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FIREmusic - new paintings by Nick Moore
at the Ruskin Mill Gallery
Old Bristol Road, Nailsworth GL6 OLA13th April - 12th May 2024
gallery open daily 10am - 4pm
meet the artist 11th May 2-4pm
Started in 2019, these small, dynamic works in acrylic on canvas are rooted in earth colours. They continue to explore black as an energy; solid-seeming, fractured and molten. The exhibition title and those of the individual paintings align them with Nick’s practice as an improvising musician.
The canvases embody the sensuousness and physicality of painting, the embedded textures give added depth and feeling. They have a sense of scale that bely their size, emerging from spontaneity, combining the elements of chance and deliberation; what in music John Cage talked about as ‘considered improvisation’.
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Off Beat - an exhibition by John Eaves
in the Kenny Gallery, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
12th December '23– 18th January '24
An exhibition of paintings, drawings and collages by John Eaves RWA, now in his 90s. This selection of work has been curated by Nick Moore from John’s studio to represent the breadth and continuity of themes and materials across fifty years. John prefers to refer to his paintings as non-figurative rather than abstract, as they are rooted in the inherent geometry of the landscape. Always an improviser, not a planner or geometrician, he is open to the unexpected in the painting process. Having lived in Bath for most of his life, he sees it as ‘a city of huge rhythms – it’s practically musical – if you think of the terraces, they are like staves of music the way they loop around with criss-cross rhythms and zig-zags going up the hills…’
This also an opportunity to highlight John’s practice as a ceramic artist and improvising musician, with artifacts from both spheres of his life on show.
Nick will give a curators tour of the exhibition on Saturday 16th December at 10am
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which way up
six abstract painters
Anthony Seymour Brendan Lancaster
Celia Cook John Eaves RWA
Lucy Austin RWA Vyvyan Hope-Scott
curated by Nick Moore
The Gallery at Ruskin Mill
Opening event 6-8pm Friday 8th September 2017
Artist Conversation 2pm Saturday 23rd September
Exhibition open Saturday 9th September - Wed 4th October
daily 10-5
Ruskin Mill, Old Bristol Road, Nailsworth GL6 0LA
events@rmc.rmt.org tel 01453 837537
MATERIALSHIFT
An exhibition of new paintings
The Gallery at Ruskin Mill
Opening event Friday 28th April 6-8pm
Exhibition continues Sat 29th April - Tues 23rd May 2017
10am-5pm daily
Artist talk in the Gallery 2pm Sat 13th May
Ruskin Mill, Old Bristol Road, Nailsworth GL6 0LA
events@rmc.rmt.org tel 01453 837537
click on this link to see a review of MATERIALSHIFT on www.abcrit.org
