour
Thurs 18
6pm
Pop Art and the Swinging 60s
Weds 20
2.30pm
Henry Moore Textiles
Thurs 21
2.30pm
Hans Feibusch Club
Sat 20
2pm
Collection Highlights
Thurs 21
6pm
Film: Paula Rego
Weds 24
12pm
Artwork of the Month
Thurs 21
6pm
Creative Liaisons
Weds 24
1pm
Artwork of the Month
Sat 23
2pm
Collection Highlights
Thurs 25
2.30pm
Hans Feibusch Club
Sat 23
10.15am
Textile Transformation
Thurs 25
6pm
Collectors and Collecting
Tues 26
9am
London: East End Galleries Day
Thurs 25
6pm
Film: Frank Auerbach
Weds 27
12pm
Artwork of the Month
Sat 27
2pm
Collection Highlights
Weds 27
1pm
Artwork of the Month
Sat 27
10.15am
Designs to Dye for
Thurs 28
2.30pm
Hans Feibusch Club
Sat 27
12pm
Pallant Proms
Thurs 28
6pm
Landscapes and Modernity
Sat 30
12noon
Pallant Proms
March 2010 Thurs 4
2.30pm
Hans Feibusch Club
Thurs 4
6pm
Portraits: Image and identity
Sat 6
2pm
Collection Highlights
Sat 6
10.15am
Weave Moore than meets the Eye
Sun 7
1pm
Life Drawing
Thurs 11
6pm
Creative Liaisons
Sat 13
2pm
Collection Highlights
Thurs 18
6pm
Landscapes and Modernity
Sat 20
2pm
Collection Highlights
Thurs 25
6pm
Still Life: Language of Objects
Thurs 25
6.30pm
Art Book Club
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Roll Up, Roll Up: The Art Raffle Time is running out to buy tickets for the Pallant House Gallery Art Raffle to be in with a chance of winning an original artwork by the likes of Antony Gormley, Peter Blake, and Lee Miller. Tickets are just £2 and all proceeds will go towards the Pallant House Gallery appeal. We are extremely grateful to all those who have supported us so far but if you have not already done so please return the book included with postal copies of the magazine or pass them on to some of your friends. Thank you.
Clockwise from Top Left Antony Gormley, From Below, 2008, © The Artist; Peter Blake, Bobbie Rainbow, 2001, Lithoprint on tin, Commissioned by Pallant House Gallery (2001) © The Artist; Lord Snowdon, Jean Quick (Advertisement for Courtauld Hats), 1957, © Snowdon; Lee Miller, Saul Steinberg at Long Man of Wilmington, East Sussex, England, 1952, © Lee Miller Archives, England 2009. All rights reserved.
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Mark Knopfler: Get Lucky Fundraising Concert for Pallant House Gallery
Stephanie and John Illsley
Christian and Emma Flackett
Nigel Brookes, Lorna Dunphy, Peter Blake, Frank Dunphy
Thomas and Nick Allott
Leon and Guy Fletcher
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Mark Knopfler
Photographs by Peter Cripps
The Scottish Colourists: Paintings from The Fleming Collection
Selina Skipwith
Richard Jordan
Stefan van Raay and Fiona Smythe
Thomas Eggar: Peter Green, Michael Camps, Richard Jordan, Catherine Angel, Caroline de Vries, Tina Webster, Vicky Day, Alistair MacFarlene
Margaret Brown and Lucy Brown
Garret and Jane-Marie Turley
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David and Mary Bowerman
All Photographs by Jason Hedges
Outside In 2009
Pat, Lisa, Susan and Eric
Neil Pearce
Tom Paine
Jonathan, Bettine and Mike Bond
Luana Steene
RĂŠgis Cochefert
Susan Potter
Sarah Carter and Beth Elliot
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Louella Forest and Ton Hannon
All Photographs by Jason Hedges
Danielle Hodson
Carlo Keshishian David Jones
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Outside In 2009 Award Winners Here are the winning six works from Outside In 2009: the open art competition for marginalised artists across the South of England, curated by Pallant House Gallery. The artworks are: 'Picture Worth a Thousand Words' by Carlo Keshishian, 'Talk – talk' by Jasna Nikolic's, 'Swallow' by Danielle Hodson, In Awe' by David Jones's, Kwei Eden's, 'Colossal' and Peter Andrews, 'My Interpretation'. Each was named as the winning entries to the biennial competition for marginalised artists at a prizegiving ceremony held at the Gallery on Friday 7th August (photos of the evening are opposite).
The six prize-winning works were selected by a panel of judges which included: Stefan van Raay; La Collection Bretanique, the UK's largest collection of artists working on the margins of Society; and private collector Rose Knox-Peebles. Each award-winner now has the opportunity either to undertake a residency or have a solo exhibition at Pallant House Gallery.
Jasna Nikolic
Peter Andrews
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Artwork of the Month Jock Johnston
The new exhibition 'The Search for the Real' will explore the artistic treatment of the human figure from Sickert to Auerbach, including artists such as David Bomberg, William Coldstream, John Minton, Matthew Smith and Paula Rego. Arguably one of the most important British figurative artists, Rego was born in Portugal in 1935. A new museum dedicated to her life and work called simply the 'House of Stories' was opened in September in Cascais, the seaside village near Lisbon where she was born. It is an apt title for a gallery celebrating the most powerful narrative painter of her generation, who was married to the British artist Victor Willing. Drawing on the rich imagery of Classical mythology, European folk-fairy tales, Roman Catholicism and her own turbulent past, Rego fills her work with characters and incidents as vivid and as potently complex as any to be found in a nineteenth-century novel. It is little wonder that she could, and did, turn her hand to producing the suite of 25 extraordinary lithographs in illustration, or rather in enactment, of 56
the dramatic incidents in Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre'. Through the Golder-Thompson Gift, Pallant House Gallery now has one of these lithographs, which were printed by the Curwen Studios: 'Crumpled' presents the moment when Jane is imprisoned in the red room – prostrate but unbowed. In Jane's words: "Mrs Abbot, impatient of my now frantic anguish and wild sobs, abruptly thrust me back and locked me in; without farther parley. I heard her sweeping away and soon after she was gone. I suppose I had a species of fit: unconsciousness closed the scene." Exhibition The Search for the Real: The Human Figure from Sickert to Auerbach 28 October 2009–23 May 2010 Talk Artwork of the Month: 'Crumpled' by Paula Rego Wednesday 27 January 2010, 12pm Workshop Artwork of the Month: 'Crumpled' by Paula Rego Wednesday 27 January 2010, 1–3pm Film 'Paula Rego: Telling Tales' a new documentary film by Jake Auerbach Thursday 21 January 2010, 6pm
© Paula Rego
As a collections display of figurative art goes on display in Room 4, Gallery Guide Jock Johnston discusses one of the key pieces from the show, which is the Artwork of the Month for January 2010: 'Crumpled' from the Jane Eyre Suite by Paula Rego.
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