Viva Lewes Issue #136 January 2018
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ART<br />
Out of town (cont.)<br />
William Blake, The Characters in Spenser’s ‘Faerie Queene’, c1825. National Trust Images, John Hammond<br />
William Blake and his wife Catherine lived in London, save for a spell in a rented cottage<br />
in Felpham, West Sussex, a place he described as ‘the sweetest spot on Earth’. This <strong>January</strong><br />
Petworth House hosts an exhibition that brings together three of his paintings from the<br />
Petworth Collection with pieces on loan including the hand-coloured relief etching of his<br />
illustrated epic poem Milton. A parallel exhibition shows original drawings by author, and<br />
President of the Blake Society, Philip Pullman. William Blake in Sussex: Visions of Albion opens<br />
on the 13th of <strong>January</strong> and runs until the 25th of March. Entry is by pre-booked, timed tickets<br />
only, available from nationaltrust.org.uk/petworth or by calling 0344 249 1895. We'll have more<br />
about this major show next month.<br />
Patrick Caulfield, Sculpture in a Landscape, 1966 (at Haroon Mirza exhibition)<br />
Arts Council Collection © Estate of Patrick Caulfield, all rights reserved DACS 2017.<br />
There's not long left to see A Green and<br />
Pleasant Land at Towner Gallery in Eastbourne,<br />
featuring the work of more than 50<br />
artists who have shaped our understanding<br />
of the British landscape since the 1970s. It<br />
ends on the 21st and is followed by We stared<br />
at the Moon from the Centre of the Sun by<br />
Haroon Mirza. For this exhibition he will<br />
be selecting works from the Arts Council<br />
Collection, as well as Towner’s Collection,<br />
and incorporating them into a unique display<br />
amongst new works of his own.<br />
[townereastbourne.org.uk]<br />
Jerwood Gallery presents Still from the<br />
26th: photographic portraits of leading European<br />
female architects by the Brightonbased<br />
photographer, Ivan Jones. Jones has<br />
photographed each of the architects in a key<br />
building they have been pivotal in creating,<br />
including Hana Loftus of HAT Projects,<br />
who designed the Jerwood gallery itself.<br />
Conceived to commemorate the centenary<br />
of female suffrage in February <strong>2018</strong>, the<br />
show will tour the UK throughout the year.<br />
Hana Loftus, HAT Projects, by Ivan Jones<br />
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