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                                                                                              Husk 1967, 22 x 24 in., by M. J. Mott in a one-man
                                                                                              show at Gallery 273, Queen Mary College, Physics
                                                                                              Building, Mile End Road, E.1 until March 15.
                                                                                              M. J. Mott studied at the Royal Academy Schools,
                                                                                              has shown in galleries in London, Oxford and
                                                                                              Suffolk, and has held one-man shows in Richmond
                                                                                              in 1966, and in Kings Lynn and at the Thames
                                                                                              Gallery in 1967. The works are abstract, based on
                                                                                              natural forms and employ plaster, fibreglass and
                                                                                              collage to create textured reliefs. (Price range:
                                                                                              10 gns-80 gns.)
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                                                                                              Heritage (2), oil, 30 x 40 in., by Christine Nesbit at
                                                                                              Quantas, 57 Piccadilly, W.1 from February 20 to
                                                                                              March 29. Christine Nesbit is American by birth
                                                                                              and studied in Paris and at Yale University, U.S.A.
                                                                                              She taught art and history of art for a number of
                                                                                              years in New York before returning to England in
                                                                                              1962.
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                                                                                              The pillars of society are rotten at the top, steel and
                                                                                              epoxy resin, 60 in. high, by Arthur Mervyn Baldwin,
                                                                                              exhibiting with Tom Hudson at Grabowski, 84
                                                                                              Sloane Avenue, S.W.3, from February 6 to March
                                                                                              29. Baldwin was born in Immingham, Lincolnshire,
                                                                                              in 1934 and studied at Leicester College of Art. He
                                                                                              worked for a time as a stone-mason and then as a
                                                                                              studio assistant at Leicester. He was awarded the
                                                                                              Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1960 and worked in
                                                                                              Italy for two years, exhibiting at the Palazzo di
                                                                                              Esposizione, Galleria Nazionale and Accademia in
                                                                                              Rome. He now teaches at Cardiff College of Art.
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                                                                                              Arcade 1967, oil on canvas, 25 x 30 in., by Bryan
                                                                                              Senior at Crane Kalman, 178 Brompton Road, S.W.3
                                                                                              from February 9 to March 2. Bryan Senior was born
                                                                                               in Bolton, Lancashire, and studied at Clifton
                                                                                              College, Cambridge University and Chelsea School
                                                                                              of Art. His first London one-man show was in 1960
                                                                                              at Temple, where he showed again in 1961 and '63.
                                                                                               He has also held one-man shows at Bolton, Queen
                                                                                              Square (Leeds) and at Crane Kalman.
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                                                                                              The vicars 1967, oil on canvas, 42 x 54 in., by John
                                                                                               Uzzell Edwards at Clytie Jessop, 47 Sloane Avenue,
                                                                                              S.W.3. John Uzzell Edwards was born in Wales and
                                                                                               had his first exhibition in Liverpool after painting for
                                                                                              five years. This is his first show in London.
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                                                                                               Two views of the installation at the John Whibley
                                                                                               Gallery which has just reopened in new and
                                                                                               spacious premises at 22 Cork Street, after ten years
                                                                                               at 60 George Street. The Whibleys intend to
                                                                                               continue with the promotion and development of
                                                                                               those painters and sculptors who have helped to
                                                                                               make the gallery such a success, but their move to
                                                                                               the Bond Street area will no doubt enable them
                                                                                               to both cast their net wider and to give a better
                                                                                               showing to artists already associated with the
                                                                                               gallery. The present exhibition, which closes on
                                                                                               February 17, is a representative showing of Painters
                                                                                               and Sculptors of the gallery.
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