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Monday, 30 June 2025

Artlyst: The Art Diary July 2025

My July Art Diary for Artlyst has been published today. The July Art Diary begins with exhibitions in and reflection on ecclesiastical buildings, through the Liverpool Biennial and the Waterloo Festival. Moments from the wide-ranging engagement between religion and art are featured in exhibitions at the Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Waddesdon Manor, and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others. Reflection on the place of myth in the human story can be found in exhibitions at the Parsonage Gallery and the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. At the same time, ‘Worldbuilding and Wonder’ explores the experience of people with autism about the concept at Firstsite Gallery:

'The late Terry Fyffe was also an artist who dedicated himself to the pursuit of creative expression and spiritual exploration. A new website dedicated to his life, art and legacy has recently been launched. Designed as a resource for artists, curators, collectors, students, and art enthusiasts, this site offers a comprehensive insight into his prolific career and extraordinary body of work.

Fyffe built a remarkable career over four decades, predominantly based in London. He described his style as “figurative, expressionist painting, about the struggle for self-realisation.” Daniel Farson wrote that: “Ffyffe is a true painter in the classical tradition. A fluent draughtsman, he understands the challenge of paint and twists it to his advantage.” ...

I was fortunate to exhibit at St Stephen Walbrook an exhibition that brought together the last works that Fyffe was working on before this profound change combined with his new work depicting the beauty of the hidden world of nature and the inner world of the mind. It was his last major exhibition and one that was particularly satisfying for him.'

For more on Terry Ffyffe see here, here, here, here, and here. For more on Pablo Bronstein see here. For more on Paul Thek see here and here. For more on Paula Rego see here and here.

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David Ackles - I've Been Loved.
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Wednesday, 30 October 2024

Artlyst: Leonora Carrington Still Relevant - Firstsite Colchester

My latest exhibition review for Artlyst is on ‘Leonora Carrington: Avatars & Alliances’ at Firstsite Gallery:

'As is clear from this exhibition, the many visionary elements of her work, including her feminism, ecological awareness, interest in spirituality outside of organized religion, and understanding of a world without boundaries, not only result in the creation of extraordinary artistic and personal worlds but connect to key themes and challenges in contemporary society. Her cousin and friend, Joanna Moorhead, has said “The themes that were important to her, as long ago as the 1940s, are the themes that are important to all of us today – especially the natural world, our place in it, and the interconnectedness of everyone and everything.” By offering us a holistic view of Carrington’s life and work, this exhibition fully demonstrates the truth of that statement.'

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Sunday, 21 July 2024

Exhibitions update: Jackie Burns, Mike Fogg and Ho Wai-On

Several of the artists who have exhibited at St Andrew's Wickford or as part of the One Beautiful World Arts Festival are either exhibiting currently or have documented their exhibition online: 

Lunar Lullabies, Sunday 8 June - Sunday 6 October 2024, Firstsite Gallery

Jackie Burns, who exhibited at St Andrew's last year, is exhibiting some of her aerospace artworks in a group exhibition of over 200 artworks and objects curated for the Lunar Lullabies Exhibition at Firstsite Gallery, Colchester.

Mike Fogg FCIPS, Compass Photography, Wednesday 10 July – Sunday 4 August, Rayleigh Windmill. 

Mike Fogg, who exhibited at Wickford Salvation Army as part of the One Beautiful World Festival, specialises in capturing images of landscapes wherever he travels. This exhibition includes images from Mike’s recent trip to New Zealand, such as Wairere Waterfall.

From Hong Kong to Wickford, exhibition webpage from Ho Wai-On

Ho Wai-On has documented her exhibition From Hong Kong to Wickford which we showed at St Andrew's last year. From Hong Kong to Wickford was an exhibition of Wai-On's lifetime interaction with UK and Hong Kong based artists/people that have resulted in many creative works. Her webpage contains most of the stories displayed about the exhibits and those who created them and some of the images. More of the images can be seen in the music video.

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Ho Wai-On - Wisdom And Love.
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Wednesday, 19 June 2024

Artlyst: Lunar Lullabies, David Lock and Concrete Dreams Three Shows To See At Firstsite

My latest exhibition review for Artlyst is of three shows at Firstsite - Lunar Lullabies, David Lock and Concrete Dreams:

"‘Lunar Lullabies’ shows how science, art and imagination have intertwined over the centuries to shape culture and our collective fascination with distant galaxies. Matthew Turner – whose drawing of Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman to travel into space, is included in the exhibition – has written of his excitement when first seeing a rocket: ‘Standing there excited, in awe, overwhelmed by power, scale and raw materials, I felt small.’ It is this sense of awe and wonder that the exhibition principally communicates, feelings also clearly generated by Turner’s ‘Saturn V 1’ and ‘Vostock I’.

Turner is one of several artists included here who are members of the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA) the world’s only guild of artists dedicated to creating images of space. Essex-based IAAA artist Jackie Burns aims to inspire people with the awe and beauty of space and astronomy. She led some of the workshops to develop the exhibition and has just become President of the IAAA. Her depiction of one of the most iconic spaceships in human history ‘Saturn V, Apollo 11, on Crawler to Launchpad 39A’ consists of different-sized circles of various colours that slowly reveal the image the longer you look."

Last year Jackie Burns exhibited at St Andrew's Wickford - see here and here. She has recently said "I’m always amazed at the unexpected directions my journey as a visual artist takes me. Last year I exhibited my artwork inside a local church and as a direct result of that I’m currently exhibiting in the largest public art gallery in Essex. Never give up…"

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Nirvana - Rainbow Chaser.
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