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Monday, 27 December 2021

Artlyst - And On An Art Note: End Of Year Diary 2021

My latest article for Artlyst is a diary piece covering a wide range of  exhibitions and publications including work by Marc Chagall, Giacomo Manzù, Anna Ray, and Hughie O'Donoghue. It's mainly London-based but includes a trip to St Albans Museums:

'Touring galleries in the environs of Cork Street during Advent reminded me that, in the past, galleries would often have used Christmas as a reason to show works utilising religious iconography. That seems to be no longer the case, but, as I reflected further, that seems an indication that engaging with religion is no longer a niche theme for galleries but one that has been mainstreamed. As evidence, we can look at the extent to which the religious iconography of modern or contemporary artists is now explored either as a sole focus or central strand of retrospectives, as with Andy Warhol: Revelation, which is currently at Brooklyn Museum, or Paula Rego/Josefa de Óbidos: religious art in the feminine at Casa Das Historias Paula Rego earlier in the year. Also, the extent to which the religious iconography and themes of historical collections are increasingly being researched, displayed and shared in innovative ways, often specifically with faith communities. Examples range from exhibitions such as Dürer’s Journeys: Travels of a Renaissance Artist with its exploration of contacts with Martin Luther to the National Gallery’s new Sacred Art in Collections Pre-1900 Network and the developing Visual Commentary on Scripture providing online exhibitions in dialogue with passages from the Bible.’

My other pieces for Artlyst are:

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Sunday, 2 June 2019

Artlyst - John Bellany, Alan Davie: Spiritual Joy and Magic

My latest piece for Artlyst takes Cradle of Magic at Newport Street Gallery - which sets Alan Davie and John Bellany, Scotland’s best-known post-war artists, alongside each other, as a starting point to examine the spirituality of Scotland's Expressionists:

'Davie, one of the first British artists to win international acclaim after World War II, was an influence on Bellany, Alisdair Gray, Craigie Aitchison, Christopher Wood and Lorraine G Huber. Bellany would later be a significant influence on the New Glasgow Boys, in particular, Peter Howson and Ken Currie.

While their work differs, in that Davie’s work is primarily abstract deriving from use of automatism and Bellany’s mostly figurative and mythic, they share a significant point of connection in their love and purpose of Expressionism. Within Scottish art, the pair follow artists such as William McTaggart and William Johnstone through their interest in and use of Expressionism. Both achieve rich painterly effects through the excessive use of thick layers of oil paint. An abundance of black is used to amplify the brilliance of other colours and enhance the drama of works which surface our deepest emotions.

The work of Davie and Bellany also shares an interest in and engagement with religion; this being an interest shared, too, with some of those influenced by them.'

My other Artlyst articles and interviews are:
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Steve Scott - Different Kind Of Light.
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Friday, 21 May 2010

Hospital loses records following death

The Davie family from St John's Seven Kings have had their fight to find out the truth behind death of wife, mother and local GP, Sugi Davie, featured in the local press this week.

Sugi died on 22nd December 2007 in the early morning, having been discharged the night before from a transfusion. When the family asked for the records, within four weeks, first the hospital said they lost the records of 21st Dec. from the Day Unit and later that they have lost the entire file!!

The family write:

"As you know, my mother passed away just over 2 years ago very unexpectedly, and my family and I have been trying to understand the true circumstances of her death. The hospital had lost ALL her medical records, within 4 weeks after her death – which has hindered greatly our ability to find out the truth and we want to ensure the distress we’ve been through does not happen to anyone else.

We have attempted to contact numerous organisations to get support (NHS Trust, Department of Health, Healthcare commission, Local MP, Data Protection etc) – but none of them can offer help, as they don't know what to do or recommend when the individual concerned has died. We decided to go to press for the main reason to highlight a huge flaw in the NHS system and to ensure the NHS does not continue to purposely ‘lose’ medical records to cover the truth, especially when the individual dies following treatment."

The links to the articles are here, both include the opportunity to comment on the story and the family's situation:

http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/8169643.REDBRIDGE__Son_continues_fight_for_truth_over_mother_s_death/
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http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/content/redbridge/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsIlford&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsilford&itemid=WeED20%20May%202010%2015%3A40%3A02%3A930

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Corinne Bailey Rae - The Sea.
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Tuesday, 23 December 2008

Rebuilding Congo by the book & bike





Inspire magazine is currently running the genuinely inspiring story of Judy Acheson and her colleagues in the Democratic Republic of Congo who have developed a manual to help youth get involved in political and social issues and take charge of their future.
Entitled Young People with God, Let Us Rebuild Our Beautiful Country, it is written from a Christian perspective and has been endorsed by the national government. More importantly, it has been enormously popular with young people, who use the book in groups. One first year secondary pupil said: “Learning French, maths and other courses, without also gaining a sense of responsibility, is time wasted. This manual shows us how to be responsible citizens.” Another student called the book “the Congolese Remedy”. Read more about this project by clicking here.

Above are more photos of the motorbikes which have been boughts for Archdeacon's in the Boga Diocese of the DRC with money raised in memory of Dr. Sugie Davie, a long-term member of St John's Seven Kings and the Tamil Church in East London.
The motorbikes will enable the Archdeacons to travel around the parishes more easily and meet up with Bishop Isingoma, the Bishop of Boga, whenever necessary. They will be a real help to the Archdeacons to help their congregations through these difficult times into greater reconciliation and will also build up a good relationship with Isingoma as their new Bishop, otherwise they have to bicycle or walk everywhere.

Bishop Isingoma, who sent the photos, writes that, "we continually thank Dr Sugie's family for their generous help which is going to help for the Propagation of the Gospel in our diocese."

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Sublime - Dans Tes Portes.
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Friday, 12 December 2008

Archdeacons & motorbikes


Dr Sugie Davie was a committed member of St John's Seven Kings and an active member of the Tamil Church in East London. Money raised at Dr Sugie's funeral has been used to buy motorbikes for two of the four Archdeacons in the Boga diocese of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The motorbikes will enable the Archdeacons to travel around the parishesmore easily and meet up with Bishop Isingoma whenever necessary. They will be a real help to the Archdeacons to help their congregations through these difficult times into greater reconciliation and will also build up a good relationship with Isingoma as their new Bishop, otherwise they have to bicycle or walk everywhere.

Bishop Isingoma has recently sent the photo above of the new bikes and writes that, "we continually thank Dr Sugie's family for their generous help which is going help for the Propagation of the Gospel in our diocese."

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Dans Ton Sanctuaire.
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