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An
exhibition of Herefordshire’s most exciting artists, including painters,
ceramicists, textile artists and sculptors, will be set in the spectacular
waterside setting of the Gwynne Warehouse Studio at Hereford’s Left
Bank Village.
The
artists taking part were selected rigorously from over 50 applications.
It
is the first major competitive open exhibition to be held in the
county.
Those
selected include experienced artists such as Richard Gilbert who
moved to the county from London two years ago and who has already
had a major solo show at the City Art Gallery, Peter Horrocks from
Kington who makes paintings and drawings with an abstract quality,
and Antony Kerr whose panoramic landscapes sell widely in Europe.
The
exhibition also includes six works by part-time artist Roland Bufton
whose beguiling drawings and collages charmed the selection group,
as well as work from younger artists like wire sculptor Fiona Morley
and textile artist Helen Williams.
Previously
unseen work on show includes paintings from Daniel Crawshaw’s latest
series of contemporary landscape paintings, The Field and a brand
new, big sculptural piece, Swansong, by feltmaker Anne Belgrave.
Outside
the exhibition, artist blacksmith Ian C Berrill has been commissioned
to make a piece of public art, a large and spectacular interpretation
of the River Wye next to the river itself, which will be created
on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 September and which will remain standing
there until the end of Art Week.
"If
you see nothing else during Herefordshire Art Week, get yourself
to the Gwynne Warehouse Studio to see this show," said Kate Bull,
Herefordshire Art co-ordinator.
"These
23 artists are all startlingly different from one another, demonstrating
the diversity, range and sheer quality of the art being made here
in the county. "
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