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EXHIBITIONS
Marla Allison: Painter From The Desert, Rainmaker Gallery, until 11 August
Ancient Layers of the Earth by Marla Allison
This solo exhibition showcases recent works by contemporary Native American artist Marla Allison. It presents acrylic paintings produced in her Laguna Pueblo desert studio alongside canvases painted during a 30-day artist residency in Bristol. As an artist from New Mexico, Marla is proud of her Laguna Pueblo identity and heritage, but also counts Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee among her influences. She combines all these elements to produce her own fresh, contemporary style. “I paint and create for Laguna history to be great and remembered,’ she says. “I paint because I was passed down a gift from my grandfathers; I paint to continue what they started… My art is what lets me connect the past to my future. My paintings are based on the contemporary, which borrows from the past. I paint so I remember where I came from. I paint so others can remember where I come from. I paint to be remembered.” • rainmakerart.co.uk
Summer exhibition, Coldharbour Framery & Gallery, July – August Over the summer holidays, this Redland gallery will be celebrating the big outdoors, with a focus on waves, waterfalls and woodcuts of the sea by acclaimed artists such as Merlyn Chesterman and Rod Nelson (one of his woodcuts is pictured, left), as well as paintings and prints of our own Bristol Harbourside and other favourite haunts by local artists including Abigail McDougall and Jenny Urquhart. Outdoor sculptures also feature heavily in the show, from Christine Baxter’s irresistible collection of iron resin hares to Jill Dunmore’s quietly contemplative clay figures, just perfect for nestling in a shady little corner of the garden. • coldharbourgallery.co.uk
● Diverse, Bristol Guild Gallery, 21 July to 11 August Head to the Guild Gallery this month to see new work from the So What Art Collective – a successful collaboration between former students of the Bristol School of Art. Now nine years old, the collective invites guest artists to join the Guild show, bringing with them new and different styles and techniques. In the ‘Diverse’ exhibition they will show beautiful stained glass, blown glass, oils, ceramics and other media. Expect ceramic pots by Fiona Barr, plus work from Di Brothers, Margaret Byron, Sarah Davis, Denise Howe, Jo Waltera and Christine Cook (pictured is her collage of acrylic painted torn and cut paper of Bristol Harbourside). • bristolguildgallery.co.uk Waiting for Emily by Christine Cook
44 THE BRISTOL MAGAZINE
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JULY 2018
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No 169