Lunchtime Talk about the new Paper Exhibition

Curator Sophie Cummings gave us a wonderful tour of the new Paper exhibition at lunchtime on Friday 1 December. The lunchtime talks are free and start at 12.30pm and last half an hour, with time for questions afterwards. They are well attended and extremely enjoyable and informative.

Above some of those who turned up to hear the talk, and below Sophie talking about a group of drawings

and below talking about Nicholas Munro's 'Igloos'.

The pieces Sophie particularly picked out to discuss are seen below:

above you'll all recognise this Alfred Wallis picture 'Ship amid Tall Waves', oil and pencil on board

above not so typical of Edward Bawden's 'Essex Housing Estate' painted in 1954

Above John Nash's 'Buoys at Harwich' painted c 1955, it's watercolour on paper, and below 'Grey and White Drawing' by John Walker in 1965-6. It's an amazing piece, the way it's executed makes it look like it's made form many different pieces of paper, but it's a clever optical illusion.

And this piece by Nicholas Moore is a screen print called 'Igloos' has been used to promote the exhibition.#

Above Alison Lambert's 'Amal' a drawing with collaged elements, 2008.#

Below 4 pieces by Cecil Collins, Head, Head, Sun Head and Studies.

Below this is Goshawk by Charles Tunnicliffe it's a wood engraving on paper.

With a bit of reflection, a drawing by Duncan Grant entitled 'Kneeling Figure'#

Below Michael Ayrton's etching entitled 'Narcissus' 1976 #

Those pieces with a hashtag beside them are examples of pieces from the Meryl Ainslie Gift, an anonymous gift of fifty works on paper given in tribute to the artist and gallery owner Meryl Ainslie.
The next FREE lunchtime talk will take place on Friday 15 December at 12.30pm and will look at the Janet Boulton exhibition.