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Monday, 4 December 2023

Artlyst: The Art Diary December 2023

My December Art Diary for Artlyst 'diary begins with books that would make interesting gifts this Christmas before focusing on our usual eclectic mix of exhibitions that might otherwise be overlooked. Many thanks to all those who have gotten in touch throughout the year to offer thanks for highlighting exhibitions that otherwise might not have crossed their radar, particularly those that engage with spirituality in its many different forms.'

The month there is mention of work by Oisin and Sean Scully, Peter Callesen, Thomas Denny, Aaron Rosen, Shazad Dawood, Michael Cook, Michelle Holmes, Elizabeth Frink, Monica Sjöö, Micah Purnell and exhibitions at Ben Uri Collection, Salisbury Cathedral, Coventry Cathedral, Chappel Galleries, Dorset Museum, Modern Art Oxford, Lamb Gallery, and The Modernist.

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Andy Piercy - 4th Street Room 101.
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Friday, 14 April 2023

Chaiya Art Awards exhibition 2023












Chaiya Art Awards, the UK’s biggest art awards illuminating spirituality is bigger and better than ever. With a first prize of £10,000, this third biennial competition, is now hosting over 100 artists in a unique exhibition entitled AWE+WONDER.

Savour this rare but affordable art collection over 14 rooms across 2 galleries. Engage with the artists as they respond to the theme of AWE+WONDER. Their work expresses itself in diverse mediums, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video, textiles, ceramics and installations. Immerse yourself in its multi-faceted spirituality. Give yourself time – to hover, to breathe, and let its contents kiss your space with the unexpected. Make space for uninhibited, magical journeying.

Reaching out far and wide to solely UK artists Chaiya Art Awards invited thousands to participate and over 700 submitted. Founder, Katrina Moss comments “We know that art helps us to gain a fresh perspective in times of crisis and conflict, but can also be genuinely transformative, taking the artist and the viewer on journeys of discovery. Each year’s competition is underpinned by the theme of spirituality and we invite and engage people of all faiths to enter; those with none and everyone in between. When setting each year’s competition brief, we give artists the opportunity to explore and express their response to spirituality and to the theme through their creativity.”

Joining Katrina on the judging panel for 2023 were Kaffe Fassett, Favour Jonathan, Alastair Adams, Dr Christo Kefalas, Marcus Lyon, Ann Clifford, and Alastair Gordon. The public are also invited to vote for their favourite artwork with the winning artist receiving a £1000 prize.

Alongside the exhibition is ‘AWE+WONDER’ the book which includes all the finalists’ work alongside vibrant poetry and prose. It allows profound engagement with the theme viewed through the eyes of both artists and writer.

7-16 April 2023 at gallery@oxo and The Bargehouse on London’s Southbank
Bargehouse Street, London. SE1 9PH
11-6pm (last day till 4pm)
FREE ADMISSION
Art for sale £150 - £25,000
more info at https://chaiyaartawards.co.uk

The exhibition includes several artists I know and have worked with in various ways: Deborah Harrison; David Millidge; and Ali Mulroy. David Millidge's 'The Last Supper' was included in several commission4mission exhibitions including '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 can be found here, here, here and here.

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Gordon Gano (featuring Mary Lou Ward) - Oh Wonder.

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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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Friday, 13 May 2022

Church Times: Epstein: Stories in Stone at Coventry Cathedral

My latest piece for Church Times is a reflection on the work of Jacob Epstein based on Coventry Cathedral's Epstein: Stories in Stone exhibition:

'Epstein said that his tendency had “always been religious”, as most “great sculpture is occasioned by faith.” The curators have sought to draw out this tendency in works such as Maternity and Genesis by locating them within the cathedral’s Lady chapel to create associations with our Lady.

His Jewish upbringing in New York had made Epstein familiar with the stories of the Hebrew Bible, while his reading in his teens included the New Testament. Jacob and the Angel, on loan here from Tate Britain, is one among many sculptures on biblical themes, including later ecclesiastical commissions such as Madonna and Child for the Convent of the Holy Child Jesus in London, Christ in Majesty for Llandaff Cathedral, and St Michael’s Victory over the Devil for Coventry.'

For more on Jacob Epstein, see my April diary piece for Artlyst here.

Other of my pieces for Church Times can be found here. My writing for ArtWay can be found here. My pieces for Artlyst are here and those for Art+Christianity are here. See also Modern religious art: airbrushed from art history?

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Bruce Cockburn - Us All.
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Sunday, 8 August 2021

Stories of Change: Hope, Faith and Love


The nationally-renowned Methodist Modern Art Collection of more than 50 works will go on show in churches across Coventry this autumn as an Art Trail, entitled Stories of Change: Hope, Faith and Love, as part of the city’s celebration as UK City of Culture. The art trail itself will display 34 works, 11 of which will be at Coventry Central Hall.

The Collection includes works by artists such as Graham Sutherland, Elisabeth Frink, Edward Burra, William Roberts, Patrick Heron, F N Souza and Jyoti Sahi.

The Art Trail marks the relaunch of the Collection after a two year conservation and re-framing project to preserve the works and ensure they will be able to be displayed for many years to come.

The Art Trail will start at Coventry Cathedral and Coventry Methodist Central Hall in the city centre. Then visitors will be encouraged to follow the trail beyond the city into churches in Earlsdon, Balsall Common and Fillongley, which are part of the Coventry and Nuneaton Methodist Circuit.

The Methodist Modern Art Collection Art Trail ‘Stories of Change: Hope, Faith and Love’ will be available to view on selected days from Saturday 4 September to Sunday 3 October 2021.

While the Church of England’s post-war response to church re-building and artistic commissioning is well known and epitomised by Coventry Cathedral, the Methodist Church’s engagement with developments in twentieth-century British religious art is less well known. The story of the Methodist Modern Art Collection will be celebrated appropriately in Coventry this autumn. And, it is hoped that the carefully selected works will provide a unique moment of healing and contemplation, speaking to people in differing ways, as the nation recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.

LAUNCH EVENT

Friday 3 September

Starting at Coventry Cathedral then moving to Coventry Central Hall

5.30pm Coventry Cathedral Evensong
6.30pm Coventry Central Hall

Both events are led by the President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference, Revd Sonia Hicks and Mrs Barbara Easton.

Any questions please email publishing@methodistchurch.org.uk.


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Martyn Joseph - When We Get Through This.

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Monday, 10 May 2021

Artlyst - British Museum Spotlight Loan Crossings: Community And Refuge

My latest article for Artlyst highlights the British Museum Spotlight Loan Crossings: Community And Refuge tour. This begins at Coventry Cathedral, where it will be shown briefly alongside Jake Lever's 'Do the Little Things' installation:

"Curator Jill Cook says, “The Lampedusa Cross reminds us of all the histories that are lost and of the thousands of people who are not otherwise remembered ...

Neil MacGregor described how, “Kourbaj’s little convoy of matchstick figures stand for all migrants, anywhere, driven by fear, guided by hope.” ...

“In the face of increasing isolation and uncertainty,” [Lever] says, “I wanted to convey a sense of journeying with them and cherishing them from afar.” That impulse is one that would seem to be shared by all the makers contributing to this tour. Would that we all felt the same."

Jake Lever was recently interviewed as part of HeartEdge's 'Living God's Future Now' programme - https://www.facebook.com/506026059544325/videos/1076762322816164.

My recent piece for Artlyst on 'Keith Haring: Personal Spiritual Imagery' has been republished by ArtWay and can be read here.

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The Alpha Band - Rich Man.
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