EXHIBITION LISTINGS

‘SELF PORTRAIT: ARNOLFINI’
Until 19 February
Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, BRISTOL BS1 4QA
Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 6pm
0117 917 2300 Visit Website
Over the course of Arnolfini’s 50th anniversary year, artist Neil Cummings has developed a series of selfportraits of the organisation using data from the archive. Presented throughout the building, these portraits have evolved during the year, representing Arnolfini’s journey from a small commercial gallery above a bookshop to one of Europe’s most significant centres for contemporary arts. Working with Arnolfini’s archivist Julian Warren, Cummings has uncovered some of the cycles traced through the history of Arnolfini and in its relationship to wider cultural, societal and technological developments.
PETER BURKE: ‘EARTHWORKS’
Until 5 February
Victoria Art Gallery, Bridge Street, BATH BA2 4AT
Tuesday - Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 1.30 - 5pm
01225 477233 Visit Website
The amazing sculptures in this exhibition explore the relationship between people, place and the earth.
‘MUSEUM SHOW: PART 2’
Until 5 February
Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, BRISTOL BS1 4QA
Tuesday - Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday 11am - 6pm.
0117 917 2300 Visit Website
‘MUSEUM SHOW: PART 2’
KATE FLOOD: ‘THE LIGHT WITHIN’
Until 5 February
KATE FLOOD: ‘THE LIGHT WITHIN’
Victoria Art Gallery, Bridge Street, BATH BA2 4AT
Tuesday - Friday 10am - 5pm, Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 1.30 - 5pm
01225 477233 Visit Website
Kate Flood’s radiant landscapes convey transient moments and a sense of stillness.
‘THE LIGHT CATCHERS’
Until 11 February
‘THE LIGHT CATCHERS’
Strode Theatre, Church Road, STREET BA16 0AB
Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm, Saturday 10am - 2pm
01458 442846
Retrospective exhibition of photographs by the Tripod Group.
‘DRAWING: THE VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THOUGHT’
Until 15 February
Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, BRIDPORT DT6 3NR
Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 4pm
01308 424204 Visit Website
This fascinating exhibition brings together both finished drawings and sketchbooks showing how artists develop their ideas from concept to finished artwork. Work by Bob Ballard, Marie Blake, David Brooke, Elaine Dixon, Jo Dixon, Gerry Dudgeon, John Hurford, Julia Hutton, Caroline Ireland, Kate Lynch, Duff Pearce, Myrtle Pizzey, Anthony B. Smith, Kit Surrey, Mart Tebbs and Stella Murray Whatley.
HARLEQUIN GALLERY FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY
16 February
Harlequin Gallery, 6 Bath Place, TAUNTON TA1 4ER
5.30pm - Please contact the gallery for a free ticket
01823 251121 Visit Website
A special birthday-party evening view of Days of Future Past, with live music by Sheelanagig’s micro trio, featuring multi-talented artist Adrian Sykes on flute and tabla. Sheelanagig’s unique blend of Balkan Folk Mayhem combines virtuoso musical performance with a dynamic and irreverent stage show containing elements of story telling and street theatre – no wonder they’re a firm favourite on the festival circuit. Come and celebrate with us!
LAURA BAKER: ‘SELF REFLECTION 1 (RHIANNON TORSO)’
Until 17 February
LAURA BAKER: ‘SELF REFLECTION 1 (RHIANNON TORSO)’
The Lloyd Gill Gallery, Lee House, 13 Beaconsfield Road, Weston-Super-Mare BS23 1YE
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This body of work, taken in its entirety, seeks to reveal an emotional side of the artist, and of ourselves, which is normally well hidden from the view of others. Each of these images, in fact, portrays a shade of a universal facet of personality that most of us would never choose to show. Indeed, the everyday sensations of entrapment and isolation, evoked here, are by their essence impossible to truly share, as it is the very presence of other perspectives, and the core nature of the individual's relationship with the mass of others, that bring them into existence. This collection of photographs, ostensibly featuring a number of female forms, actually exposes far more of the artist than the subjects. In this way, the images could be interpreted as a kind of surrogate self-portraiture. In showing her isolated self in the form of others, silent behind glass, the insular and unknowable feelings of one person become an allinclusive comment upon everyone. Despite the model appearing submersed, water was only ever poured onto the glass. The underwater appearance of the images was enhanced by natural light creating shadows and reflections onto the model, as well as illuminating the water droplets onto the glass upper surface. Having the image backlit compliments the aesthetics beautifully, resulting in a striking and bold set of photographs.
CLIVE JEBBETT: ‘MOMENTS IN TIME’
Until 18 February
CLIVE JEBBETT: ‘MOMENTS IN TIME’
Bath Contemporary, 35 Gay Street, BATH, BA1 2NT
Monday - Friday 10am - 5.30pm, Saturday 10am - 5pm
01225 461230 Visit Website
A strong sense of familiarity with Clive’s paintings is shared through the ambiguity of subject, time and place, which often strikes an emotional connection with its audience.
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