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EXHIBITIONS
STATE OF THE ART
February Tones, Clifton Contemporary, 1 – 25 February Work by gallery artists including Masako Tobita and Robert Jones. Far from colourless, the rich earthy tones, restless skies and skeletal trees of February reflect the raw beauty of late winter, when nature is on the cusp of spring. From 1 – 25 February, the gallery will be showing a range of work by artists who really understand and harness this invigorating rawness. Through the beautifully observed paintings of Tony Scrivener, Parastoo Ganjei, Robert Jones, Masako Tobita and others, you can feel a latent world beginning to stir once more. • cliftoncontemporaryart.co.uk Image: Snowdrops by Tony Scrivener
Polly Braden: Holding the Baby, Arnolfini, 19 February to 12 June Polly Braden presents Holding the Baby, an exhibition of new photography that creates a powerful and moving portrait of the impact of austerity measures on families across the UK. Braden’s participatory project, which began life at the Museum of the Home, features families from Bristol, London and Liverpool, including photographic portraits and narrated stories, highlighting the lived experience, strength, and resilience of single parents. Inspired and provoked by a United Nations report which stated that single parents have been hardest hit by UK austerity measures, Braden’s collaborative photographs – some taken during lockdown by the parents themselves – capture the families’ sense of adventure, optimism, creativity and ambition, that transcends the often difficult situations they face. Accompanied by excerpts from conversations between the families and journalist Sally Williams, and reflections on the idea of ‘home’ drawn together by writer Claire-Louise Bennett, Braden captures individual’s stories, highlighting the universality of their lives. • arnolfini.org.uk Image: Barbeline and Elijah, Holding the Baby, London 2021, Polly Braden
36 THE BRISTOL MAGAZINE
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FEBRUARY 2022
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No 207
From the Mountains to the Sea, Lime Tree Gallery, 10 February – 10 March Lime Tree Gallery’s latest exhibition includes a mix of beautiful landscape and seascape paintings across a variety of media. Some of the highlights include a new series of arresting acrylic paintings by Welsh artist Sian McGill; powerful Scottish scenes by Zanna Wilson, Alexander Robb and Marion Thomson; skilful egg tempera works by Andrew Scott George; and Northumberland landscapes in oil by Robert Newton. Artist Ulla Ohlson has also contributed abstract unframed lithographs of Swedish landscapes. • limetreegallery.com Image: Caerfai by Sian McGill
