Galleries - July 2012

35. GALLERIES JULY 12 generated art, wall hung installations. Sponsored by Towry, the Wealth Adviser. www.thenationalopenartcompetition.com i PALLANT HOUSE GALLERY 9 North Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1TJ Adrian Berg: A Memorial Exhibition. Jun 2–Sep 30. First exhibition of the landscape painter’s work since his death in November 2011. Peter Blake and Pop Music. Jun 23–Oct 7. Derek Boshier: David Bowie and The Clash. Jun 23–Oct 7. Tue–Sat 10–5, Thur 10–8, Sun, BHols 11–5, Mon closed (Admn £7.50, concs available) www.pallant.org.uk t 01243 774557 j ZIMMER STEWART GALLERY 29 Tarrant Street, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9DG POP goes the Summer! Jun 23–Aug 11. Our mixed summer exhibition has become popular for its wide variety of artists and media in an ever-changing show –as work sells it is replaced on the walls. Own Art loans available. *own art Tue–Sat 10–5, other times by appt, admn free james@zimmerstewart.co.uk www.zimmerstewart.co.uk twitter @zimmerstewart t 01903 885867 EAST SUSSEX k HASTINGS ARTS FORUM 36 Marina, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex TN38 0BU Gallery 1 Agnieszka Dabrowska: Drawing. Jun 21–Jul 3. Gautam Paul. Jul 5–17. Self Portraits by Forum members. Jul 5–17. Gallery 2 Marybeth Haas: ‘Seeing Beauty’. Jun 21–Jul 3. Graham Walker, Val Knapp, Gary Mills. Paintings and Ceramics. Jul 5–10. Alastair Kendry and Victoria Kiff. Paintings and Prints. Jul 12–17. A spontaneous group from Sussex Coast College. Mixed Media. Jul 19–31. info@hastingsartsforum.co.uk www.hastingsartsforum.co.uk t 01424 201636 KENT l LA GALERIE D’ART 64 Old HighStreet, Folkestone, Kent Turbulence in Folkestone Harbour . . . caused by inspiring Summer Show of fine art by truly fine artists. Open pm Thur–Sun or by request magnus.h@sfr.fr t 01303 240698 l GEORGES HOUSE GALLERY 8 The Old High Street, Folkestone CT20 1RL Folkestone’s Premier Fine Art Gallery. For bi-monthly major exhibition news: info@strangecargo.org.uk www.strangecargo.org.uk t 01303 244533 m LILFORD GALLERY 3 Palace Street, Canterbury CT1 2DY Large selection of Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture with several Exhibitions each year. Keep up-to-date with our current work on website. *own art Mon–Sat 9.30–5, Sun 11–4 mail@lilfordgallery.com www.lilfordgallery.com t 01227 639086 LILFORD FRAMING 76 Castle Street, Canterbury CT1 2QD Mon–Sat 9.30–5, Sun 11–4 mail@lilfordframing.com www.lilfordframing.com t 01227 766616 2000 Pattern Combinations: A step-by-step guide to creating pattern by Jane Callender. Batsford Books, £20 Most book-lovers talk about the pleasure of feeling the 'heft' of a book and of the many reasons for not turning digital. Jane Callender's '2000 Pattern Combinations' may not have the most alluring title, but the remarkably inspiring contents within the satisfying weight and shape of this Batsford publication makes it a 'must have' for artists of many disciplines. Callender in her excellent introduction, suggests these might be, among others, embroiderers, ceramists, glass engravers, as well as her own craft of shibori textile design, but I would include painters as well, for the complexity and richness of pattern in this book by far transcends any ideas of regularity and repetition. Callender is herself a distinguished shibori master, shibori being the Japanese term for the many methods of dyeing and stitching cloth into intricate patterns. She was initially trained in textiles at Farnham Art School by teachers who had in turn been taught textile design by the two startlingly original BOOK reviews modernists –Barron and Larcher –famous from the 1920s. And so the line of arts and crafts continues as does the fascination for potentially limitless pattern, for which Callender has designed hundreds of computer generated starting points and step-by-step developments for use in any medium. A wonderful book. Jilly Szaybo For many other art book reviews see Galleries website at www.galleries.co.uk