Wednesday 2 June 2021

Bevere Gallery, May 2021




Bevere Gallery, May 2021 exhibition.




A variety of makers in this excellent new exhibition. This is the only gallery in our area that exhibits Christy Keeney's work - he's one of my favourite ceramicists - not that keen on the owls, though. I was pleased to see new work by Walter Keeler, Lara Scobie, Katharina Klug, Jamma Gowland.





Adam Buick, A Journey Jar




Adam Buick, Moon Jar




Finn Dam Rassmussen




Jitka Palmer




Sharon Griffin




Christy Keeney, Horse's Head

'I visited a retrospective exhibition of Picasso at the Tate gallery in the early 1980s when I was at college, and many of my influences came from seeing that work. Especially a collection of small card-board cutout and folded, figurative sculptures. These simple two dimensional pieces opened a world of possibilities on how I would approach my own work'.






Adam Buick, Moon Jars




Christy Keeney




Christy Keeney




Christy Keeney




Katharina Klug




Katharina Klug




Walter Keeler

A few years ago I went to a lecture and demonstrationby Walter Keeler. You can see it here




Walter Keeler




Laura Murphy




Laura Murphy




Laura Murphy




Lara Scobie

Scobie's vessels are slip-cast in porcelain and Parian clay. Constructed from soft slabs of clay, her ceramics have delicate rims and edges - line drawings and decoration is applied to the painted surfaces.




Lara Scobie




Lara Scobie




Christy Keeney, Owl




Grainne Watts




Matthew Blakely 




Matthew Blakely 


 




Graham Williamson




Graham Williamson



Ali Tomlin




Pete Doherty




Pete Doherty




Nicola Richards







Chris Carter




Chris Carter




Gemma Gowland

Gowland's current work explores the way that girls are constrained from birth to conform to an appearance and code of behaviour,  to present a perfect face and maintain the expectations of others. The disrupted surfaces describe the vulnerability beneath.











And a painting:



Janet James, Norwegian Triptych (oil on canvas)



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