Page 58 - Studio International - February 1968

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Newlyn harbour 1964, oil on board, 21 x 29 in., by
Bryan Pearce at the New Art Centre, 41 Sloane
Street, S.W.1 to the beginning of February. Also
showing is David Blackburn, whose work was
illustrated in the December 'On exhibition'.
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Henry Irving as Dubosc in 'The Lyons Mail' 1898,
woodcut (edition of 150), by Edward Gordon Craig
from an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert
Museum. 'The Lyons Mail', by Charles Reade,
appeared at the Lyceum Theatre in 1898. Edward
Gordon Craig was born in 1872 at Stevenage; his
mother was Henry Irving's leading lady, Dame
Ellen Terry, and Edward himself was an actor before
he became interested in and increasingly dedicated
to graphics and especially to the woodcut. He was
an extremely influential designer of stage settings
and costumes. He died in 1966.
Outside London
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Parameter IV 1967, painted wood, 4 x 10 ft, by Roy
Ascott at Ikon, St Martin's House, Birmingham until
February 10. Roy Ascott was born in Bath in 1934
and studied at the Department of Fine Art, King's
College, Newcastle before teaching at the
University for a year. He is at present teaching at
Wolverhampton School of Art. (See article on p. 60.)
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Study for Interior 1967, oil and charcoal on paper,
18 in. diameter, by Richard Turner at Reid, Milk
House Gate, High Street, Guildford, Surrey from
February 11 to March 2. The exhibition contains
paintings by the staff of the Department of Fine
Art at Guildford School of Art, including Jack
Ellison, Peter Gooding, Roy Holt, Tony Underhill
and James Winterbottom. (Price range: 25 gns-
200 gns.)
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Chronos 7, 68 x 64 x 24 in., by Nicholas Schöffer
at Arnolfini, 42 Triangle West, Bristol until the end
of February. The show, 'Light in Movement', being
held in conjunction with the University of Bristol
Union and coinciding with their Arts Festival, was
at Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry, in December, and
Trinity College Dublin in January. Some of the
artists included are Martha Boto, Hugh Demarco,
Francois Morellet, Peter Sedgley, Victor Vasarely,
Billy Apple and Anna Maria Gatti. (Price range:
£1 25-£2,625.)
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Diane from 'Le réveil de Flore' by Albert Rutherston
(1881-1953) at Reading Museum and Art Gallery
until February 17. The work is from the Arts Council
exhibition of ballet designs, 'Diaghilev', which is
touring England and will next be shown in Keighley
Art Gallery. Albert Rutherston, brother of Sir William
Rothenstein, changed his name in 1914. He was
one of the first English designers to work for a
Russian ballet company.
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Escalating 1967, pen and crayon, 22 x 30 in., by
Martin Fuller at Queen's Hall, Barnstaple, Devon
from February 12 to 24. The show, 'Drawings by
Eleven British Artists', is touring the South West of
England and has been organized by the Arnolfini
Gallery, Bristol. Also included are Bryan Wynter,
Patrick Heron, Elizabeth Frink and Gillian Ayres.