MyCornwall Magazine - Dec/Jan

ART LECTURES
Catherine Wallace is an independant freelance art historian, author and
lecturer who has taught independent courses in Cornwall since 2013. Her
January programme includes lectures on Canadian artist Elizabeth Adela
Forbes (1859 - 1912), wife of Stanhope and member of the Newlyn School
(January 10, 11am on Zoom or recorded on YouTube); and The Nicholsons -
An Artistic Dynasty, a study day covering Sir William Nicholson (1872 – 1949),
his son Ben and their wives and daughters, including Winifred Nicholson and
Barbara Hepworth (Tuesday, January 17, Truro Library; Tuesday, January 24,
The Centre, Newlyn Trinity Methodist Church; Thursday, January 26 on Zoom
or recorded online video. All £35). Tickets via www.cathwallace.co.uk l
Pictured: Children in a Garden, watercolour by Elizabeth Forbes © Sunderland Museum
SUPER NATURAL
Plants feed, fuel and nurture humans, provide the
very air we breathe, and colour the fabric of our
lives. A new exhibition at the Eden Project explores
this interdependency: Super Natural features work
including site-specific commissions from a range of
high-profile international artists, including Ai Weiwei,
Kedisha Coakley, Patricia Domínguez, Iman Datoo,
Ingela Ihrman and Eduardo Navarro. "Whether
through senses and signals or elemental cycles,
we are all connected to a complex and dynamic
web,” says Eden curator Hannah Hooks. “Today,
however, some cultures - including our own, for the
most part - have become separated from nature,
both in language and in action. The hope is that this
exhibition will act as both inspiration and provocation
to demonstrate that we - like all life on Earth - are just
really, really natural.” Until February 26. l
Pictured: Ai Weiwei's Fly (2019)
KING ARTHUR AND THE PRE-RAPHAELITES
A major new touring exhibition from Falmouth curator traces the stories of
Arthurian legend and the Pre-Raphaelite artists across the UK. The Legend
of King Arthur: A Pre-Raphaelite Love Story signposts relics and landmarks
across the country, creating an immersive experience that allows audiences
to walk in Arthur’s footsteps and see it through new eyes. Curated by
Natalie Rigby of Falmouth Art Gallery, the year-long exhibition is currently
at the William Morris Gallery in London, moving to Tullie House in Carlisle
from February 2023 and arriving in Cornwall – famed for its geographical
connections to Arthurian legend – on June 17 for a final stint at Falmouth Art
Gallery, ending on September 30. Each stage of the tour sees the exhibition
tweaked to tell the Arthurian stories relevant to the region. Work by Pre-
Raphaelite artists such as William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante
Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones will be on display, as well as the
entire Lady of Shalott series of paintings by English painter John William
Waterhouse, exhibited together in the UK for the first time. l
www.falmouthartgallery.co.uk
WHEN THE COWS COME HOME
Elaine Turnbull
captures the essence
of life in Cornwall -
rugged landscapes,
rural scenes and
ancient traditions
- through a bold
and sensitive use of
colour and form. Cows amble back to their barns
for the evening, sheep graze the fields, dog walkers
meander through the landscape, and bathers brave
the autumn sea. “When I look at a landscape, I see
the human actions that have shaped it: the buildings,
the cows that have trampled the paths, the feet that
have walked across it. Those layers are fascinating
to me, and I try to explore that through my work.”
When The Cows Come Home runs at Livingstone St
Ives, Westcotts Quay until December 23. l
www.livingstonestives.co.uk
YOUNG PENWITH ARTISTS
Cornwall-based artists aged 35 and under are
invited to apply for a month-long exhibition in the
Studio Gallery at Penwith Gallery, for a solo or joint
show over Summer 2023, funded by the Penwith
Society of Arts. The Young Penwith Artists scheme
was launched in summer 2022 with invited artists
Sophie Fraser and Alice Ellis-Bray. The deadline for
2023 applications is 11pm on Tuesday, January 10. l
For details, email mail@penwithgallery.com
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Issue 75 | December 2022 - January 2023