Viva Brighton Issue #56 October 2017

ART
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ART & ABOUT
Out of town
‘Clayton Mills (Jack and Jill), 1931’ by Eric Slater ‘Axed Vessel’ by Forest + Found
The wood theme continues at The Grange in
Rottingdean, with an exhibition of interwar colour
woodcuts by Eric Slater (1896-1963) and his
Japanese friend Yoshijiro Urushibara (1889-1953),
from the 5th until the 17th. The author of Slater’s
Sussex, James Trollope, will be giving a talk at the
Whiteway Centre on Friday the 13th (7pm).
New Truth to Materials: Wood continues at Ditchling Museum of Art
+ Craft. This is the first in a series of multi-disciplinary exhibitions,
named with a precept central to the Arts & Craft Movement in mind:
the importance of maintaining the integrity of materials by preserving
and emphasising their original qualities. The display includes works
by a diverse range of artists, designers and craftspeople from the past
100 years, including Graham Sutherland, David Jones and Forest +
Found. Laura Ford’s Espaliered Girl (2007) is also on show as part of
HOUSE Biennial. The work is described as a classic example of the
artist’s ability to ‘blend fantasy with a touch of both menace and
tenderness’. [ditchlingmuseumartcraft.org.uk]
For three weeks from the 3rd there’s more from
Farleys Arts Trust at Skyway Gallery in Shoreham.
An exhibition of 60 photographs, taken
largely by Lee Miller and Roland Penrose,
forms part of Shoreham Wordfest’s exploration
of Modernism. A dramatised reading about
Miller’s life, assembled from letters, manuscripts
and remembered conversations, is performed by
her son Antony Penrose as part of the festival.
Lee Miller: The Angel & The Fiend in on Sunday
the 15th at 2.30pm. [shorehamwordfest.com]
‘Self portrait with headband, New York Studio, USA c1932’ by Lee Miller
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