Art on TLF

[jep]

Minority subject matter I bet. Perhaps @Kimbers will approve.

Kicking off with a splash of Henry Moore. The Foundation near Bishop's Stortford:

Justin 

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

Best I could come up with. Sorry.

[Bibs]

We visited the Turner Contemporary in Margate recently. Managed about 6 minutes, what a crock! 

[Rambo]

Henry Moore was one of my very favourite sculptors Justin. Still is in fact.

Not in the same league, but this is the art installation I did in my own garden during the Covid pandemic. It's called "Everything's Gone Tits Up"

[C8RKH]

I'm a massive fan of Fernando Botero and his "rounded" sculptures. My favourite art form is sculpture.

I also appreciate some of Billy Connolly's work and made an offer on a piece in Glasgow recently but was not successful. Here is some of his work...

 

 

[Rambo]

Was that at Great Western Auctions or McTear's?

 

[Rambo]

This is a Henry Moore sculpture in the gardens at the Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh.

And this is a piece I commissioned by sculptor (Keith McCarter) who worked with, and was inspired by, Henry Moore. It is made of bronze and called Ithaca, the birthplace of the Greek god Odysseus.

[Rambo]

And this is Epsilon by Keith McCarter. The full size version, 2.5m high, is in the grounds of Marchmont House near Duns

I think you can see the Henry Moore influence.

[DDubya]

Mona museum Hobart Tasmania. Not all about the display of ‘Vag’ casts. Would really recommend if you ‘Down under’ (pun intended)

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[Rambo]

I think I'm turning into a Vagetarian 😉

[C8RKH]

Still can't find the "spot".

[Rambo]

We'd better get back on topic before the Ryarsh Polis close us down 😉

Here are some photos of a solid, patinated bronze I have by Paul Mount. He was inspired by the famous works of Barbara Hepworth (St Ives school)

[Kimbers]

Right up my Street. Wendy thinks I'm a pleb, but I am not a fan of Sculpture or Ceramics. Give me a proper Art Gallery and I am in heaven, unless its full of Abstract and then you can forget it. I don't mind a bit of abstract but, really? Something my Grandaughter could do, but with a price tag of £1 million because some critic could "Feel the Power" of the lines, is not my cup of tea. Something like this for example, Jackson Pollock, you can keep, I have no interest despite its £64 million price tag.

 

Now this, by William Turner, however I could look at all week.

 

 

Well Wendy is most famous for her Portraits for heros, where she painted 67 portraits, for free and using her own materials and time, to boost morale with those with the most heart breaking stories within the NHS. This included a Nurse and Doctor who died from COVID, she immortalised and gave the portraits to their families and then spread to Nurses, Doctors, HCA's, Cleaners, Admin etc all within the NHS during lockdown and Covid over 2 years. It was for this she was Awarded a Medal of the Order of the British Empire and for this very reason we are invited to the Kings Coronation Party and Buck Palace. Here's her with just a few, for her it was about the looks of exhaustion or even the stress you could see in their eyes. With faces covered by PPE it was all about the eyes. Funnily enough you can ssee her first one below in the montage picture. Second from the left in the centre is our own daughter. She sent her mom a picture after a long night shift and Wendy could see the worry in her eyes and stress and strain and "Had to paint it". This spread by word of mouth and made its way to the BBC where we were both interviewed. Then SKY TV, Radio 5 Live etc etc. She was then inundated with requests. 

But What, I hear you cry, does an Artist have on their wall?

Well a lot of our own stuff . Mainly cause, with constant art shows and fairs, we have more paintings than Storage. For example, I can get up in the morning to find one of our tables missing, only for it to reappear 2 days later like this.

We had a nice nest of tables, solid oak, that disappeared and reappeared each one with the tops painted like this:

I have a garage full of old Scaffolding planks and other scrap wood that someone "Finds" and Saves from the chipper or landfill. These often become this:

And I love Wendy's recycled Wood Art, which goes from something for landfill to a £350 work of art.

However my ultimate favourites are her Black White and Gold ones, using metallic paints and Golf Leaf. They really shine and are so very unusual. Others must agree as they sell very well. Down side is they take about 2 weeks a painting.

 

But we do have our own Gallery Room where we keep art from other artists that we have bought or been gifted.

I actually don't have any pics of it so I will post that up later.

[Chillidoggy]

On 10/04/2023 at 13:59, Bibs said:

We visited the Turner Contemporary in Margate recently. Managed about 6 minutes, what a crock! 

You kept that quiet!

I’m convinced that the contents are the sole reason there’s no entry fee. Imagine the queue for refunds.

[Bibs]

I popped in the Lifeboat expecting to see you both there

It was shockingly shit to be honest. Perhaps I'm a luddite but even that 6 minutes included a trip to the gents! 

[DDubya]

If you ever get to Tasmania, a visit to Mona (Hobart) https://mona.net.au is a must. A wall of 151 Vag’s cast in porcelain.  It's worth the trip ‘down under’, pun intended😂

[Chillidoggy]

19 hours ago, Bibs said:

I popped in the Lifeboat expecting to see you both there

It was shockingly shit to be honest. Perhaps I'm a luddite but even that 6 minutes included a trip to the gents! 

The Lifeboat died for me when they turned it from a proper real ale ‘straight out of the barrel’ joint to a gentrified Brew Dog gaff selling mass-produced weasel’s piss. The place to go is The Fez, half way up the high street. @Sparkycan confirm this. It’s eclectic , and mad!

[Rambo]

2 hours ago, DDubya said:

 

 

Keriiiist. That one on the left has more hair down under than most blokes have on top 😲

[Sparky]

23 minutes ago, Chillidoggy said:

The Lifeboat died for me when they turned it from a proper real ale ‘straight out of the barrel’ joint to a gentrified Brew Dog gaff selling mass-produced weasel’s piss. The place to go is The Fez, half way up the high street. @Sparkycan confirm this. It’s eclectic , and mad!

Yup, hats off to The Fez - mad as a box of frogs.  And, on topic, it's full to the brim of 'art'.

[Kimbers]

Hey Everyone! 

Just to let you know we will be Exhibiting at Epsom Downs this weekend. Would love for you all to come down and see us! I already know a couple who are coming. 

https://artsurrey.co.uk/

[JimmytheTurbo]

If any of you get down to Norwich to visit the factory a good Art stop of is the https://www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk/

There are Francis Bacon Portraits of Lisa Sainsbury and lots of other interesting works Modigliani Giacometti Picasso Degas & Henry Moores in the garden.

Also the Location of the S3 Esprit Photoshoot.

There are also Barbara Hepworth's dotted around the city too.

 

Edited October 5, 2023 by JimmytheTurbo

[Kimbers]

Or you could visit the open studio of one Wendy Kimberley, Award winning artist, honoured by the Queen before she passed, supplier of fine art to the Royal family and countless people with Taste, like our own @Bibs

[Kimbers]

Hey Everyone, hows about grabbing a fantastic pressie for your mother (or wife from the kids). See below link and Pics!

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=903385348461651&set=pcb.903418635124989

 

[Kimbers]

Hi Everyone

A very proud Hubby is pleased to announce Wendy has her first Solo Curated Exhibition as per the below poster. Yes it's in Norfolk but quite a few of us are in Norfolk so would be great to see anyone there! Her "Meet and Greet" where the artist (and Moi) will be there is on Saturday 8th June between 1pm and 4pm, but its open every day from 5th June 10am to 4pm. Am hoping to impress Wendy and get as many people there as possible for the meet and greet especially. Free entry!

[Mark Blanchard]

I've got a couple of Victor Vasarely signed screen prints.  Always like his work, ever since I did a fine art diploma in preparation for a Design degree.

At the other end of the scale I bought 7 original Hogarth's from an auction a few years back, the prints dated 1740.  There's lots of horrible stuff going on in them but they're quite good fun.