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VISUAL ARTS
‘THE POETRY OF PHILIP SUTTON’
Until 18 June
Sladers Yard, West Bay Road, WEST BAY,
Bridport, DT6 4EL. Monday - Saturday 10am -
4pm. 01308 459511 / .
“Paintings and works on paper, including new
work.”
SOMERSET PRINTMAKERS: ‘PRINT PLUS’
Until 24 June
Trowbridge Town Hall, Market Street,
TROWBRIDGE, BA14 8EQ. Monday - Friday
10am - 4pm, Saturday 10am - 2pm. 01225
774306 / .
ROSIE SMITH AND PENNY WITHERS
Until 1 July
Church House Designs, Congresbury, BRISTOL,
BS49 5DG. Wednesday - Friday 10am - 5pm,
Saturday 10am - 1pm.
. “Prints by
Rosie Smith, and ceramics by Penny Withers.
Church House Designs will be opening their
garden as part of an NGS Open Gardens event
on Sunday 11 June, 10.30am - 4.30pm.”
‘REGIONS OF LIGHT’
Until 2 July
Hestercombe Gallery, Hestercombe Gardens,
CHIDDEN FITZPAINE, Taunton, TA2 8LG. 11am -
4pm. 01823 413923 / .
“Exhibition showcasing works from the artist
and poet the Rev. John Eagles (1783 - 1855)
together with contemporary artists Jem
Southam, Rebecca Chesney and Paul
Desborough. The title, taken from a line in a
John Eagles poem, alludes to the visual
diversity within the show, which features
photography, paintings, sculpture, objects,
words and film.” See page 11.
EXETER ILLUSTRATORS: ‘BE INSPIRED’
Until 2 July
The Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Queen
Street, EXETER, EX4 3RX. Tuesday - Sunday
10am - 5pm. 01392 265858. “A range of
artistic styles including artwork for children’s
books, observational drawings, wall murals,
graphic novel illustration and character design.”
‘A FRAGILE BEAUTY: ART ON THE
BLACKDOWN HILLS 1909 - 1925’
Until 8 July
Museum of Somerset, Taunton Castle, Castle
Green, TAUNTON, TA1 4AA. Tuesday - Saturday
10am - 5pm. 01823 255088 /
. “This
exhibition captures the beauty of this Somerset
and Devon borderland in a period when the First
World War was changing English society
forever.”
SUMMER EXHIBITION
Until 11 July
John Leach Gallery, Muchelney Pottery,
MUCHELNEY, near Langport, TA10 0DW. Monday
- Saturday 9am - 1pm and 2 - 5pm. 01458
250324 / “A lively
summer exhibition featuring glass by Sally Kent,
prints by Jean Stevens, jewellery by Holly Webb,
and signed ceramics by John Leach, Nick Rees
and Mark Melbourne.”
‘FIND ANOTHER BATH’
Until 12 July
Central Gallery, Royal United Hospitals, Combe
Park, BATH, BA1 3NG. Monday - Sunday 8am -
8pm. 01225 824987 / . “This
exciting and diverse collection of works
celebrates some of Bath’s industrial history and
honours the labour force that enabled this
industry, highlighting the conditions they lived
and worked in and contrasting it with the
sectors of the city where there was freedom of
choice and money to spend.”
‘GREENFYLDE ART ALIVE’
2 - 13 May
Ilminster Arts Centre, The Meeting House, East
Street, ILMINSTER, TA19 0AN. Monday - Friday
9.30am - 4.30pm, Saturday 9.30am - 2.30pm.
01460 55783 /
“Young artists aged 2 - 9 showcase their latest
work.”
ANDREW WASHINGTON
3 - 9 May
The Gallery, Shaftesbury Art Centre, Bell Street,
SHAFTESBURY, SP7 8AR. 10am - 4pm. 01747
855243. Photographs.
MATISSE: DRAWING WITH
SCISSORS
Sheila Mannes-Abbott
A Botanical Life
28/06/17-9/07/17
An exhibition of the life and work of celebrated
botanical artist, Sheila Mannes-Abbott.
find us:
watchet, TA23 0AQ
open 11am-4pm Wed-Sun
& daily during holidays
The French painter, sculptor and designer, Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) was one of the
20th century’s most influential artists. His vibrant works are celebrated for their
extraordinary richness and luminosity of colour and his spectacular paper cut-outs were
his final triumph. Matisse: Drawing with Scissors , a Hayward Touring exhibition from the
Southbank Centre, features 35 posthumous prints of the famous cut-outs that he
produced in the last four years of his life, when confined to his bed. It includes many of
his iconic images, such as The Snail and the Blue Nudes.
Matisse continued creating highly original works into his eighties. For his cut-outs he
used paper hand-painted with gouache, which he carved into with scissors. The colours
he used were so strong that he was advised by his doctor to wear dark glasses.
The lithographic reproductions in this exhibition are taken from a special double issue of
Verve, a review of art and literature, published by Matisse’s friend, the critic and fine art
publisher Tériade, in 1958, four years after Matisse’s death. The publication was
planned during Matisse’s lifetime and the first lithographic plates were prepared under
his direction a few days before he died.
Matisse began his working life as a lawyer, before going to Paris to study art in 1890. At
first strongly influenced by the Impressionists, he soon created his own style, using
brilliant, pure colours, and started making sculptures as well as paintings. In 1905 he
and his colleagues were branded the Fauves (wild beasts) because of their
unconventional use of colour.
31 May - 25 June: Contains Art, East Quay, WATCHET, TA23 0AQ. Wednesday - Sunday
11am - 4pm. 07583 368072 / .
‘L’ESCARGOT (THE SNAIL)’ (Gouache découpée, 286 x 287 cm, 1952 - 53)
PANAYIOTIS MARLAGOUTSOS
4 - 23 May
LT Gallery, 1 Orchard Street, WESTON-SUPER-
MARE, BS23 1RG. Tuesday, Friday and Saturday
10am - 4pm, Thursday 12noon - 7pm. 07730
431726 / . Paintings.
‘CONSERVING A MOMENT IN TIME’
5 - 17 May
Hengistbury Head Visitor’s Centre,
BOURNEMOUTH, BH6 4EN. 10am - 5pm. 01202
451618 / “Daniel
Grant will be exhibiting 2D and 3D work
inspired by the experience of working on site at
Hengistbury Head.”