A NEW exhibition of lithographs and linocuts by Carry Akroyd and ceramics by Richard Phethean, ‘Found in the Fields’, will be on show during December in the Long Gallery at Black Swan Arts in Frome.
Over the past 25 years Carry Akroyd has been creating paintings and prints that reflect and react to the sudden agricultural modernisations that have transformed our landscape. Some of her images are a lament, while others express the sheer joy derived from the natural world. They both reflect the landscape of today with roads, pylons, planes and wind farms, but also reveal how the natural world exists alongside us.
Carry’s colourful works all contain extracts of John Clare’s poetry. She feels that ‘His eye, mind and heart reach across time in his writing.’ Carry will present a talk on the poetry of John Clare and how he inspires her work on Saturday 2nd December at 2pm.
Richard Phethean’s work has grown out of the domestic ware oeuvre but has become more sculptural in the last 10 years. His new work has been partially inspired by the exploration of planes and surface seen in the cubist work of Braque and Picasso which depict the abstraction of ordinary domestic objects such as jugs and vases. He also draws on the ceramic traditions of English country slipware and ancient Minoan ceramics. He throws and alters these sculptural forms in coarse textured terracotta and decorates using layers of brushed clay slip and hand-cut paper stencils.
The show has been curated by Miranda Leonard of the Restless Gallery. The preview takes place on Friday 1st December from 6pm–8pm – all welcome.
For further information about the talk or exhibition please contact Black Swan Arts on 01373 473980, office@blackswan .org.uk or www.blackswan.org.uk.
