Galleries - December 2012

SCILLY ISLES f GALLERY TRESCO New Grimsby, Tresco, Isles of Scilly, TR24 0QE Mixed collection from our gallery artists including paintings by Rosemary Trestini,Paul Lewin,Mike Saunders, Maggie O’Brien,Chris Hankey,Teresa Pemberton, Wendy McBride and Amanda Hoskin. Studio glass by Will Shakspeare,Stephen Beardsell,Norman and Lesley Stuart Clarke,ceramics by Jo Burnard,Paul Jackson and Sarah Nicoll. Extensive range of jewellery,cards and gifts. Winter opening hours reduced. Call to check times. gallery@tresco.co.uk www.gallerytresco.co.uk t 01720 424925 a THE ALVERTON GALLERY 5 Alverton Street, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2QW Eclectic mix of the best contemporary fine art & crafts from across the West Country situated in a bright gallery between The Exchange & Penlee House. This artist-run gallery stages rotating exhibitions of local and national artists. Coffee available. Member of the Own Art Scheme. *own art Mon–Sat 9.30–5 info@thealvertongallery.co.uk www.thealvertongallery.co.uk t 01736 351668 b CORNISH FAUVE GALLERY Morrab Road, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 4EX Artist & Bodyworker Tim Newman aka “ Gacho ”. Bravura landscapes and male nudes in on-going studio/home exhibition,including Textiles, Rugs, Ceramics, Sculpture & other Cornish Contemporaries . B&B available. cornishfauve@hotmail.co.uk www.gacho.co.uk www.bonezone.co.uk By appointment t 07906 367783 MAP 10 PENZANCE P E N A L V E R N E D R I V E Q U E E N S T R E E T N E W S T R E E T C H A P E L S T R E E T H I G H S T C A U S E W A Y H E A D T H E Q U A Y W H A R F R D M O R R A B R O T A R O V E O R R C M A R K E T J E W S T R E E T R T O N S T a c b d Penzance PENZANCE c LIGHTHOUSE GALLERY 54/55 Causewayhead, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2SS Make the Magic Happen! this Christmas at Lighthouse Gallery where you will find a sparkling collection of artist made jewellery,beautiful ceramics,sculpture and of course an exhibition of paintings that will melt the hearts of your loved ones. Visit Lighthouse for that very special gift and a warm welcome. post@lighthouse-gallery.com www.lighthouse-gallery.com t 01736 350555 d NEW STREET GALLERY 4 New Street, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 2LZ Established friendly gallery run by local artists cooperative. Regularly changing displays of excellent quality contemporary fine and applied arts. In the third room: Nick Bradford: ‘Festivity’ Photography. Until Dec 7. Group Show: ‘The 13 Days of Christmas’. Dec 8–31. Mon–Sat 10.30–5 info@newstgallery.org.uk www.newstgallery.org.uk t 01736 361222 25. GALLERIES DECEMBER 12 Jason Walker ‘Teddy’ 2012 at Bucca Gallery visceral, sometimes shocking with a feminist agenda at its heart yet, somewhat paradoxically, it is strangely beautiful. In spite of an ambiguously lyrical lilt, ‘The Secret Worth A Thousand’ (a reference to Goethe’s belief in the importance of communing with nature) is unlikely to make compromises. [See image p6] The painters of the original Newlyn School were, in their own way, just as radical moving away from the academic towards everyday subject matter and a fresh naturalism. The very best place to see these paintings is the Penlee House Gallery and Museum in nearby Penzance, which has a fine permanent collection, while those looking to buy should check out the Newlyn School Gallery in Penzance’s Chapel Street. Pip Palmer arena for the prestigious Newlyn Society of Artists’ ‘Christmas Crackers’. Funded by philanthropist Passmore Edwards in 1895 for the benefit of both residents and artists, Newlyn Art Gallery’s remit has had a change of emphasis of late and has, like Tate St Ives , done much to bring international work to the region. In December however, the focus is very much a local one with a solo show of paintings and projected images by Kate Walters and a memorial exhibition of photographs by the sadly missed Jeremy Le Grice. Walters’ art is often dark, often