Viva Lewes Issue #154 July 2019

ART
ART & ABOUT
In town this month
Above & Below by Simone Riley
This month
Chalk Gallery
features the
drawings and
watercolour
paintings
of Lindsey
Pearson,
followed by
Simone Riley
from 22 July.
Simone, who
created one of our most popular covers, in April
2017, works with digital photomontage and has a
passion for finding and photographing the textures
of worn surfaces, which she layers in her enigmatic
landscapes and still life studies. Some of her latest
works explore the juxtaposition of urban decay and
the natural world.
Lewes
District
Art Club
was founded
in 1994
and its 15
members
come from
all over
the area.
This month they hold their annual
exhibition of paintings, in a wide variety
of media, in the elegant rooms
of the House of Friendship on
School Hill. Visit them on Saturday
and Sunday 13, 14, 20 and 21 July,
10:30am-4.30pm. Entry is free and
there will be a variety of artworks
and cards for sale.
Anne Stamper
It’s been a bit quiet at Martyrs’ Gallery lately, as they’ve turned their attention to saving
Pilgrim’s Progress – a vast mural by the painter Hans Feibusch – which is currently hidden
away from public view in the Crypt of St Elisabeth’s Church, Eastbourne. The mural depicts
Feibusch’s own flight from Nazi Germany and is of great cultural importance in the canon
of twentieth century art in Sussex as one of the first war memorials of WW2 and a rare piece
of British Holocaust art. The church is likely to be demolished towards the end of 2019 and
the hope is the mural can be salvaged – if £375,000 can be raised – using the strappo method
of removal, which will enable it to be re-sited in a new location. In support of the campaign,
Martyrs’ Gallery will host a series of events in the run up to their Artwave show, which celebrates
the mural. Check the website for details. martyrs.gallery and savethemural.org
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