thegallery@theendofthelane: July 2013

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Tuesday 30 July 2013

Nicholas & Michael Jones Exhibition 17-18 August "Creative Cars & Other Stuff...."

Here are some examples of the fantastic art being produced right now at the Art Factory, currently in France! To see it all, be blown away by colour, random monsters and supersonic space travel come along to the exhibition at the Gallery at the End of the Lane 17-18 August.

There will be loads of scrumdidiliumptious (to quote Nicholas)

home made cakes, tea, hot chocolate, and cold drinks for sale, as well as the art, some framed, some unframed, and all proceeds from teas and 10% of art will be donated to purchase and distribute anti malarial bednets for children in Sierra Leone. Our local GP, Dr Fletcher, is currently working there, so children's lives will be saved within days of you having fun at the Gallery!

Paul Dingley "Visions of the City"

The Gallery at the End of the Lane is promoting Paul's exhibition at Dr Jenner's House and Garden commencing 6th August- but he will be showing more his work later in the year- 21-22 September, on the same theme.

To whet your appetite for both exhibitions here are some photos of some of his work on this theme- we're sure you'll agree they are amazing, colourful, witty and unique! Here's a chance to own some wonderful contemporary art with an affordable price (and remember 10% is being donated to charity- so you can feel good about buying it!)

Saturday 27 July 2013

What's coming up...

On 6th August, we are delighted that Paul Dingley, a good friend of The Gallery at the End of the Lane, is going to be exhibiting at Dr Jenner's House & Garden, in Berkeley. The exhibition is being promoted by us and will be on for 3 weeks, so do take the opportunity to see it.

The subject is "Visions of the City"- a futuristic, challenging view of the urban landscape in mixed media- some small scale, some large, 2D and 3D work- so everyone will have room to purchase a piece!

Pictures will follow soon- in the meantime, if you don't get a chance to see his work in Berkeley, he will be exhibiting in our own Gallery at the End of the Lane (all previously unseen work! he is a seriously hard worker!) the weekend of 21-22 September, when, of course, there will be scrummy teas and cakes for sale. 10% of sales and profits from teas will be donated to SHAPE, fighting malaria and other diseases in Africa.

Looking for a gallery with a difference?

If you're an artist, and looking for somewhere to exhibit, why not contact us? We are looking for up and coming artists who need a lucky break! It's good on your CV, it's lots of fun, and you get to eat cake! Not bad...... The horsebox is ideal for story telling, an installation, as well as more conventional art forms and we're happy to help you put shelves up if you wish (as long as you put the gallery back to it's original afterwards..)

We look forward to hearing from you soon, or welcoming you to one of this year's exhibitions.

Alison Kirby: About Making Paths

About Making Paths

This residency will look at the people's ways: the paths in the wood. I foresee that this will include an investigation into old records and maps, land use records, parish records. I want to know some history, but also to identify, if I can, individuals crossing the land and using paths to get to work, for church, for family, to play or to court. I want to know how the paths are referred to, if at all. I want to explore classifications, notice anything that differs from today, that jars. How far back I go is a tantalising question: even geological time is relevant, as the shapes of the land and the nature of its earths, stones and rock provide resources- building stone, roof stone, limestone - and dictate the shape, stability and course of paths to them. People carve the paths that the land form allows.

I want to look at the way people make 'ways', and what the routes and paths in the wood mean now, and have meant. Where did they come from? do they link? How did those we have today survive? What called them into being, kept them alive, relevant, useful or necessary? Did they have names? Reputations? Myths and stories about them? Once I have a feel for this, I will respond.

I anticipate making maps, potentially making small installations and drawing individuals. My theoretical paradigm is phenomenological, my active research based in grounded theory made by collecting data using a form of cultural anthropology.

Will I make way-stations, memorialise individuals or specific track histories? Will I make a new use for the network of paths? Will I add a new pursuit or hobby to the walking-for-pastime that may be all the motivation there is to use the paths nowadays? Collect this, build that, provide postboxes and stamps?

Old paths come from old ways of using the land, old rights and accustomed use. Those that have made it onto official records and maps as bridle ways and footpaths have (usually) survived over considerable periods of time. They will have served a number of purposes at any one time, and over time different usages will have come into being. Or have not, and foot traffic will have ceased.

Can paths die?

Linda Davies- artist in Residence

Residency at The Gallery at the End of the Lane, Dursley. 13 July – 19 July 2015

‘Shelter’

Linda Davies, who is completing an MA in Fine Art at present, writes about her residency:

This title has been inspired by the horsebox itself. Fragile and slowly decaying, it does nonetheless provide some shelter from the elements for the creativity that goes on inside it.

I would like to use the horsebox to respond to the idea of shelter, and what it can mean to people in the wider context. I intend to make a cast of the horsebox, and turn it upside down to suggest the shape of a boat. I will make this from simple materials, newspaper and wallpaper paste. The cast will be very fragile, and may in fact disintegrate as it is being made, depending on the weather. This fragility and uncertainty will be part of the response to the idea of shelter.

Event

A picnic will take place on 19th July at lunchtime. Please bring some food and drink if you want to attend!

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