Galleries - August 2010

RUTLAND a GOLDMARK GALLERY 14Orange Street, Uppingham LE15 9SQ 20th Century and Contemporary Art. *ad Mon–Sat 9.30–5.30, Sun pm & BHols info@goldmarkart.com www.goldmarkart.com www.gillrayprints.com t 01572 821424 b SAMUEL ROBSON FINE ART 35 Market Place, Oakham LE15 6DT Specialising in Modern British Art. Mon–Sat 9.30–5 robson@srfagallery.com www.srfagallery.com t 01572 770095 f 01572 720259 c WOODBINE CONTEMPORARY ARTS Falcon Hotel Courtyard, Market Square, Uppingham LE15 9PY Summer Exhibition. Aug 7–21. Show featuring works by artists who exhibit regularly at the gallery. Thur, Fri, Sat, 11.30–4.30 & by appt Back Bank, Whaplode Drove nr Spalding, PE12 0TT Open by appt yorath@woodbinecontemporaryarts.co.uk www.woodbinecontemporaryarts.co.uk t 01406 330693 m 07980 167404 CAMBRIDGESHIRE d CAMBRIDGE BOOK & PRINT GALLERY 49 Newnham Rd, Cambridge CB3 9EY Modern British and International Artists. FineDrawings, original Prints and Rare Books (signed/inscribed copies a speciality). Tue–Sat 10–5 cambridgeprints@aol.com www.cambridgeprints.com t/f 01223 694264 ESSEX e NORTH HOUSE GALLERY The Walls, Manningtree CO11 1AS Julian Meredith: Bee, Eel, Elm Tree MAP 16 ENGLAND EAST ANGLIA 4 3 A 5 A 4 1 A 1 7 A 1 4 8 A 1 4 9 A 1 4 0 A 1 2 A 1 4 A 4 7 A 1 0 A 1 1 A 5 2 A 1 A 1 4 1 A 5 2 A 5 2 M 1 A 1 M M 1 1 A 1 M M 4 0 LONDON BRENTWOOD SOUTHEND-ON-SEA LEIGH-ON-SEA INGATESTONE CHELMSFORD FELIXSTOWE WOODBRIDGE SNAPE ALDEBURGH YOXFORD HALESWORTH DISS SOUTHWOLD LOWESTOFT FINGRINGHOE GREAT YARMOUTH WROXHAM FAKENHAM NORTH WALSHAM CROMER BURNHAM MARKET KINGSLYNN SWAFFHAM SPALDING STIVES NEWMARKET THETFORD BURYST.EDMUNDS SAFFRON WALDON LONG MELFORD SUDBURY MILTONKEYNES STEVENAGE LUTON STANSTED WATFORD WISBECH DOWNHAM MARKET KETTERING WARE MANNINGTREE UPPINGHAM HOLT AYLESBURY NORTHAMPTON OAKHAM WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA HALSTEAD CHAPPEL TER ELY BEDFORD HERTFORD HARLESTON BROCKDISH AYLSHAM MOULTON SLEAFORD CLARE IPSWICH COLCHESTER RD PETERBOROUGH CAMBRIDGE NORWICH e g d h n l k j i f b m a 32. GALLERIES AUGUST 10 (Extinction). Until Aug 21. Stephen Chambers: Prints and Paintings. Aug 28–Sep 25. Comprehensive exhibition of prints by painter Stephen Chambers RA and some recent paintings. Open Sat 10–5 or by appt www.northhousegallery.co.uk t 01206 392717 NORFOLK f BURNHAM GRAPEVINE Overy Road, Burnham Market PE31 8HH Sister gallery to Grapevine Contemp- orary Arts, Norwich and London, specialising in paintings & ceramics. Exhibition – including paintings by Brian Hinton, Martin Procter, Geoffrey Robinson and Rob Woolner. Mon–Sat 11–4, closed lunchtimes www.burnhamgrapevine.co.uk t 01328 730125 g DAVID CASE FINE ART The Old Rectory, Church Road Brockdish IP21 4JJ 20th C. and Contemporary Original Prints by British and International artists. Including work by Carlo, Freud, Hockney, Moore, Picasso, Piper, Rego, Riley, Scully. Viewing in London as well as Norfolk. By appointment davidcasefineart@btinternet.com www.davidcasefineart.com t 01379 668875 / 020 7608 1214 f 01379 668802 m 078100 32025 h GRAPEVINE 109 Unthank Rd, Norwich NR2 2PE Norwich’s premier contemporary art gallery, showing paintings, prints, ceramics, jewellery and glass. Work viewable in London and Burnham Market on request. Artists include Peter Burman, Ross Loveday & Robert Stockdale. Tue–Sat 10–5.30 www.grapevinegallery.co.uk t 01603 760660 A 6 0 0 3 A Y S T O N R O A D T W E S T C K W A Y H S T W N O R T H S T E A S H I G H S T E A S T S T A T I O N R a c UPPINGHAM a SCENTS & SENSIBILITY In a contemporary art world where, supposedly, anything goes, it is remarkable how few artists suc- cessfully incorporate smell (and, it should be noted in passing, taste) into their work. The olfactory insta- llations of Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto are a notable exception and his exhibition ‘The Edges of the World’ (continuing until 5 Sept- ember) fills Hayward Gallery with a spectacular riot of multicoloured gauze, which floats, twists and stretches into columns, tunnels, pavilions and caverns that are periodically studded with pockets of fragrances such as lavender. It is a shimmering, ethereal dream, but not without a studious nod to Neto’s artistic forefathers: the biomorphic shapes recall Jean Arp and Joan Miró whilethefloat- ing ceilings, through which one may climb to pokeyour head abovetheclouds, evokethe modernisme architecture of Antoni Gaudí. Neto’s immersive install- ations strikea nimblebalance between weighty art history and theexuberanceof thefunfair. PB SARGENT AT SEA It is always good to discover an unfamiliar side to an artist we tho- ught we knew everything about but I am not entirely convinced that the rather grandly titled ‘Sargent and the Sea’ ( Royal Academy ) provides quite the de- gree of revelation this suggests. For apart from two really exhila- PUBLIC eye