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The Trembling Grass

Event Date: 
05/09/2014 - 6:00pm to 07/11/2014 - 5:30pm
Venue: 
CCANW, The Innovation Centre, Rennes Drive, The University of Exeter, EX4 4RN

We warmly invite you to the exhibition launch on Friday 5 Sept 6-7.30pm with an introductory talk by curator Elizabeth-Jane Burnett, 6.30pm, refreshments provided.

The Trembling Grass is a mixed-media exhibition that highlights conflicts between nature and humankind caused by climate change and the depletion of natural resources. Named after a line from a John Clare poem and displayed in the 150th anniversary year of this poet's death.

For a map to the venue please visit the CCANW website: http://www.ccanw.co.uk

Sod This for a Game of Soldiers

A painting inspired by the famous football game between German and British soldiers on Christmas Day 1914 was unveiled at Castle Galleries, Exeter on Saturday 19 July ahead of the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War on 4 August.

As Europe embarks on four years of events to mark the Great War, Bob Barker has produced ‘Sod This For A Game of Soldiers’, a touching commemoration that depicts unexpected fraternity in the gruesome theatre of war.

The Bradford-based artist, who turned professional in 2000 after years of painting as a hobby, spent months...

The Surreal & The Absurd

Event Date: 
06/09/2014 - 9:30am to 28/09/2014 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
gloss-Art Exeter, 1 Barnfield Crescent, Exeter, EX1 1QT (opposite Barnfield Theatre)

Surreal works displayed at Exeter gallery

This September, in Exeter’s chic Southernhay quarter, an exhibition of Surreal works will launch at leading commercial gallery gloss - Art Exeter.

The exhibition, titled The Surreal and The Absurd, will feature over thirty original paintings, photographs, sculptures and film by a range of accomplished artists, primarily living and working in South West England.

Lucinda Cusdin, Gallery Manager and Exhibition Curator, said: ‘The Surreal and The Absurd will bring a range of challenging works together and, although we housed...