The Charioteer
Ros Faram’s work (pictured above) is currently exhibited in two solo shows. In London she presents a series of nine watercolours that mix cultural references with wry humour to explore ideas around myth and evolution. The separate WETBOOT exhibition at the Ashdown Forest Centre in Sussex, features Faram’s forest paintings – works in both oil and watercolour.
Until 4 March 2016, Foyer Gallery, Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London NW1.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/the-charioteer
Painterly paintings of paintings
Active in the early 1990s as a mail artist under the alias N. Harris, David Perks organised the international exhibitions Through the Letterbox and The Original Photocopy. Now working under his real name, Perks’ irreverent and humorous practice incorporates landscape and portrait studies, including ‘sometimes useful’ artefacts created from a combination of naturally-sourced materials and consumer goods. His pastiche approach can be epitomised in his ongoing 10-year project to create a virtual reality model of ‘Richard Hamilton’s copy of Marcel Duchamp’s Large Glass’.
Until 20 February 2016, Gainsborough [art]works, St Patricks Street, Stafford.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/painterly-paintings-of-paintings-by-david-perks
Holly Rowan Hesson residency and solo exhibition
The architecture of the &Model space is a starting point for Holly Rowan Hesson‘s new in-situ works that continue her exploration of the fragility of man-made constructions. Hesson’s photographically derived prints, projections and ephemeral installations use colour and complex surface to evoke the inherent transience of seemingly permanent structures.
11 February – 5 March 2016, &Model, 19 East Parade, Leeds.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/holly-rowan-hesson-residency-and-solo-exhibition
We Are Moving – The Future of the High Street
Exploring the changes taking place on high streets, contested spaces and the role and response of artists, the speakers for this day-long symposium include artist Jessie Brennan and writers on architecture and planning, Douglas Murphy and Julia Dobson. The symposium coincides with an exhibition of the same name, which runs until 20 February.
Friday 12 February 2016, The Wilson Gallery & Museum, Cheltenham.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/we-are-moving-the-future-of-the-high-street
e-Luminate Cambridge Festival 2016
Cambridge’s annual festival of light feeds off the city’s two major communities of science and technology and art and culture. State of the art technology is explored by artists to create a series of installations that transform the facades of many of the city’s prominent buildings.
12-17 February 2016, e-Luminate Foundation, Parkers Piece, Cambridge.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/e-luminate-cambridge-festival-2016
All of the above are taken from a-n’s Events listings section, featuring events posted by a-n’s members
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