This weekend is the last chance to see the
Peter Blake and Pop Music and the
Derek Boshier: David Bowie and the Clash exhibitions at
Pallant House Gallery in Chichester (a bit off the SW patch, I know, but worth the journey).
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| Latest addition to my print collection |
I didn't find the Blake exhibition quite as interesting as the
A Museum for Myself exhibition at the Holbourne last year - largely because this show is focused exclusively on Blake's work for the music industry. However, the
Derek Boshier stuff was all new to me (in the sense of recognising his contribution to rock art). The exhibition reminds us that Boshier appeared with
Peter Blake,
Pauline Boty and Peter Phillips in
Pop Goes the Easel, the seminal film made by
Ken Russell for the BBC's
Monitor series in 1962. Incidentally, for a great account of the neglected Pauline Boty's life and work see the posts (
part 1 and
part 2) in Jez Winship's
Sparks in Electrical Jelly blog.
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| ... also the proud owner of this one, on tin |
Also showing until the 7th is the
Artist Pop Stars exhibition which complements the Blake show and contains material by rock luminaries such as Ian Dury and Bryan Ferry. Taken together, these three exhibitions are a fascinating insight to the close links between the art school and rock.
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| Got a Girl - my favourite - but I've only got a postcard ... |
The Pallant also has its own
collection of Modern British Art which includes examples of work by many important artists; and (again until the 7th) has a
small exhibition of record cover art which includes 'references to the imagery of post-psychedelia, gith surrealistic and art-nouveau designs'. Who could ask for more?
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| Ian Dury - Danny Bubbles |
The Pallant is a unique place. It consists of two conjoined modern and not-so-modern buildings. The not-so-modern part also houses many paintings and artefacts of note and, at the time I visited, a memorial exhibition of paintings by
Adrian Berg (now finished)
- This was terrific, by the way, especially for those of us now desperately trying to improve our drawing and painting skills to avoid failing our
Access to HE art course ... Finally, the gallery also has
a restuarant which serves excellent food and a shop which contains more than just the usual art gallery bits and pieces.
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| Lodger - Boshier and Bowie - got the LP ... |
The Blake, Booshier and Artist Pop Stars exhibitions all finish on the 7th October. I recommend that you get down there, if you can.
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| Adrian Berg |
