Surreal gallery opens for free
Visitors will have the chance to explore Pallant House Gallery's summer exhibition, ‘Surreal Friends’ without paying a penny when the Chichester gallery opens for free for the day to mark the annual London 2012 Open Day.
Described by the art critic Richard Cork as ‘really fascinating and impressive’, ‘Surreal Friends’ features works by the English painter Leonora Carrington, the Spanish painter Remedios Varo and the Hungarian photographer Kati Horna, and tells the story of their personal and artistic friendship since meeting in Mexico City in 1943.
Visitors will also be invited to take part in a special Open Weekend event to mark the annual UK-wide countdown to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Led by the Portsmouth-based artist Jon Adams, visitors will be encouraged to make flags from recycled book pages and ‘plant’ them in the Gallery studio. The event, entitled ‘Dysarticulate’ is part of a country-wide initiative to create tens of thousands of unique temporary public artworks over the Open Weekend.
Other events include a free drop-in sewing workshop as part of a fascinating art project exploring the global abuse of women from 10.30am-12.30pm and 1.30-3.30pm in the Library, a free ‘Highlights of the Collection’ talk at 2pm, and free coffee tasting, provided by De’Longhi, the headline sponsors of the Gallery for 2010 in the Galleria. Children’s trails will also be available for families to pick up throughout the day.
Pallant House Gallery opens for free on Saturday 24 July.
Described by the art critic Richard Cork as ‘really fascinating and impressive’, ‘Surreal Friends’ features works by the English painter Leonora Carrington, the Spanish painter Remedios Varo and the Hungarian photographer Kati Horna, and tells the story of their personal and artistic friendship since meeting in Mexico City in 1943.
Visitors will also be invited to take part in a special Open Weekend event to mark the annual UK-wide countdown to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Led by the Portsmouth-based artist Jon Adams, visitors will be encouraged to make flags from recycled book pages and ‘plant’ them in the Gallery studio. The event, entitled ‘Dysarticulate’ is part of a country-wide initiative to create tens of thousands of unique temporary public artworks over the Open Weekend.
Other events include a free drop-in sewing workshop as part of a fascinating art project exploring the global abuse of women from 10.30am-12.30pm and 1.30-3.30pm in the Library, a free ‘Highlights of the Collection’ talk at 2pm, and free coffee tasting, provided by De’Longhi, the headline sponsors of the Gallery for 2010 in the Galleria. Children’s trails will also be available for families to pick up throughout the day.
Pallant House Gallery opens for free on Saturday 24 July.