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Tuesday, 12 September 2023

Artlyst - The Art Diary September 2023

My September Art Diary for Artlyst includes The Sainsbury Centre, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Cross Lane Projects, Strawberry Hill House & Garden, Chelmsford Museum and England & Co.:

'The Art world’s current focus on big issues as part of its curatorial practice continues, in particular with exhibitions exploring, as has ‘Dear Earth’ at Hayward Gallery, themes of care, hope, and emotional and spiritual connection with our environment.

This month, the Sainsbury Centre launches the first of its new ‘Big Question’ seasons exploring the theme of ‘Planet for our Future: How do we adapt to a Transforming World?’ The Sainsbury Centre is setting the exploration of big issues at the heart of its exhibition programming, seeking to empower art to address fundamental societal challenges. Their approach understands art as alive and capable of engaging people with the fundamental questions of life. They will see artworks from all over the world travelling to the Centre to pose urgent, global questions to visitors and help them find the answers. Future Seasons will ask: What is truth? (Spring 2024), Why do people take drugs? (Autumn 2024); How do we resuscitate a dying sea? (Spring 2025), Can humans stop killing each other? (Autumn 2025); and What is the meaning of life? (Spring 2026).'

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Parchment - Son Of God.
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Sunday, 20 August 2023

George Morl: Electrum Spektrum


‘Electrum Spektrum’ is an installation at Chelmsford Museum by Basildon born artist George Morl. The installation has grown from a series of projects and evolving conversations with students in Cornwall and Essex. It features artworks by Morl and the students, and work from their collaborative collection of art. The works trace the evolution of social and technological networks and reflect on conversations about their experiences of online spaces.

Since 2020 Morl has been working in partnership with students from Elm Class, Nancealverne School in Penzance as well as support centres in Essex: two regions linked by the development of wireless radio. This ongoing collaboration has also explored fiction in gaming and art, the development of communication history, as well as creating artwork and their own workshops.

In 2022 they began to build an art collection together centred on the needs of disabled people and encompassing a broad range of sensory engagements. They have acquired artworks by artists such as Grayson Perry with the selection based on their own interests and accessibility needs.

Earlier this year at St Andrew's Wickford Morl spoke about their experience as collector and in an exhibition called New Town, New Collection showed work by Grayson Perry, Elsa James, Madge Gill, Rosie Hastings & Hannah Quinlan, Uma Breakdown, as well as a selection of their own work. Through founding a collection which reflects on the communal legacies of New Towns, Plotlands, and the possibility of human connections across the virtual world, Morl visions a future art collection centring support. In their talk Morl shared the joy of acquiring art, and motivations for building a collection to share for others.

Morl identifies with Perry’s use of imagination and construction of identity in his art, and sees parallels with using virtual spaces as a young person. It was Perry’s work that inspired Morl to study art at South Essex College in 2013.

A selection of works by Perry can be seen in the Ceramics Gallery at Chelmsford Museum. These include the 'Chelmsford Sissies' pot, the 'Julie Tile', the limited-edition print ‘England as seen from Lockdown in Islington’, which was created in 2021 during the Channel 4 series ‘Grayson’s Art Club’, and an 'Untitled' drawing depicting a hybrid of rural and urban Essex – a unique portrait of Perry’s hometown of Chelmsford.

Also to be seen at Chelmsford Museum is Behind the Rainbow, a collection of personal stories and experiences from the LGBTQ+ community, showing the creativity, complexity, and humanity of its members. This exhibition recognises the relationship between self-expression and identity and invites visitors to connect and empathise with the people behind the stories. 

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Joy Oladokun - Keeping The Light On.
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Thursday, 10 August 2023

Exhibitions by artists from Wickford and Billericay

'ADHD HYPER FIXATION and Why it looks like I love Pedro Pascal' is an exhibition by Wickford artist Heidi Gentle Burrell. 3 June - 1 September at The Rhodes Gallery in Upmargate, The Centre in Margate.

Whether it be her Kryptonite or her super power, ADHD hyper fixation certainly makes for an interesting life. This exhibition is a sneak peek into Heidi’s brain and what it looks like to have ADHD and how it effects her life and art. The exhibition has been visited by Hollywood star Pedro Pascal.

'George Morl: Electrum Spektrum', 17 August 2023 to 14 January 2024, Chelmsford Museum.

‘Electrum Spektrum’ is an installation by Basildon born artist George Morl, who lives in Wickford. The installation has grown from a series of projects and evolving conversations with students in Cornwall and Essex. It features artworks by Morl and the students, and features work from their collaborative collection of art. The works trace the evolution of social and technological networks and reflect on conversations about their experiences of online spaces.

'Theatrical Ceramics' by David Millidge, 18-26 August 2023, Hyde Hall.

This summer at RHS Garden Hyde Hall, immerse yourself in the second solo exhibition of ceramic art created by artist David Millidge. Head to The Hilltop Lodge to discover a carefully curated exhibition of stunning pieces inspired by architecture, films, fashion and culture. This diverse collection draws you into a fantasy world and includes vessels, modular abstract sculpture and figurative work, which brings mannequins to life.

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Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down The Crazy River.
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