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10 Exhibitions Not To Miss This September

2nd September 2016 by   2
This month’s list of must-see exhibitions features major shows on the Abstract Expressionists (London) and the Impressionists (Edinburgh), and a handy couple of shows for print-connoisseurs on Trumpington Street in Cambridge.
'Wild Giants', Samantha Gare

‘Wild Giants’, Samantha Gare

1. ‘Wild Giants’, Samantha Gare

For her new show ‘Wild Giants’, Samantha Gare has travelled the world sketching mountain landscapes and producing large paintings in ink, acrylic and pastel. ‘Wild Giants’ is the closest you’ll come to alpine tranquility in London this September.

Showing at Curious Duke Gallery from 1st September to 30th September 2016.

Claude Monet, 'The Seine at Lavacourt' (1880).

Claude Monet, ‘The Seine at Lavacourt’ (1880).

2.  Inspiring Impressionism – Daubigny | Monet | Van Gogh

There are over 100 paintings in the Scottish National Gallery’s ‘Inspiring Impressionism’ show, but the exhibition focuses on the relationship between just three artists: Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, and Charles François Daubigny, an oft-overlooked pre-Impressionist figure whose advocacy of rapid painting ‘en plein air’ had a sizeable effect on artistic practice in France in the second half of the Nineteenth Century.

Showing at the Scottish National Gallery from 25th June to 2nd October 2016.

Lord Fitz web slide3.  An Amateur’s Passion: Lord Fitzwilliam’s print collection
In 2016, the Fitzwilliam Museum is celebrating its bicentennial by looking in detail at the collecting habits of its founder-benefactor, Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam, a fellow of the Royal Society and a great collector of prints. If you visit between 22 and 28 of September, you could also stroll down Trumpington Street to the Pitt Building, where an altogether more modern set of prints is being exhibited at the Cambridge Original Printmakers Biennale (see below).
Showing at The Fitzwilliam Museum from 9th August 2016 to 29th January 2017.

Cambridge4. Cambridge Original Printmakers Biennale

This exhibition of new prints, all by artists working within 35 miles of Cambridge, includes etchings, screenprints, Japanese woodcuts, copper engravings, linocuts, and wood engravings. The standard of work in previous years has been very high, and there are a number of workshops and demonstrations planned throughout the month (see the calendar here, and plan your visit to coincide).
Showing in The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, from 22nd to 28th September 2016.
painting on canvas by Julie Umerle

‘Naples Orange’ (Acrylic on canvas) by Julie Umerle.

5. Rewind: Julie Umerle

Julie Umerle‘s work is animated by the interplay between bold, deliberate mark-making and more variable processes; splatters, drips and smudges. Many of her artworks (such as the ‘Rewind’ paintings ) are created in series, with each painting inspiring subsequent works. The paintings are therefore displayed in series in this solo exhibition.
Showing at Art Bermondsey Project Space, from 31st August to 10th September 2016.
'Study Petroglyphs', Mary Lloyd Jones, (mixed media on paper, 2012).

‘Study Petroglyphs’, Mary Lloyd Jones, (mixed media on paper, 2012).

6. Mary Lloyd Jones: Colour Notes

Mary Lloyd Jones is one of Wales’ best known artists and the recipient of the 2016 Glyndŵr Award. Her work attempts to convey a sense of her “relationship with the land, an awareness of history, and the treasures of our literary and oral traditions” through the use of palimpsests, primitive symbols and obsolete scripts.

Showing at Museum of Modern Art Wales from 21st August to 10th September 2016.
Lee Krasner, 'The Eye is the First Circle' (Oil on canvas, 1960)

Lee Krasner, ‘The Eye is the First Circle’ (Oil on canvas, 1960)

7. Abstract Expressionism

In 1995, the Independent published an article by Frances Stonor Saunders which claimed that the reputations of certain painters from the Abstract Expressionist school had been inflated by the C.I.A. during the Cold War as part of a concerted campaign of cultural propaganda. This major exhibition at the Royal Academy features paintings by many of the movement’s major artists (including Pollock, Rothko, Frankenthaler and de Kooning) and is sure to be an involving experience for any viewer concerned with the politics of abstract art.

Showing at the Royal Academy of Arts from 24th September 2016 to 2nd January 2017.
Maggi Hambling, 'Seated female nude' (etching).

Maggi Hambling, ‘Seated female nude’ (etching).

8. Maggi Hambling – Touch: Works on Paper

This single-medium retrospective of the British artist Maggi Hambling’s work on paper focuses on the tactility of the drawing experience; the rough nap of paper, the gestural motions of the artist’s hands. The artworks exhibited span Hambling’s long career; many have never been on public exhibition before.

Showing at the British Museum from 8th September 2016 to 29th January 2017.

new-index-back9. National Original Print Exhibition

The National Original Print Exhibition is organised by the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE), and is an international open-submission exhibition for artist-printmakers. Selections are made by a distinguished panel of artists and critics featuring the President and Vice-President of the RE; the exhibitions features new wood engravings, etchings, colour linocuts and screenprints.

Showing at Bankside Gallery from 21 September to 2nd October 2016.
Samson and Delilah (oil on canvas) by Pieter Claesz Soutman (c.1580-1657).

Samson and Delilah (oil on canvas) by Pieter Claesz Soutman (c.1580-1657).

10. Flesh
Running from Autumn 2016 into the Spring of 2017, this major exhibition at the York Art Gallery takes a trans-historical look at the tone, texture and symbolism of skin. The artworks exhibited span many schools and disciplines, from modern photography to paintings by Rubens, Degas, Francis Bacon and the Circle of Rembrandt.
Showing at the York Art Gallery from 23 September 2016 to 19 March 2017.
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Back in 2016 and 2017 Duncan wrote a plethora of insightful articles for the Jackson's Art Blog; artist interviews as well as posts on drawing and printmaking. In Duncan's own art practice he primarily works with wood engraving and poetry.

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  • Samantha Gare 28 September 2016 at 4:03 pm

    Thanks so much for the pick and mention 🙂

  • Samantha Gare 28 September 2016 at 4:03 pm

    Thanks so much for the pick and mention 🙂