Exhibitions in Leicester 2012

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Exhibitions of art in Leicester/shire in 2012

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On this page: | Live Music Exhibition | Artisan student exhibition | Art for Change | Iain Jaques | Urban Expression | Live music photographs |

Exhibit A - Leicester College end of course show

Exhibit A is the end of course show for the 23 students graduating from the Foundation Degree in Photography and Video at Leicester College.

Throughout this two-year Higher Education course, which is validated by De Montfort University, the students have undertaken professional and academic training in many areas of still and moving image production and this exhibition is the culmination of three months self-directed study at the end of this course.

The exhibition is an opportunity for the students to express their own interests and creativity. On show is thought-provoking work of various styles, techniques, concepts and thematic concerns.

The exhibition runs from Tuesday 29th May until Saturday 9th June 2012 at Fabrika IAC, 68-70 Humberstone Gate, Leicester, LE1 3PL between the hours of 10.00am until 6.00pm.

Live music paintings

Paintings that recreate the passion of music is a series recreating the drama and passion of classical musicand are due to go on show at Leicester's New Walk Museum and Art Gallery.

Artist Bali Sangha-Jenkins' new exhibition, entitled Let the Music do the Painting, will be at the museum from May 7 to 20, and reflects her love of classical music.

Admission is free. Bali regularly exhibits around the UK and is set to showcase her work at a forthcoming exhibition in the Casa Batllo, Gaudi Museum and Gallery, Barcelona.

Since 2011 she has had seven solo exhibitions and 12 group exhibitions. Information and prints of Bali's work are available on her website www.baliartbali.co.uk

28th April

Artisan, Fabrkia, 25th to 28th April

An exhibition showcasing the work of second year BA (Hons) Design Crafts students from DeMontfort University was on show at Fabrika in Humberstone Gate, from 25th April to 28th April. ArtsIn went there today to see a selection of some of the works on display.

Glasswork by Emily Anne Stevens. Emily had created delicate, coloured glass pieces that crate movement and excitement translated into glass. She said in her statement 'I want the glass to have the same effect on others as the music does on me.'

Amy Larkin's Animated Star Garden Book is a combination of hand cut images and recycled hand made paper. It illustrates a multi-plane journey through a garden, with ferns unfurling and plants pulling apart as we track in and reveal a pathway to a secret locked door. In her statement, Amy said 'My inspiration comes from the animated works of German silhouette animator and film director, Lotte Reiniger and the intricate detail of Japanese paper cuts.

The simple process of repetition fascinates Surbi Juneja, who uses a wide range of materials including paper, fabric and wood to create decorative 3D pieces,

 

 

 

Steffnie Percival loves the process of spinning vessels by taking a flat sheet of metal and form it into a axially symmetrical shape that has a smooth surface.

 

Growing up in the Brecon Beacons gave Elen Thorne a love of everything to do with the outdoors and nature. Currently working with metal she uses a combination of hand raising and forming to create vessels inspired by natural forms. she works the metal by adding textures to create interesting surfaces. she uses metal and paper, juxtaposing the gentle subtlety of the paper with the rigidity of the meta.

 

Emily Jane Penrose's current work is based on media and gossip magazines. which she uses to 'manipulate' words and to explore stories.

Ruth Dale works with clay and is inspired by colour, pattern and form.

Mould making and slip casting are two processes and techniques enjoyed by Sarah Warburton in her work with ceramics. She got her inspiration from this piece from the natural form of pebbles and their colours has allowed her to experiment with glazes

This remarkable piece stood on a light box. Created by Phoebe Shackleton-Trevor who uses Italian glass and a torch to make lamps.

Faye Williams specialises in glass and metal, combing the two materials, using shapes from natural resources. Colour is added to the enamelling process.

 

Jessica Streets designs printed textiles, creating scarves inspired by 1950s block prints with simple outlines of shapes and objects. He main focus within textiles is lino printing; she loves the texture it gives.

Vessels made by Claire Danielle Sherriff. The holes signify the removal of fear.

Metal worker Imogen Milsom produces one off pieces of jewellery and wall art. The main process she uses is hand piercing metal. She works with copper and silver.

More information from the Artisan web site

29th March

Art for change - reflects

We report on the launch night of the Art for Change exhibition held in the Malcolm Arcade.

15th March

Iain Jaques' black and white images celebrate modernism and
flyover futurism beyond car culture

Flyovers - the first in a series of 'Postpeakcartastic' photographic series by Iain
Jaques is currently exhibiting at Leicester People's Photographic Gallery until 16th April 2012. The Leicester People's Photographic Gallery is in Belvior Street in the building that used to be the central lending library.

Flyovers

The Flyovers project began in 2009; the year the M1 marked 50 years since opening to an idyllic age of motoring. The images explore, rediscover and expose overlooked places and spaces. A testament to the vision and engineering skill that built them. Spaces often flown past, missed or glanced. Places and structures designed and engineered to hold up the dream of mobility, access and speed for all.

Motorways

Closing more than half a century of frenetic, heroic, and sometimes misguided
motorway building is the M74 Completion project, which opened to traffic in June 2011. Photographed under construction the most expensive stretch in UK motorway history is still built true to the finest modernist planning principles, finally completing a 1960s vision of encircling central Glasgow with urban motorways.

Peak Car

With 'Peak-Car' upon us the highway is a relic of the 20th century that surrounds us like shipyards, canals, railways, steelworks and coalmines of past glories and a bygone era. A memory still being discovered. Created even as it is buried. Leaving us with questions; What now for car culture? What do we do with remnants of monolithic concrete and deserted utilitarian roadscapes? Where next for the modernist vision? How do we recycle and reuse the road space to build 21st century cities 'Fit for People'?

See Iain Jaques photographs on this Flickr web site

5th February

Urban Expression

Tim Fowler holds is solo exhibition from 9th March to 22nd March at Fabrika Gallery in Humberstone Gate.

Urban Expression is the second solo exhibition by Leicester Artist Tim Fowler. This exhibition will consist of paintings, mixed media works and sculptures all based on architectural structures. These semi-abstract pieces are bright, bold and full of engaging colour. The exhibition includes a number of local buildings including Leicester University, Wheatsheaf Works, Leicester Railway Station, The Curve and Highcross, as well as several iconic national buildings. They give an insight into the artist's impression of the urban environment in his very distinct and contemporary style.

Tim Fowler is a Leicester based artist who completed his BA Hons in Contemporary Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam in 2009. He is now based at the renowned Knighton Lane Artist Studios and a member of the Leicester Contemporary Art Group. Fowler has exhibited in Brick Lane, Chelsea, Brixton, Leicester, Skipton and Sheffield. Homes and Gardens, January 2012 featured his depiction of Peckham Library. Fowler's work can be seen all around Leicester, including the City Council's Art Walk commission at St Martin's Square, Pizza Express in New Walk, The Donkey, West-End Gallery and the Open 23 New Walk Museum Exhibition.

See Tim Fowler on Facebook

20th January

Leicester Live Music photographic Exhibition

This exhibition has now left the Rent Tent Gallery

Please come back to this page to find out where it will be on show next.

Our exhibition of photographs of artists playing live music in Leicester, opened at the Red Tent on Friday 20th January 2012. Over 30 people came to the launch including the photographers, some of the artists shown in the pictures and representatives of local art galleries, music, poetry and a photographer from the Leicester Mercury.

The exhibition can be viewed free of charge when the Red Tent is open. Ask at the bar if you want to see the collection which is housed in the Gallery across the rear courtyard.

You can find out more about The Red Tent on Facebook.

The Exhibition runs through to 25th February. Thereafter the pictures will tour round various Leicester venues for the rest of this year.

Speaking at the launch event, artsIn Director Trevor Locke said "We were pleased that 147 photos were submitted to the online collection. The standard of photography was really high. There were some cracking shots amongst them. The selection panel had a challenging job to pick 20 out of these.

"The 20 photos that we can see now in the gallery are a good cross section of the live music scene of Leicester. Together they portray the imagery of what live music is like."

The photographs were all taken by local photographers and show the variety of live music in Leicester. Twenty pictures will be on display, selected by a panel of judges for both their photographic quality and to reflect the wealth of imagery associated with the live music scene.

An exhibition of photos taken by local photographers of Leicester/shire bands and artists, performing live in local venues.

Photographers:

Dave Norris
Kat Korwaser Ullman
Kevin Gaughan
Kim Brammer
Kyo Murtagh
Richard Rains
Danny Thwaites

Bands and artists in the photos:

Callum Cook
Citizen Smith
The Daydream Club
The Fazed
Hybrid Trend
Kingsize
Lysergic Suite
Muleta Smiles
Nancy Dawkins
New Town Image
Silent Resistance
Smokin The Profit
Spirytus
Us Wolves
Victory Gin
We're Not Worthy

147 photos were submitted and these can all be viewed on-line on the Flickr Gallery. 20 photos were selected from this collection and were printed and mounted for the exhibition.

The photos shown at the exhibition were printed by John E Wright of Charles Street, Leicester.

See our press release on the launch

Details of the launch event are on the Facebook page

Other pages you might like:

The home page of the new visual arts section

Photos of live music on the Music Photographers Blog

Danny Payne's music photography

Dom Henry's live music photography

Lara Cullen Live Music Photography