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Chippenham exhibition to explore pre-historyA winter exhibition of artwork inspired by the pre-history of Wiltshire titled The Past is Another Country will be showcased at Chippenham's Museum and Heritage Centre early next year. The exhibition will include the ideas and inspirations of six different artists who are members of the Elementals Art Group, with the project being as much about the process of developing an idea as the finished artwork. Elemental, which includes Jenny Ford, Jan Knight, Julia Leyden, Christine Shorney, Josephine Sumner and Charlotte Sainsbury, studied archival maps and diagrams, artefacts in museums and photographic aerial views of the landscape from which they distilled their own personal and emotional responses. Ms Leyden said: "We've been working on the project for a few years. We started the group in 2006 but wanted to do something with a theme because there could be so many different views. "We're all Wiltshire-based and wanted to do something pre-Wiltshire. We ended up looking at the Bronze Age. "Jenny, Jan and Josephine were really interested in the stone circles, so spent hours walking and looking and sketching. "We enjoyed this project so much that we've started a new one on pathways and routes in Wiltshire." The exhibition will run from Monday, January 9, until Tuesday, April 10, and includes paintings, printmaking, and a 12-verse illustrated poem reflecting each artist's take on the project. Melissa Barnett, curator of Chippenham Museum and Heritage Centre, said: "This is the first time we've had an exhibition of this nature and it is of wonderful quality." The heritage centre will also be displaying archaeological artefacts as complementary material to the projects http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/towns/chippenhamheadlines/9443062.Chippenham_exhibition_to_explore_pre_history/ |
Posted by scubi6331st December 2011ce |
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| Sounds good! I'll take myself along to that. |
Posted by tjj31st December 2011ce |
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Just a quick note to clarify Scubi's post. This is basically the same exhibition that was shown in the Wiltshire Heritage Museum, Devizes. (See Littlestone's post from 26th August 2011) http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/100284/wiltshire.html As the Chippenham Museum & Heritage Centre has more space, the exhibition has been expanded and as always, entrance to the museum and all the associated exhibitions is FREE. The past is another country runs from Monday January 9, until Tuesday April 10 and the museum is open from 10.00–16.00. 9-10 Market Place, Chippenham SN15 3HF. Tel: 01249 705020 Web: www.chippenham.gov.uk I hade a quick look around while the art was being installed and was suitable impressed. I particularly liked Jenny Ford's work which reminded me of Rocket's paintings. http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/user/3850/rocket/ . Jenny is about to embark on a study of the Ridgeway and I spent half an hour showing her some of the lesser known sites on the TMA. Much of the art is for sale and it would be a great opportunity for anyone with a passion for the Wiltshire landscape to obtain high quality work which will no doubt increase in valve over time. For more details of the individual artists and examples of their work, together with contact details, see http://www.elementalsartists.co.uk/exhibitions.htm |
Posted by Chance8th January 2012ce |
| Was in Chippenham yesterday and called into this exhibition. Small but exquisite. |
Posted by tjj 11th January 2012ce |
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