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| CLUB ROOM
EVENTS AND TALKS |
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Wales is Chairperson of the Clubroom Committee who arrange monthly
meetings for lectures, demonstrations, discussions and criticisms.
Non-members are very welcome to join these meetings, please
telephone the Clubroom Secretary, David Wilkey, for a programme
on 01225 421842 |
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2011
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April
28th 2011
Ellen Bell
'Camera Obscura & Other Stories'
With her new collection of work, Bell is mainly
concerned with familial intimacy. Pre-digital images that
reveal children and adults caught in stiff awkwardness before
the camera are the starting point for these pieces. Bell extracts
outlines of figures and extraneous details from these photographs
and deftly inserts into these forms undulating threads of
words and sentences cut from works of fiction. Universal stories
flood these vessels - filling in for the silent, the
misremembered and the forgotten conversations of the past.
Offsite Exhibition, 24-29th May 2011, hosted by Four Square
Fine Arts, at Gallery in Redchurch Street, 50 Redchurch Street,
London E2
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May 26th
2011 Paul Emsley
'The Light of Meaning'
This evening will be a great opportunity to attend an illustrated
talk of Paul Emsley's remarkable and highly accomplished drawings
and paintings. "ln my drawings I try to emphasize the
singularity and silence of the form. By a
careful balancing of tones I emphasise the way in which light
and shade fall across the subject. By creating a settled half-light
I try to transform the existence of the object from the ordinary
to something more profound. I have always loved drawing. The
dryness of the paper and the chalk demand precision and exactness.
lt quickly exposes one's weaknesses and mistakes; there is
no room for tricks or clever words".
Paul has won many awards and in 2002 he won first prize in
the Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
with his painting Rhinoceros and in 2007 he won first prize
in the BP portrait award - His striking
large-scale oil study of fellow artist Michael Simpson won
the prestigious first prize; considering that Paul had only
painted five portraits in the previous five years this was
an impressive accomplishment.
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11 June
– 16 July 2011
Bath Society of Artists 106th Annual Exhibition
At the
Victoria Art Gallery, Bridge Street, Bath.
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June
30th 2011 Bronwyn Williams-Ellis
'Ceramics into Sculpture'
Well known in Bath as a ceramicist and tile maker, who undertakes
important commissions nationally, Bronwyn will be giving an
illustrated talk on her ceramic and sculptural work this evening.
Her work is not easy to categorise: it could be read as painting
or sculpture, it refers to both the human body and landscape,
and it could be seen as abstract or as descriptive. It promises
to be an intriguing evening that will interest painters, sculptors
and ceramicists. |
CONTACT
The Bath Society of Artists
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| VENUE |
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The venue
for the BSA clubroom meetings is the Museum of Bath at Work.
Julian Road, Bath BA1 2RH. The museum is 10-15 minutes walk
from the centre of the city, very close to the Assembly Rooms.
Meetings are usually held on the last Thursday of the month
and start at 7.30pm. Tea and biscuits are served afterwards
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September
30th 2011 Richard Cowdy
'Bronze caster and artist sculptor'
This will be a fascinating evening of insights into the working
life of a very 'hands-on' working sculptor.
Richard was born in London and graduated in sculpture at Camberwell
School of Art. For two years he worked as a bronze caster at the
Morris Singer Foundry and then moved to Wiltshire where he set
up his own studio and bronze
foundry. The farm animals and chalk landscape of Wiltshire became
the main inspiration for the subjects of his work. A consummate
technician, Richard does all the casting and finishing of his
bronzes. His work is regularly shown in the
Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy, London as well as in many
other galleries and is owned by collectors worldwide. |
October
27th 2011 Hugh Roberts
'Pictures in Wood: The Hidden World of Misericords'
Misericords are little tip up seats found in the choir of mediaeval
cathedrals and churches. There are around 3,500 in this country,
beautifully carved and telling stories, some amusing, some naughty!
I will tell why they are there, how and
when they were made, show some of them, and explain the meaning
of the pictures.
Hugh Roberts has been a guide in Wells Cathedral for some years
and has visited all cathedrals and major churches taking more
than 1,000 pictures, only some of which will be shown! |
November
24th Ros Cuthbert RWA
'Nathan
Oliveira & the Bay Area Figurative Painters of California.'
This illustrated talk will be a chance to see work not very well
known in the UK. Richard Diebenkorn is probably the best known
Bay Area painter but there is a whole school of interesting artists
who painted the California light in a very ‘painterly’
manner, producing rich and powerful figurative paintings.
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| 2012 |
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January
26th 2012 Criticism of members' work
A chosen
critic will lead an informal discussion and give a criticism
of work by any members who would like to bring work along (1
- 2 pieces).
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Febuary
25th 2012 107th AGM
3pm at the Museum of Bath at Work (Members only).
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March 31st
2012 David Cuthbert
'Paule Vézelay, Clifton Arts Club to
Abstraction-Creation in Paris'
Bristol born Marjorie Watson-Williams decided '....anything
rather than live a stupid
life in a provincial town playing tennis and having tea parties...'
and became an artist associating and exhibiting with many of
the artists of the Parisian avant-garde including André
Masson, Arp, Miró, Sophie Taeuber and Jean Hélion.
This evening talk will be an opportunity to see a fully illustrated
résumé of her career.
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