#exhibtition

Setting up: Setting up took longer than expected because the Mac mini couldn't handle the files and there were other problems with the projectors.

However, Adam helped with the setting up, and we were able to get ready for the opening time.

Carole Bury (from UK) is a contemporary textile artist who combines drawing and stitch in her work. Following a degree in Fine Art Embroidery at Manchester, she has exhibited for many years including venues in UK and Australasia.  She works from a studio high in the Cotswolds surrounded by an expansive landscape. In February 2015 she will be returning as artist in residence at Nature in Art in Gloucester, and enjoyed demonstrating with them at Art in Action in 2014.  Her work has recently featured for a second year in the RWA Annual Open Exhibition, Bristol. 

“The repetitive motif in these bird drawings and paper textiles eliminate all but the most essential elements of passage and tranquility.  Even colour has been abandoned in favour of texture and line.  The wonder of flight and migration is my inspiration. Traditional embroidery techniques are worked and pushed to their extremes in order for them to include drawings and paper.”

    The Park Gallery is preparing for a big exhibition arriving in August this year by Ian Hamilton Finlay. As part of ARTIST ROOMS tour with The Tate and National Galleries of Scotland, The Park Gallery is getting the privilege of displaying the Scottish artist’s work, which is famous all over the world.

Artist Rooms is a collection of international contemporary art that represents 38 artists, which was founded by Anthony D’Offay in 2008. D’Offay collected works of art, which he donated to the Tate with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, The Art Fund and the Scottish and British Governments.

Artist Rooms is now jointly owned and managed by the National Galleries of Scotland and the Tate. The tour is featured in 18 national venues, 6 of them are in Scotland, such as: Robert Mapplethorpe in Galasheils, The National Gallery in Edinburgh and most importantly The Park Gallery, Falkirk!

The aim of the collection is to create a new national resource of contemporary art that will be shared with museums and galleries throughout the UK, to inspire new audiences especially young people. There is a vast variety of different types of art featured on the tour, some include sculpture, photography, photo-realists, conceptual art and colourists, just to name a few. However, not every venue can accept certain artworks as some exhibits involve huge pieces that have difficulty finding galleries that are big enough to feature them. For example, The Park Gallery was originally going to feature Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Sailing Dingy, a very tall sculpture of a sailing boat; unfortunately the ceilings are too low. However this worked out to our advantage as we now have the privilege of exhibiting photography of Ian Hamilton Finlay’s garden ‘Little Sparta’, which has not been exhibited for years and is not originally part of the ARTIST ROOMS collection.

 As it is a very high-profiled exhibition and Ian Hamilton Finlay is one of Scotland’s most famous artists it is a great opportunity to view world famous art on your doorstep, you will not be disappointed!

  http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/other-venues/exhibitionseries/artist-rooms