Gallery Talks
Friends Visits
Eric Gill and Chichester Fiona MacCarthy Thursday 27 July at 6pm Lecture Room, Pallant house Gallery
Magic Realities: The Artistic Marriage of Mary Fedden and Julian Trevelyan, at Petworth House Wednesday 26 July 1.30pm to 6pm approx.
Fiona MacCarthy has been highly acclaimed for her critical biography ‘Eric Gill’. Gill was a sculptor, wood-engraver and typographer of genius, and a man of startling contradictions in his personal life. This talk traces Gill’s development from his early years in Chichester.
The Magic Realities exhibition has been organised by Pallant House Gallery as part of the 2006 Petworth Festival. It explores the creative partnership of the artists Mary Fedden RA and Julian Trevelyan RA, who were married in 1951. There is an article about this exhibition in this magazine.
Tickets: £7 including wine Book signing: Following the talk, Fiona MacCarthy will sign copies of her biography of Eric Gill.
British Pop Art Marco Livingstone Thursday 14 September at 6pm Lecture Room, Pallant House Gallery
Simon Martin, who has curated Magic Realities, will give an informal talk about the lives and work of the artists. After visiting the exhibition there will be free time to explore the antique shops and private galleries of Petworth. More information will be supplied with your ticket. Tickets: £12 (includes entry to the exhibition and Petworth Pleasure Grounds, but not to the main house)
Marco Livingstone is an art historian and independent curator who has written extensively on Pop Art and more widely on contemporary painting, sculpture and photography. Tickets: £7 including wine Book signing: Following the talk, Marco Livingstone will sign copies of his book on Patrick Caulfield.
Above Mary Fedden, The Yellow Truck, 1960 Estate of Lady Charlotte Bonham-Carter, through The Art Fund ( 1991)© Mary Fedden Left Peter Blake, Girls with their Hero, 1959-62 Wilson Gift through The Art Fund © Peter Blake
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