In 1929 my mother aged 9 visited the North East Coast Exhibition; one of 4 million visitors. Above is an image of the postcard she bought showing a view of the Arts Pavilion. The exhibition cost around £7.7 million in todays money, more than the £5 million allocated for the 2018 Great Exhibition of the North, but let us hope it brings in a similar amount of visitors to this great region and is designed and presented with the same stature. We can only wait and see!!!! My mother posted this card to me in 1984. She used it to confirm the delivery of my portfolio to the Royal College of Art. I was skint at the time and couldn’t afford the fair to London!!! To my surprize I was invited for an interview for the post grad printmaking course. However, all I remember of the interview was a lot of questions concerning my home made clothes!!! Maybe I should have applied for the Fashion course instead..Ha! Ha!
The second image is a rough photo of the third stage of my new painting (the first from a triptych entitled ‘The Walls’) It has moved on quite significantly from the image I posted in my last blog. It is getting there…long way to go however. So much else to do!!!! Can’t get a good few days at it! Off to the village of Aller this week to build a rather large bonfire. My next blog will compare it to the wicker nonsense that was built on the river Thames. The I’ll let you decide which was best!!
Below is a link to an interesting article by Michael Barke, reflecting on the North East Coast Exhibition of 1929…enjoy…
http://www.academia.edu/22912283/The_North_East_Coast_Exhibition_of_1929_Entrenchment_or_Modernity
