Events: Metal art, rural life, the bliss of colour

Anna McDermott: contemporary fine metal art
A solo exhibition of contemporary fine metal art by artist Anna McDermott. Based in Devon, McDermott engages with the direct interplay our reflections have in metallic surfaces, and asks her viewers to look for themselves within her art. With this in mind, she has spent the last two years producing a new collection, presenting it here for the first time.
1-29 April 2017, 7 Lucius Street, Artizan Gallery, Torquay TQ2 5UW.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/anna-mcdermott-solo-exhibition-of-contemporary-fine-metal-art-1st-to-29th-april

Contemporary Art Practice Pre-Degree Show
Final year students on the Contemporary Art Practice course at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen exhibit at Hatch gallery, offering a glimpse into the variety of art practices being developed in the run up to their full degree show in June. The exhibition includes work by a-n student member Kaitlyn Dunsmore, whose work draws on personal experience as well as research into biology, chemistry and meta-physics.
Until 5 April 2017, Hatch, 37 Belmont Street, Aberdeen AB10 1LB.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/contemporary-art-practice-pre-degree-show

Colour: A Kind of Bliss
A group exhibition by six British painters concerned with different approaches to the use of intense energy and luminous qualities of colour. Julian Brown, Lucy Cox, Jeff Dellow, David Manley, Andy Parkinson, and Freya Purdue show works that embody colour as a kind of bliss – a never-ending kaleidoscope for both the painter and the viewer.
5 April – 30 June, The Crypt, St Marylebone Parish Church, London NW1 5LT.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/colour-a-kind-of-bliss

Creating the Countryside: Thomas Gainsborough to Today
Three artworks by Rebecca Chesney join other pieces by artists including Mat Collishaw and Grayson Perry, in an exhibition that explores how visual artists have shaped the vision of rural life in the UK. Offering a new perspective on the countryside and its expression in contemporary art and society, the exhibition also features historical works by artists such as Thomas Gainsborough, Claude Lorrain, and George Stubbs, which represent how the ‘rural idyll’ occupies a deeply rooted place in the nation’s psyche.
Until 18 June 2017, Compton Verney Art Gallery, Warwickshire, CV35 9HZ.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/creating-the-countryside-thomas-gainsborough-to-today

The Art of Autism: Autism Awareness Exhibition
Throughout April, artist Stephen Oliver along with Cllr Mandy Garford hosts ‘The Art of Autism’ exhibition in his gallery in the Orchards shopping centre in Dartford. To build awareness of autism in the local area, the exhibition is an opportunity for children and young adults on the autism spectrum, aged 3 to 18, to submit works to be shown.
1-30 April, Stephen Oliver: Studio & Gallery, Orchards Shopping Centre, Dartford DA1 1DN.
www.a-n.co.uk/events/the-art-of-autism-autism-awareness-exhibition

All of the above are taken from a-n’s Events listings section, featuring events posted by a-n’s members

Images
1. Anna McDermott, Koi (detail), mixed media on canvas, 80 x 30 x 3 cm. Courtesy: the artist
2. Contemporary Art Practice Pre-Degree Show, Gray’s School of Art, exhibition poster, 2017
3. Julian Brown, Tattoo Lagoon, acrylic on linen, 80x100cm, 2017
4. Rebecca Chesney, Contact sheet from the Summat fashion shoot 1973, from project death by demin, 2015. Courtesy: the artist.
5. Stephen Oliver, ‘The Art of Autism’, exhibition poster, 2017.

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