upcoming events & Exhibitions
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As part of its 70th anniversary celebrations, ncas is delighted to present Held Together, an ncas group exhibition of 70 small-scale artworks where intimate details, delicate craftsmanship, and powerful ideas unfold within modest dimensions.
With artworks selected by JMC Anderson, Carl Rowe and Kenza Gray, the exhibition showcases artists exclusively drawn from the ncas membership.
Responding to the simplest of briefs - that no work should exceed 30 x 30 cm - the exciting and varied submissions have exceeded expectations, showing creativity and the sheer range of artists working today.
Selector Kenza Gary comments: “The privilege of being a selector for the ncas open submission show was seeing such diversity of artistic expression demonstrated by the images sent in. Quite clearly, Norfolk is an extremely creative county and this will be evident in Held Together showing at Anteros”.
Selector Carl Rowe adds: “It has been wonderful to look through all of the entries for this monumental exhibition celebrating 70 years of ncas for Norfolk’s thriving and ever-growing art scene. The diversity and quality of the region’s art is something to be celebrated through exhibitions such as Held Together.”
Held Together runs from 29 September to 11 October at Anteros Arts Foundation.
All are welcome to an Open Evening on Saturday 3 October from 5 to 7pm.
The Gallery is fully accessible and open Monday to Saturday 1000 to 1700 and Sunday 1000 to 1600.
Photos from previous events
About my work
The work of Kirsten Riley is both exuberant and celebratory whilst at the same time acknowledging the darker edges of life. Images rise to the surface; some recognisable, others less so. Motifs are repeated, a gesture or a symbol recurs within a single piece but can also be found in many of her works.
Led by her instincts, semi abstract images appear. The work is directed by her subconscious, responding to traces on the surface. Her spontaneous and energetic acts of making take reference from memory, mood and feeling. This energy lends a sensuous aspect to the work, drawing on classical references as well as personal experience.
Whilst there are various elements within Riley’s work; images of couples, industrial spaces and landscapes; one thing that is constant is the personal language that Riley has built up over the past 20 years. Each piece has a palpable sense of life. Unafraid of trying something new Riley subsumes a number of processes which keeps the work forever moving forward and fresh.
Contact& Viewings
If you would like to arrange a visit to her studio at Art Depot 134 Magdalen Street, Norwich NR3 1JD please send an email to Kirstenrileyart.com. Her work is for sale.
Takes part in Open studios, Shortlisted for the John Hurt Prize at the Holt Festival three times Member of the Norfolk and Norwich Art Circle, NNAC Member of The Lonely Arts Club LAC Her work is for sale through the Tyrrell Gallery in Cambridge.
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