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Aubrey Williams solo exhibition at October Gallery, London

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 17:03:03 GMT

From 13 September to 27 October 2018, the October Gallery in London will host a solo exhibition of the work of Aubrey Williams. This new exhibition will explore how Williams’ work not only crosses borders between abstract and figurative modes but also between the physical and cultural geographies of the Caribbean and the UK. On Saturday 15th September, 2018, there is a talk at the Gallery discussing Aubrey Williams' place in art history.

One of William’s major paintings, Carib Guyana, has been on show in WBS at the Shard in London. It has recently been brought back to campus to go on display here during the autumn term.

Collection Artist in the Mead

Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:09:18 GMT

Lost Heap by the artist Clare Woods was purchased for the University art collection in 2010. For those interested in finding out more about Clare Woods, Lost Heap and her recent work there is a great opportunity this term, as the exhibition Clare Woods:Reality Dimmed opens at the Mead Gallery. This exhibition includes Lost Heap, plus 8 new works together with a short video of Clare talking about Lost Heap, the way she works and her new paintings. There is also the opportunity to create your own artworks in the creative space.

The Mead Gallery is upstairs in the Arts Centre, it is free and is open from 12 - 9 Monday - Saturday.

Lost Heap by Clare Woods

Latest Acquisition for the Collection

Tue, 19 May 2015 14:23:20 GMT

The current exhibition in the Mead Gallery is a celebration of the first fifty years of Warwick’s now extensive art collection. It begins with some of the spectacular paintings by artists of international renown given as a gift to the University to inaugurate the collection in 1965. The exhibition goes on to chart its development into a comprehensive representation of many artistic trends in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Numbering around 9,000 works encompassing paintings, artists’ prints, sculpture, ceramics and photography, the collection is displayed in numerous buildings on four campuses. The Mead exhibition, which runs until 20^th of June, is a rare opportunity to see the richness and variety of the collection in one place.

The collection features the most recent acquisition which is a large-scale, expressive landscape (2 x 2.5 metres) by Leamington-based Mary Riley. Its title is ‘Larkstoke’, a hill in Warwickshire which has been a regular inspiration for her work for over twenty years, a place she has studied in all seasons, times of day and weather conditions. It is a subtle and complex work conveying the sensation of being part of nature rather than a mere observer, it invites contemplation and personal reflection.

Flayed Stone III is on the move!

Thu, 28 May 2009 11:15:56 GMT

Flayed Stone III by Peter Randall-Page, normally located on the grass at the back of Coventry House, is being loaned to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Wakefield. Flayed Stone III will be part of the Peter Randall-Page exhibition, his most extensive to date. The exhibition starts on the 27th June and runs through to January 2010.

Le Corbusier Exhibition

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:29:41 GMT

‘Le Corbusier – The Art of Architecture’ This major exhibition has recently opened at the Barbican Art Gallery in London, providing a new assessment of the achievements and legacy of one of the foremost figures in the modernist architectural tradition.

The exhibition draws attention to the breadth of Le Corbusier’s talents, not only was he an original and celebrated architect whose work ranged from individual domestic dwellings to large-scale urban planning schemes, he was also an influential thinker and writer and a painter, engraver, print-maker, muralist, sculptor and furniture designer.

The University art collection includes a set of ten colour lithographs by Le Corbusier which show an affinity with the work of Fernand Léger with whom he collaborated in the 1920s with the aim of creating a new industrial aesthetic to incorporate art, architecture and mass production technology. The lithographs date from the 1960s and were purchased by the University in 1968. They are on display in the Ramphal Building, on the first floor balcony.

The Barbican exhibition, organised in conjunction with the RIBA Trust, runs until 14 May 2009.