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BRIGHTON PRIDE LGBT LITERATURE TENT
M AT T E R S BY ENZO MARRA
This month I’ve sourced a quartet of creative opportunities for your viewing in and around Brighton.
MOKSHA CAFFE 4-5 York Place, Brighton, BN1 4GU, www.mokshacaffe.com www.custombrighton.wordpress.com, www.jonhowe.co.uk n Custom present an exhibition of work by Brighton-based artist JON HOWE (Aug 7–Oct 10), showcasing a selection of pieces from the last seven years which reveal Howe's exploration of drawing, painting, printmaking and collage. Private view 5–7pm, Friday, August 9.
Jubilee Street, Brighton, BN1 1GE http://brighton-pride.org n Catch the final day (Thur 1) of the ICONS exhibition in association with Brighton Pride. Pride’s first Arts & Film Festival covers many aspects of LGBT art, culture and lifestyle and has teamed up with Brighton-based artist and art director Hizze Fletcher of Thirteen Art Productions (100 Artists for World Aids Day' 2008-2010, The Underground Open House Art Movement 2012). Following Pride’s Icons theme, the exhibition features a number of recognised artists and photographers including: Romany Mark Bruce, Mark Vessey, Rachel Adams, Kitty Finegan, Fox Fisher, Manel Ortega, Hizze Fletcher, James Robinson, Hannah Keuls, Precious Murphy, Mandy Webb, Will Blood, Eleanor Whiteman, Billy Chainsaw, Lawrence Latham and David Sutherland.
TOWNER Devonshire Park, College Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JJ, www.townereastbourne.org.uk n Further afield at the Towner in Eastbourne, DEPENDENT RATIONAL ANIMALS (until Sept 22) is a collaboration between Sally Underwood and Roxy Walsh. Dependent Rational Animals began in 2011 with a conversation about how sculpture might make a home for painting and how painting might hold the interior of a sculpture. The exhibition will include wall paintings and large-scale architectural sculptures alongside smaller works, so that visitors can take time to experience echoes and assonances between the imagery, content and structure of works, enabling visitors to enjoy the installation at a different pace.
ZIMMER STEWART GALLERY 29 Tarrant Street, Arundel, West Sussex, www.zimmerstewart.co.uk n BLACK, WHITE OR GREY (Sat 3–Sat 31). Many of the artists shown regularly, including Ann Sutton, Andrea Schulewitz and Nicholas Wriglesworth, were invited to submit works which are Black, White or Shades of Grey. The exhibition celebrates their tenth Arundel Festival by including many of the artists visitors have seen over the last decade including Felix Anaut, Nick Bodimeade, Derek Davis, Gary Goodman, Barbara Macfarlane, Piers Ottey, Ann Sutton, Phil Tyler, Nicholas Wriglesworth, Anthony Frost, Jim Dine, Matt Bodimeade, Giles Penny, John Kirby, Tracey Emin and The Chapman Brothers.
POP ICONS koba, 135 Western Road, Brighton, www.kobauk.com, http://brighton-pride.org n POP ICONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY (Mon, July 29–Sun, Aug 4) exhibition by celebrated artist Lez is part of Brighton Pride’s Arts & Film Festival. The collection of pop art 3D artworks features depictions of Grace Jones, David Bowie and the Beatles among others. A percentage of sales will go to Brighton Pride.
MANDA SCOTT
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n PRIDE LITERATURE & SPOKEN WORD TENT at Preston Park (2–5pm, Sat 3). Brighton & Hove Libraries in partnership with East Sussex Library & Information Service host an afternoon of entertainment with LGBT writers and performers talking about and reading from their own work. Prize winning authors including playwright/author NEIL BARTLETT (Skin Lane, Ready To Catch Him Should He Fall, Mr Clive & Mr Page, Who Was That Man?); best selling author of lesbianthemed historical & crime fiction MANDA SCOTT, (Hen’s Teeth, the Boudica series); author and stand up comedienne VG LEE (Diary Of A Provincial Lesbian, The Woman In Beige); plus authors and local writers from Queer Writing South including playwright/poet MARIA JASTRZEBSKA (Dementia Diaries, At The Library Of Memories) and Allsorts Youth Project. An openmic session means you may have a chance to shine! Tea and scones will be available to make this an afternoon of literary heaven!
JUBILEE LIBRARY Conference Room 1 n JAMES WHARTON OUT IN THE ARMY (2pm, Sun 4) looks at the amazing journey of James as he becomes a man, joins the army and learns to deal with his sexuality in a sometimes hostile environment prior to coming to terms with and in turn, helping the army come to terms with homosexuality. His experiences form the bedrock to this tale, from serving in Southern Iraq and with Prince Harry in Canada, to being hospitalised after a homophobic beating, to helping at the 7/7 bombings and serving at the Royal Wedding. His story is taken right up to the point when James left the army in 2013, after a ten-year commitment. James was the first openly gay person to appear on the front cover of Soldier, the British Army’s official magazine. By being one of the first highly visible ‘out’ soldier James has helped the armed services to begin to address its institutionalised homophobia. Free event tickets available at The Book Lover Store.