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Wednesday 12 April 2023

Artlyst: The Art Diary April 2023

My April Art Diary for Artlyst features Mark Dean's ‘Process/Rehearsal/Performance’, ‘Where Our Paths Meet – Articles of Faith Exhibition’ and ‘Death to Life: Image, Expression & Symbolism’, ‘ADORE’ at the Arnolfini, ‘This Fragile Earth: How pioneer Scottish Artists anticipated the climate crisis’ at Coventry Cathedral, 2023 Chaiya Art Awards Exhibition at OXO and Bargehouse galleries, ‘Richard Kenton Webb Vol. 5, Drawings from the Albers Series and Paintings from the Ongoing Manifesto Series’ at Benjamin Rhodes Arts, and ‘Alexej von Jawlensky in Ascona "… The three most interesting years on my life …”' at Museo D’Arte Della Svizzera Italiana:

'In the late 1980s and early 1990s, I remember visiting the Benjamin Rhodes Gallery to see work by Richard Kenton Webb, who was a pioneer in connecting art and spirituality. Kenton Webb recalls that Benjamin Rhodes first walked into his life at an exhibition at The Royal Overseas League when he was in his second year MA at the Royal College of Art in 1985. He says he “was extremely fortunate to have a London dealer, and Benjamin is amongst the best”, so is grateful to be exhibiting with Rhodes again for ‘Richard Kenton Webb Vol.5 – Drawings from the Albers Series & Paintings from the ongoing Manifesto Series’.

The show covers ten drawings from the ‘Manifesto of Painting’ series made on his recent Albers Foundation residency, and six recent paintings – two of these are triptychs, all made in Kenton Webb’s new studio in Plymouth. In the 50 days of residency at the Albers Foundation, Kenton Webb made 72 drawings, a body of work about his teaching philosophy. He has a concern “that painting, drawing, and printmaking are misunderstood and greatly under-valued.” He views these embodied activities as being “so essential for our wellbeing, and yet they are frequently contested at the highest levels of education in favour of the digital and word-based outcomes.”'

See also my Artlyst interview with Mark Dean and other articles (here and here), 'Reconciliation', the exhibition I organised at Coventry Cathedral, my Artlyst interview with Chaiya Art Awards founder Katrina Moss and other pieces on the Chaiya Art Awards (here, here, here and here), and other mentions of David Miller (here, here and here).

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