ARTIST AT WORK

No.54 June Lisle, Primavera

50 x 50cm, acrylic on canvas, £650

If my work remains focused on colour, it’s because there seems no other choice for me. This is what

I take the most pleasure in and always have, and it is this delight in colour that I hope to communicate to others. Very often too, I am seeking a balance between abstraction and figuration. Subject matter or inspirational ideas are based on locations; recently my garden or even inside my house. Inspiration can also come from philosophy and history. As Picasso said, ‘Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.’

Now aged 95, the physical limitations of the last 12 years keep everything I work on on a small scale. Acrylic and mixed media suit me; and I can combine them with collage, on canvas or paper. I particularly love Braque and Picasso and recently Raoul Dufy. Looking at their work continues to offer insights and inspiration. Maurice Denis reminds us, ‘We are the inheritors of a visual legacy that cannot be ignored.’ Nevertheless, to me, it is the inner impulse which leads me to work and develop.

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Tuesday 2nd - Sunday 30th May (Tuesday - Saturday)

Visual Rhythm: An Exhibition by 5 artists from Dorset Visual Arts’ Salon Group

East Lambrook Manor Gardens, Somerset, TA13 5HH

Paintings inspired by the colours in the garden and in the gifts of flowers.

We reach the penultimate film of this season at Cinematheque with another stunning South Korean gem. Park Chan-wook won Best Director Award at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival for his wonderful Decision to Leave (2022), a sublime Hitchcockian thriller which we show on 31st May. Following his excellent, The Handmaiden, also previously seen at Cinematheque, is this seductive, contemporary tale of a policeman getting a little too close to the murder he is trying to solve.

Hae-joon is a happily married detective investigating

On Film

Andy Hastie, Yeovil Cinematheque

the mysterious death of a climber when suspicion falls on the man’s entrancing young wife, Seo-rae. Even as her alibi clears her, Hae-joon is unable to end his surveillance. Is this a detective’s intuition or something more? As he digs deeper into the investigation he finds himself immersed in a web of deception and desire for this enigmatic femme fatale. Is she genuine or cleverly manipulating him through one twisting story turn after another? Drawing on such films as The Big Sleep (1946) to Basic Instinct (1992), and Vertigo (1958) to House of Flying Daggers (2004), using such an internationally

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‘Sumptuous....an intoxicating spell’

Total Film Magazine

familiar theme helps break down cultural barriers enabling universal appeal.

With two ultra-charismatic leading actors, Park Chan-wook has crafted an ingeniously plotted mesmeric mystery, where quick-fire scenes drive the narrative, but also leave the viewer guessing at the precise meaning and significance of complex images and intricacies of the plot details. This is a visually beautiful intelligent film from a director working at the peak of his powers, and one not to be missed.

‘ ’ The Guardian, ‘Sensational’ The Daily Telegraph, ‘Sumptuous....an intoxicating spell’ cinematheque.org.uk swan-theatre.co.uk

Total Film Magazine.

I am off this month to a Cinema for All viewing day in Bath to help select films for our next season. There are a lot of particularly excellent new films being released at the moment so I will report back on what I have seen. If you haven’t tried us already do come as a guest for £5 to see the wonderful Decision to Leave at a great venue. All details are on the website.

Wednesday 31st May 7.30pm

Decision to Leave (2022) 15

Cinematheque, Swan Theatre, 138 Park St, Yeovil BA20 1QT

Members £1, guests £5