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Kathryn Thomas Original Oil Paintings Exhibition

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Shining a light on Kathryn Thomas Original Oil Paintings

 

Established artist Kathryn Thomas is celebrating the launch of her new collection by hosting her longest exhibition, ‘Kathryn Thomas Shining Lights 2012’, from Sunday May 6 to Monday June 4 in Poole, Dorset.

 

Every day for a whole month, Kathryn’s studio will be open from 11.00am to 7.00pm, for the public to experience her new body of work. Inspired by a variety of natural light shows across the coastline of Poole and translated through natural oil paints on to high quality linen, ‘Shining Lights’ comprises over 30 interpretations of the changing light and its impact upon the land, sea and sky.

 

The artwork of Kathryn Thomas adorns the walls of collectors all across the world from Iceland to Australia, but this is the first time in her 25-year career that Kathryn has created an entire collection inspired by one location.

 

Kathryn Thomas explains: “Since relocating from Bristol to Poole, I’ve become fascinated by the stunning surroundings of my new environment and I’m excited about the challenge of conveying these sometimes majestic sometimes quiet sights through my art to a new audience. On a universal level, through painting I hope to encourage people to be aware of the power of nature and to realise our fleeting relationship with this planet.”

 

Though inspired by the Dorset coastline, the seascape or setting of her paintings will not be easily recognisable. Kathryn strives to surprise through her constantly evolving techniques of application – building layer upon layer to enhance depth and translucency – making the image appear different each time the viewer looks at it, depending on their mood or perspective. Kathryn will be at the studio throughout the exhibition to answer queries, share thoughts and listen to opinions regarding her new collection.

 

Kathryn adds: “I am looking forward to sharing the next stage of my career with the public through the ‘Shining Lights’ exhibition this spring.”

 

Exhibition : Kathryn Thomas Shining Lights 2012

Date: From Sunday 6th May to Monday 4th June 2012,

Time: Daily from 11.00am to 7.00pm

Address: The Studio, West Quay House, 4 West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1HT

Costs: Admission is free

Standing out at Conference.

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Exhibitions and conferences are big business now. Whatever industry you can think of, there is an exhibition for it. From technology, computer games, acting and dance. Exhibitions and conferences are great to meet people and make industry contacts. There are usually seminars and lessons on the given subject too. You can also meet lots of people in your industry and connect with them.

 

If you are a business that is going to a industry exhibition or conference then the best way to get people to come to your stand is to have some amazing exhibition display stands. The best way is to make a visual impact. You can buy or rent these and then have some promotional staff in front of them.

 

Think about your branding and what colour suits your industry, and think of the design. Have your target audience in mind. It’s important to stand out to reach your audience. Invest some money in this, don’t skimp and take lots of photographs.

 

Good luck!

 

 

Social Fabric Exhibition

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Social Fabric Exhibition: 19 January–10 March 2012

 

Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) presents Social Fabric exhibition at Rivington Place, in which textiles are used to explore colonial history, international trade, labour and militant politics. In the 19th Century Karl Marx’s account of the cotton industry tracked fifty years of boom and bust and the effects this had on workers in Britain and its colonies (and in particular India). Social Fabric cross references different accounts of textile history, focusing on works by two contemporary artists Sudhir Patwardhan and Alice Creischer, presented alongside extensive range of recent and historical archival material.

 

Alice Creischer’s installation Apparatus for the Osmotic Compensation of the Pressure of Wealth during the Contemplation of Poverty tracks the threads that connect cycles of investment, disinvestment and decline. Inspired by a trip to India, the work looks at the economic and social impact of European colonialism and subsequent globalisation. The craze for Indian Chintz caused protest amongst Spitalfields weavers in 1719 and devastated whole sections of its textile industry. This led to Gandhi’s choice of the spinning wheel as a symbol of decolonisation, and caused Nehru to comment that – ‘the history of cotton and textiles is not only the history of growth of modern industry in India, but in a sense it might be considered the history of India.’

 

Since the mid-1970s, Sudhir Patwardhan has depicted Mumbai and its urban proletariat. His painting Lower Parel (2001) shows ‘Girangaon’ (mill village) the place where the cotton mills that transformed the city’s economy and led to the Indian industrial revolution were located. By the 1970s textiles employed one in three of the city’s workers and sucked in migrants from surrounding regions. New social institutions evolved with forms of cultural expression including street theatre, poetry and music and it was a hub for trade union activity and left politics. This painting depicts the area after the mills closed down in the early 80s, superimposing different urban strata – the defunct factories, new small scale enterprises and high rise luxury apartments, invoking the workers’ struggle to keep the mills going and resist gentrification.

 

These two complex works are examined through an extensive display of archival loans and artist interventions, including Company Paintings, Indian Chintz, original journals from Marx, films, photographs, newspaper articles and recordings of mill workers’ testimonies. A curtain and two support structures, a table and wall unit, have been designed by artist Celine Condorelli to display the archival material.

 

There will also be an extended programme of talks and events running alongside, including a symposium on textiles; and workshops with activist and writer Meena Menon. Social Fabric is curated by Grant Watson, in collaboration with Christine Checinska, Nida Ghouse, Shanay Jhaveri, Nada Raza and Karen Roswell.

 

Social Fabric will tour to Londs Konsthall from 6 April until 27 May.

 

Dates: 19 January – 10 March 2012

Venue: Rivington Place, London, EC2A 3BA

Rivington Place public opening hours:

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 11am – 6pm

Late Thursdays: 11am – 9pm (last admission 8.30pm)

Saturday: 12noon – 6pm

Admission: free

 

www.rivingtonplace.org

 

Tubes: Old Street/Liverpool Street/Shoreditch High St

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