Viva Lewes Issue #134 November 2017
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ART<br />
Out of town (cont.)<br />
The Crossing © Roger Dean<br />
Described in a Guardian<br />
article as ‘the inhouse<br />
artist of the UK progressive<br />
movement’,<br />
Roger Dean is most<br />
famous for his iconic<br />
prog-rock album covers<br />
and paintings of<br />
fantastical, intergalactic<br />
landscapes. But the<br />
prolific Royal College<br />
of Art graduate has also<br />
designed furniture that<br />
resides in the V&A’s<br />
permanent collection<br />
and is actively working<br />
on building design projects. The most comprehensive exhibition of his work to date takes place<br />
this month at Trading Boundaries in Sheffield Green (near Fletching). Breaking Cover runs<br />
from the 1st of <strong>November</strong> until the 10th of December and includes original paintings, watercolours,<br />
drawings, sketches and prints, many of which will be on public display for the first time.<br />
Many of the works are for sale. [tradingboundaries.com] [rogerdean.com]<br />
A Green and Pleasant Land, British<br />
Landscape and the Imagination:<br />
1970s to Now continues at<br />
Towner Gallery. The major exhibition<br />
of more than 100 largely<br />
photographic works by 50 artists<br />
captures the changing urban and<br />
rural landscape. The exhibition is<br />
accompanied by a programme of<br />
associated events, including a film<br />
series shown in the gallery’s new<br />
cinema auditorium. The stateof-the-art<br />
facility will also host<br />
several screenings for the 15th<br />
edition of Brighton’s film festival,<br />
Cinecity, later his month.<br />
Ben Rivers, Ah, Liberty!, 2008 © Ben Rivers. Courtesy of the artist and Kate McGarry, London<br />
Despite a lack of<br />
critical acclaim<br />
within his lifetime,<br />
David Bomberg<br />
is now recognised<br />
as one of the 20th<br />
century’s leading<br />
British artists. To<br />
mark the 60th anniversary<br />
of his<br />
death, Pallant<br />
House Gallery (in<br />
association with<br />
the Ben Uri Gallery<br />
and Museum) presents a major exhibition of his<br />
life and career till Feb 2018. More than 60 paintings<br />
explore key themes in his work including his Jewish<br />
background and engagement with Yiddish culture, his<br />
important contribution to pre-war British modernism,<br />
and his later painterly success in capturing the<br />
landscapes of Spain, Cyprus and the UK.<br />
David Bomberg, Ghetto Theatre, 1920, Ben Uri Collection © Ben Uri Gallery and Museum<br />
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