Paula Rego, Tate Britain. Review by Graham Buchan. The Anglo-Portuguese artist Paula Rego, now in her 86th year, has forged a long career in a variety of media including sculpture and etchings.
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by Barbara Lewis • art, exhibitions, painting, photography, sculpture, year 2021 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, exhibitions, painting, photography, sculpture •
Both artists celebrate the regenerative forces of nature to which we have been sensitised by months of lockdown and both exhibitions are a joyful celebration of a cautious reopening after a period of painful reflection.
by Barbara Lewis • art, drawing, exhibitions, painting, year 2021 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, drawing, exhibitions, painting •
A fellow pupil of Leipzig master Bernhard Heisig is the artist ANTOINETTE, who uses only her first name written in capitals. In common with Rauch and other Leipzig artists, she combines meticulous representation with the fantastic or surreal.
by Carla Scarano • art, drawing, exhibitions, painting, year 2020 • Tags: art, Carla Scarano, drawing, exhibitions, painting •
Artemisia: A riveting exhibition at the National Gallery spanning Artemisia Gentileschi’s 45-year career displays her best artwork.
by Carla Scarano • art, books, drawing, exhibitions, painting, sculpture, society, tapestry, textiles, year 2020 • Tags: art, books, Carla Scarano, drawing, exhibitions, painting, sculpture, society •
Tantra: enlightenment to revolution, British Museum. Review by Carla Scarano. culture and tradition are as alive as ever today, as the comprehensive and exhaustive exhibition at the British Museum shows.Â
by Barbara Lewis • art, exhibitions, painting, year 2020 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, exhibitions, painting •
Hastings Contemporary. Quentin Blake: We Live in Worrying Times. Victor Pasmore: Line and Space. Review by Barbara Lewis. The short history of Hastings Contemporary art gallery has so far been troubled. Before it was built, it divided opinion.
by Barbara Lewis • art, design, drawing, exhibitions, painting, year 2020 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, design, drawing, exhibitions, painting •
Pallant House Gallery. Barnett Freedman: Designs for Modern Britain. Review by Barbara Lewis. Painter and teacher Paul Nash referred to the group of artists he taught in the early 1920s as “an outbreak of talent”.
by Barbara Lewis • art, drawing, exhibitions, painting, photography, sculpture, year 2020 • Tags: art, Barbara Lewis, drawing, exhibitions, painting •
Towner, Eastbourne. Alan Davie and David Hockney: Early Works – plus other exhibitions. Review by Barbara Lewis.
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • art, books, painting, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: Alwyn Marriage, art, books, painting, poetry • 0 Comments
Poetry review – VERITAS: Alwyn Marriage is impressed by Jacqueline Saphra’s skilfully crafted poetic responses to the paintings of Artemisia Gentileschi
by Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • art, books, painting, poetry reviews, year 2020 • Tags: art, books, painting, poetry, William Bedford • 0 Comments
WHEN WE LIVED IN HEAVEN: William Bedford considers Two Girls and a Beehive – a new collection of poetry by Rosie Jackson & Graham Burchell
by Carla Scarano • art, drawing, exhibitions, film, installations, painting, photography, poetry, poetry reviews, textiles, year 2021 • Tags: art, Carla Scarano, drawing, exhibitions, film, photography, poetry •
A Fine Day for Seeing: ten artists/ten poets. In the wide art world, artists are often inspired by literature and writers write about artworks. This exhibition focuses on the collaboration between ten internationally known artists and ten renowned poets.