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ARTS & EXHIBITIONS Jackie Philip: A Colourist in the Caribbean David Simon Contemporary, 37 High Street, Castle Cary BA7 7AW, 3–25 September For artist Jackie Philip, a trip to Barbados for a few weeks in September last year turned into seven months of being stranded on the Caribbean island, partly due to lockdown and partly to the fallout from the volcanic eruptions of La Soufrière on St Vincent. To make the best use of her enforced stay in Barbados, Jackie set up a temporary studio and came to observe the abundance of nature in all its forms. The paintings that resulted are informed by a variety of cultures and traditions and her latest works are more expansive and filled with luminosity and colour. Poignantly, work on the final canvas in this series, Volcanic Ash, was cut short and the beauty of this painting is in the strength of the bold line. A percentage of the proceeds from the exhibition will be donated to Slow Food Barbados. davidsimoncontemporary.com
Image: 17 Seaside Poppies by Jackie Philip
Mark Entwistle, Beaux Arts Bath, 12-13 York Street, Bath BA1 1NG Beaux Arts’ show this month features a collection of works on paper by Mark Entwistle, recent winner of the 2020 Sunday Times Watercolour award. Mark has appeared in several BP portrait prize exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery, numerous times in the RA summer show, among many others. In the words of playwright Tamsin Ogleby: “Scattered objects carry weight, not symbolic but emotional, so that what seems incidental becomes telling.” The gallery also includes ceramics by Jack Doherty, who was the head potter at the Leach Pottery in St. Ives for five years. beauxartsbath.co.uk
Image: Galaxy by Mark Entwistle
Freud, Minton, Ryan: unholy trinity Victoria Art Gallery, Bath BA2 4AT, until 19 September Unholy Trinity is the first exhibition to focus on the passionate intimacy that existed between Lucian Freud, John Minton and Adrian Ryan – three gifted figurative painters striving and succeeding to build careers in a war-torn Britain when the art world functioned remarkably well. The exhibition, a collaboration between Victoria Art Gallery and Falmouth Art Gallery, is accompanied by a film by Italian film-maker Isaac Biglioli. victoriagal.org.uk Image: Mountains behind Toulon by Adrian Ryan
Shooting Stars: Carinthia West, Britain and America in the 1970s, American Museum & Gardens, Bath BA2 7BD, until 31 October Carinthia West’s intimate photographs of rock and film stars of the 1970s in America – and in particular on the glorious beaches of Malibu in California – present an upbeat and buoyant view of the decade that should remind us of the outstanding music and the great design of this much-maligned period. Carinthia West’s fascinating photographs demonstrate that the 1970s was a decade of bright colours, fun, and self-expression. See also her feature on page 40. americanmuseum.org
28 TheBATHMagazine
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sepTeMber 2021
Image: Actress Shelley Duvall in 1976
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