Viva Lewes Issue #150 March 2019
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ART<br />
ART & ABOUT<br />
Out of town<br />
Robert Dukes, Oranges and Quinces. Courtesy of Robert Dukes<br />
The second major exhibition opens in the new<br />
Wolfson Gallery at Charleston from the 6th.<br />
In Colour positions the work of former Charleston<br />
residents Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant<br />
within a century of great British colourists. Bell<br />
and Grant were two of the first abstract painters<br />
in Britain, but even when creating figurative<br />
and representational work, the abstract qualities<br />
of colour remained a dominant element.<br />
Curated by Vanessa’s granddaughter, the textile<br />
designer Cressida Bell (something of a colourist<br />
herself), the show includes a wide-ranging<br />
and highly personal selection of works that<br />
reflect Cressida’s personal aesthetic as well as<br />
her artistic heritage. Drawing on loans from<br />
private and public collections, works by Eileen Agar, Patrick Caulfield, Robert Dukes, Mary<br />
Fedden, Patrick Heron, Paul Nash, Glyn Warren Philpot, as well as Bell, Grant and Roger Fry<br />
all feature. Continues until the 26th of August.<br />
Bonsai inspired sculpture made by Gabi Holden<br />
Also at<br />
Charleston<br />
this month,<br />
East Sussex<br />
College <strong>Lewes</strong><br />
have joined<br />
forces with The<br />
Charleston<br />
Trust to create<br />
an exhibition<br />
of work by<br />
Art & Design<br />
and Photography<br />
Diploma<br />
students, responding to the theme of ‘home’.<br />
From Thursday the 14th until Sunday the 24th<br />
of <strong>March</strong> there will be a sculpture trail in the<br />
gardens of the farmhouse and a display of twodimensional<br />
works in the spectacularly refurbished<br />
Hay Barn. Open from 11am-5pm Weds-<br />
Sun, with an awards ceremony from 10am on<br />
Saturday the 23rd for the best artwork, as voted<br />
by members of the public.<br />
Klocks by Stefan Mucha<br />
The Crypt<br />
Gallery in<br />
Seaford hosts<br />
Collections One,<br />
the inaugural<br />
exhibition to<br />
mark the beginning<br />
of a yearlong<br />
residency<br />
by the Sussex<br />
Arts Collective in the front room at the<br />
gallery. Each month will see a different<br />
and diverse display drawn from the 70+<br />
members of the group. Collections One features<br />
work by 20 artists working in painting,<br />
photography and jewellery, as well as<br />
makers<br />
in glass,<br />
ceramics,<br />
textiles and<br />
wood. (Daily<br />
except for<br />
Wednesdays.)<br />
White Bird by Phil Duncan<br />
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