December 2011
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And the winner is....
Thank you to everyone who made their vote towards the Contemporary Art for Christmas 2011 Award.
With the end to the exhibition on Friday, votes have now been counted.
In 3rd place : Jamie Andrews
In 2nd place : Junko O’Neill
and The Lloyd Gill Gallery is pleased to announce that, with only one vote between first and second places, the award goes to…
ALEXANDER...
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October 2011
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September 2011
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Social Commentary: Infrastructure Will Collapse
Everyone is welcome to attend the preview evening for the exhibition “Social Commentary: Infrastructure Will Collapse”.
It will be held on 1st October at the new time of 6-9pm
Free entry for all, and a free glass of wine/juice available.
Exhibition runs 3rd October - 28th October 2011
Curated by Lloyd Gill
The curator has carefully selected artists who create work which reflects...
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GALLERY INTERN OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
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OPEN CALL TO ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS!
August 2011
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The Future of Contemporary Art 2011
Curated by Lloyd Gill
Preview night 20th August, 7pm
22nd August - 16th September 2011
Participainting artists
James Roffe Chris Spackman Hannah Brown Katie Diederich Jack Tanner Tom Keevill Caroline Barby
Congratulations to artist Tom for selling a piece on the preview evening! (see photo below)
There is still lots of time left for all of you who have still yet to see the exhibition....
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exposure I
The first of the ‘exposure’ exhibitions previewed on Saturday 6th August at 1pm - 8pm. Tea and cake was provided by the gallery for visitors to enjoy while they browsed the work.
The participating artists of this exhibition were: Mary Whittingham, Brigitte Whittingham and Marianne Rustad.
The exhibition was a huge success, with 9 sales in total.
Thank you for those who turned up...
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'exposure' starts Saturday.
‘Exposure’ is a week long exhibition featuring three artists who are local to the gallery. The artists are Mary Whittingham and Brigitte Whittingham who are Mother and Daughter. Mary is a focused photographer who has produced some very interesting portraits. Her Mum, Brigitte has some bright and colourful watercolours on show, which are bound to prove popular with visitors and also some...
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'Interweaving Tales'
Preview night 9th July, 7pm - 10pm 11th July - 5th August 2011 Curated by Lloyd Gill Press release Folk lore and storytelling has been depicted throughout art history beginning as early as ancient times. The curator has researched into a few designated time periods starting with medieval art and progressing into Japanese printmaking. Traditional Folk art has an interesting history and...
June 2011
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OPEN CALL FOR 2011 GRADUATES
If you are a recent graduate, The Lloyd Gill Gallery is giving you the opportunity to submit your work to an annual exhibition ‘The Future of Contemporary art 2011’.
The exhibition enables graduates to showcase their work in the professional art world straight from their degree show walls.
All details for PR and the management fee are located here:...
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'Interweaving Tales' - PREVIEW EVENING 9th JULY.
‘Interweaving Tales’
Preview night 9th July, 7pm - 10pm
EVERYONE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE PREVIEW EVENING.
NO INVITE REQUIRED.
11th July - 5th August 2011
Curated by Lloyd Gill
essay pdf download word file download Press release
Folk lore and storytelling has been depicted throughout art history beginning as early as ancient times. The curator has researched into a few designated...
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Portraiture Unraveled
‘Portraiture Unraveled’
Preview 28th May, 7pm - 10pm 30th May- 24th June 2011 Curated by Lloyd Gill Lloyd has written an extensive essay to accompany this exhibition. The essay is titled ‘Portraiture Unraveled’ and is attached to this email as a pdf file. The essay is attempting to examine reasons for why artists paint themselves and other people. The...
May 2011
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OPEN CALL FOR ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS.
The Lloyd Gill Gallery is considering voluntary experience for photographers at the gallery, taking photos of exhibition work, and at preview evenings; including portraits of artist’s with their work and of visitors. A great opportunity for a photographer’s CV. Will consider photographers of all experiences.
Experience will take only a day or two of your time, plus any further...
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'Art's Sharp Edge: An exhibition of controversy'
A wonderful mixture of controversial art by participating artists: Derek Jones Eldi Dundee Jade Morris Josh M Paul Lewis Hunter Angela Ho
Thank you to everyone who attended the exhibition preview.
March 2011
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Life drawing at the Lloyd Gill Gallery
Life drawings sessions at the gallery will commence on Thursday evenings starting at 6pm and finish at 9pm. The gallery has the privilege of working with the well experience life model, Andrew Rogers. Andrew is a professional model with a background from Weston college. Many students doing a Foundation in art and Design have worked with Andrew and gone on to University. Andrew’s...
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'The Essence of Drawing'
A big thank you to all those who made an appearance at the preview evening on Saturday for ‘The Essence of Drawing’ exhibition. It was a joyous occasion, with much discussion about the artist’s work.
The exhibition is still available to view, and the gallery welcomes everyone to come and view it with free entry.
Exhibition starts Monday 7th March on till 11th April 2011
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February 2011
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Would you like to help The Lloyd Gill Gallery?
you can do so by using the following poster to help The Art Sale gain a larger audience.
This not only helps the gallery but also many artists who take part in The Art Sales and exhibitions. It is well worth a few minutes of your time.
Please place this poster on your websites or blogs.
You can also download the poster from the following link, http://www.thelloydgillgallery.com/artsale.html,...
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Preview Evening: ‘Exploring Fluidity: The Ebb and...
Many thanks to all those who turned up to a wonderfully humble preview evening.
Everyone was in high spirits and excited to see the work on show.
January 2011
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‘Exploring Fluidity: The Ebb and Flow of Control’
Curated by Rebecca Bellamy Preview Night: 22nd January Exhibition dates: 24th January - 18th February 2011
This exhibition presents work by contemporary artists who adopt fluid processes to create purely abstract as well as semi-abstract art. Some of these artists engage in an exploration of aesthetics and process, others are more emotive and expressive. The work to be...
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'Contemporary Art for Christmas 2010 award'...
The gallery staff are tremendously proud to announce the winner of the 2010 ‘Contemporary art for Christmas 2010 award’.
The votes were counted and it was a very close call between two artists:
Lou Reade and Jayne Smith.
Both artists offered varied styles of work.
Jayne’s printmaking combines scenes of dreamscape’s with the sublime, while Lou’s ...
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'Contemporary Art for Christmas 2010'
‘Contemporary art for Christmas 2010’
Preview night 11th December
Exhibition: 13th December - 7th January 2011
With thanks to all of those who attended the preview night of the exhibition, and also to those who made their vote count towards the ‘Contemporary Art for Christmas 2010 award’.
Artists selected for the exhibition:
Lloyd Gill Sue Purcell Anita Ford Sharon...
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December 2010
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November 2010
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'A relentless march of energy: Expressionism'
Lloyd Gill has curated this exhibition.
Preview Night 23rd October
Exhibition runs from 25th October till 19th November
This exhibition will represent artists throughout the UK who epitomise expressionism through their use of paint in the sense of capturing energetic movements, thickly applying paint, rough brush strokes all that demonstrate an understanding of the ...
October 2010
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The Art Sale 3
The third of the gallery’s ‘The Art Sale’ to take place.
With thanks to all the artists who took part.
We had a range a new work entering the gallery’s doors once again.
With success, a total of 5 sales was made from this event.
Well done to those who sold! - The lucky artists were Chris Abbott, Lloyd Gill and Samuel Jones.
Would you like to take part in the art...
September 2010
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'The Future of Contemporary Art 2010'
‘The Future of Contemporary Art 2010’ Preview 11th September Exhibition starts 13th September and runs till 8th October
Featuring Ashley Collin Emilie Pugh Jenny Webb Connor Lee Merrion Adam Silk Jetski Geraldine Duffy-Jentz Nengi Omuku
This exhibition will showcase examples of contemporary art from BA Fine Art degree graduates from Falmouth, The Slade, Oxford...
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The Art Sale 2
With thanks to all that took part in the second of the gallery’s The Art Sale.
Once again we had a wonderful collection of work from many local artists. It was superb to see such a diversity of work since the last sale, and was also fantastic to increase our level of new visitors to the gallery. We had a success of 7 sales.
Well done to all those that sold!
If you would like to...
August 2010
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'The Oneiric image: symbols, automatism and the...
‘The Oneiric image: symbols, automatism and the language of dreams ‘ Preview 31st July Exhibition starts on Tuesday 3rd August and finishes on 27th August. This exhibition will examine symbolism in art amongst the influence of Surrealism. The exhibition will connect artists who use motifs in their art work in the duration of a series.
There is an essay to ...
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The Art Sale debut.
The debut of The Art Sale was a success!
With thanks to everyone who involved themselves in the event. We had a fantastic range of work, and lots of new visitors.
In total we had 18 sales!
Our next The Art Sale will be running between 28th August and 6th September 2010.
All artists are welcome to take part. It is not restricted to local artists, but work must be delivered and picked up in...
July 2010
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The Art Sale!
Saturday saw the debut of The Art Sale! In total we had 149 pieces of art work from a whole range of local artists. The sale has been a roaring success, now only 3 days into it’s life. We have so far had 4 sales, and lots of interest in other work. The visitors are coming in thick and fast. It has been fantastic to see some new faces. ...
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