The Tripods are coming… HG Wells Festival
August 31, 2009 by Dan · Leave a Comment
We’re delighted to include a specially commissioned Tripod by Neil Jones in the upcoming HG Wells Festival. The Tripod - inspired by Wells’ War of the Worlds - will be on display at the gallery from Friday September 4th.
HG Wells Festival - Griffin’s Escape by Dee Taylor
August 29, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
To mark the upcoming HG Wells Festival, Dee Taylor has created “Griffin’s Escape”. According to Dee, it is an image that refers to a take on two of Wells’ creations - The War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man.
“…A chaotic scenario of the inexorable, destructive march of the tripodic extra-terrestrials, and a single clue that Griffin, the Invisible Man, has been present. His abandoned sun-glasses lay broken, reflecting his fleeing figure”.
Cristus Gallery will be exhibiting Wells related pieces by Dee Taylor, Neil Jones, Jane Kelly and Parallax from 4th - 20th September.
See more Dee Taylor paintings…
Sphere: Related ContentA special weekend for lovers of contemporary art
August 27, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Bank Holiday Weekend Specials at Cristus
To mark the final weekend of the summer exhibition Cristus are discounting prices by 20% this weekend (does not include ceramics) so that we can make way for our exciting new season of exhibitions.
In addition, we have some very special offers which are open only to our Newsletter readers. To take advantage, sign up for our newsletter here and we will send you a coupon code. Then drop into the Gallery on Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday (28th - 31st August 2009) and simply tell us your coupon code to qualify for these offers…
1.Buy any painting, ceramics, prints or photographs with a retail value of £400 or more and choose from one of two free gifts
- EITHER a) any unframed print currently on display in the gallery, including signed limited editions!
- OR b) Two packs of high quality art reproduction greeting cards (5 cards to a pack). Normally the two packs would retail at £30.
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2. Receive a massive 20% discount on future opening night Private View purchases (as a Newsletter subscriber you will automatically be invited to all future Private Views)
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3. Collectors Special: we would like to keep our artist’s work together in single collections as far as possible. We want to encourage this with the following offer: buy two works by a single artist and receive a third at a 50% discount - this weekend only! This offer applies to the lowest priced work of the three pieces. Paintings, photographs and prints only - does not apply to ceramics.
More importantly… here is a selection of some of the beautiful art available this weekend…
Plus lots more art by many more artists… we look forward to seeing you at the weekend - have a great Bank Holiday.
Tel: 01303 223005
Mob: 0759 33 77 499
Dee Taylor to exhibit at Cristus / HG Wells Festival
August 24, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Dee Taylor will exhibit a new painting to mark the HG Wells Festival at Cristus Gallery, starting on Friday 4th September 2009. Dee’s painting will be joined by specially commissioned works by Jane Kelly and Neil Jones. Dee is pictured here with two of his recent works which feature vast dystopic landscapes of the near future.
See more Dee Taylor paintings…
Sphere: Related ContentHG Wells Festival and Jane Kelly Dates announced
August 24, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Jane Kelly’s retrospective at Cristus Gallery will begin with a Private Viewing on Friday 25th September, 2009. The exhibition covers Jane’s work from 2004 to the present and includes some of her stunning new paintings on Christian themes. Please email us for an invitation to the Private View.
The Gallery is also taking part in the local HG Wells Festival. Although the literary festival at the Grand Hotel on the Leas takes place on the weekend of 19th and 20th September, we are starting early - from Friday, 4th September until 21st September, 2009. We will be showing specially commissioned works from Neil Jones, Dee Taylor and Jane Kelly.
Sphere: Related ContentJane Kelly - Britain’s most controversial artist?
August 17, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Britains Most Controversial Artist?
Jane Kelly - 2004 -2009: A Retrospective
Hosted by Cristus Gallery
Friday 25th September 2009 - 18th October 2009
In 2004 Jane Kelly painted a picture of Myra Hindley. The painting lost Jane her job and caused her to embark on a search for truth and authenticity in art which continues until this day. Jane confronts us with murderers, dictators, religious figures, celebrities. She asks us to consider these people as human beings, not monsters or saints. And yet her controversial subject matter maintains and extends the great traditions of European painting.
“In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves”
Abraham J. Heschel, Philosopher, 1907-1972
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