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EXHIBITIONS
STATE OF THE ART New Designers 2017, Diana Porter, 13 January – 31 March Diana Porter’s New Year exhibition features a hand-picked selection of favourite new graduate designers. Each year the team scour the degree exhibitions to find the most exciting emerging talent around, and this year they have discovered six designers whose collections deliver a range of conceptual, wearable art pieces. Featuring an aesthetic response to an exploration of their individual societies, cultures and environments, the exhibition showcases holistic pieces to stir the senses through kinetic movement and fragrance. These are artists whose work provides a visual narrative to their journey through their own spirituality; designers that meticulously hand-craft pieces to combine disposable materials with precious metals. Find minimalistic jewellery in reclaimed materials which contrasts with natural raw form, as well as exquisite rings, pendants and brooches with hidden details and unusual materials set in silver that will change over time. An exciting, thought provoking and intriguing exhibition to kick off 2017, showcasing the work of: Aelita Galevska, Amber Cooper-Green, Chloe Lewis, Sinéad Cooke, Sophia Florence and Zoë Fitzpatrick Rogers.
• dianaporter.co.uk
Still Lives, Grant Bradley Gallery, until 7 January This is a series of oil paintings by Victoria Laird, inspired by found animal skulls and fairy lights. Through this work, Victoria has discovered a beauty in the macabre and how the fragility of life makes it all the more precious. Meanwhile, Bill Moore offers a painting style unique in its simplicity. He is inspired by humanity, the built environment, the strange, often humorous and absurd aspects of the everyday and commonplace, and the subsequent changes that time brings. See also Bristol-born artist John Garland’s work, focused on capturing landscapes and cityscapes in Expressionist style.
For The Love Of It, Guild Gallery, 28 January – 18 February See works by three artists united by a passion for creativity. Deborah Mann investigates colour, line and form in sculpture (pictured), painting and drawing; and Susie Nott-Bower conveys the essential nature of being human through portraiture, life drawing and writing; while Julia Shaw explores the qualities of clay.
• bristolguildgallery.co.uk • grantbradleygallery.co.uk
40 THE BRISTOL MAGAZINE
| JANUARY 2017
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