getting away!
Anna Barlow | Lydia Blakeley | Day Bowman | Jake Clark | Marguerite Horner Kitty Stirling | Judith Tucker | Amanda Wallwork | Sophie Marritt
july 2018
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Anna Barlow
Softening Solace. 2016. Earthenware, Porcelain, Glazes. h31cm x w32cm x d30cm
Lydia Blakeley
Vacation. 2017. Oil on linen, 152 x 122 cm
Day Bowman
Holiday Destination 2. 2018 Oil, charcoal and conte on canvas, 152 x 168 x 3 cm
Jake Clark
Twister. 2018. Oil on canvas 50 x 80 cm
Marguerite Horner
Going under. 2016. Oil on linen 50 x 50 cm
Kitty Stirling
Dekk Chariot. 2017, Deck chair frame, acrylic on canvas, cable reel, brushes, string, 85 x 66 x 290 cm
Judith Tucker
You knew where you were and how long you had, 2018. Oil on Canvas. 76cm x 101cm
Amanda Wallwork
185 Million Years. 2018. A colour code for the Jurassic Coast. Oil and plaster on board. 200 x 40 cm
Sophie Marritt
Route 110. 2016, Video with sound, 11:17mins
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We British love our holidays whether it’s the annual bucket and spade job or a walking trek over the countryside, the short city break and weekends away. In fact, the very act of travel not only arouses feelings of excitement and anticipation but can be said to be part and parcel of the whole ‘getting away from it all’ experience.
The exhibition Getting Away! is based on the idea of the great British holiday and its importance in both nourishing the spirit and reconnecting with the self. Even the great Samuel Johnson, known to espouse the merits of London living, wrote that: ‘The use of travelling is to regulate imagination with reality, and instead of thinking of how things may be, see them as they are.’
Certainly this group exhibition sets out to stretch rather than regulate our imagination whether it’s the ceramic confection of gloopy ice creams, the collapsed and windswept deck chair to the remembrance of road trips, bank holiday traffic and curious holiday dwellings. Paintings, floor-based sculpture, video, plaster and ceramic work provide a playful glimpse of what we Brits get up to whilst getting away.
Rebecca Fairman, curator of Arthouse1. Bermondsey, is delighted to be premiering the exhibition which will coincide with the annual Bermondsey Art Walks and Talks 21st July. And to round up the London exhibition a symposium of artists, writers and poets will be held on the final day of the London exhibition, Saturday 28 July from 5 pm - 7pm.
Quay Arts in Newport, Isle of Wight, will host the exhibition for a 2 month run during August and September this year and will provide a sanctuary for those wet and windy summer holiday moments where visitors can experience the outside inside. In addition there will be paintings and drawings from the IOW art collection that reflect the themes of travel and holidays which will hang alongside the contemporary works creating a truly dynamic visual conversation and showing us how the act of getting away continues to play an important part of our national well-being.
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Anna Barlow | Lydia Blakeley | Day Bowman | Jake Clark | Marguerite Horner Kitty Stirling | Judith Tucker | Amanda Wallwork | Sophie Marritt
