Jane Kelly: Britain’s most controversial artist?

Opening Night Private View on Friday 25th September 6.30 - 9.30. Public Exhibition 26th September - 18th October

Please call the gallery for opening times (01303 223005 0r 07759 33 77 499)

Jane Kelly’s retrospective at Cristus Gallery starts on Friday 25th September, 2009 with a Private Viewing from 6.30pm to 9.30pm. The exhibition covers Jane’s work from 2004 to the present and includes three stunning new paintings on spiritual themes.

We will also be showing Jane’s two most recent paintings which were specially produced for the HG Wells Festival. In typical Jane Kelly style, the interpretation of Wells and his life is far from conventional to say the least, and she forces us to question the boundaries of private lives and public art in the context of both “The Invisible Man” and “The War of the Worlds”.

Please email us for an invitation to the Private View.

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HG Wells Festival - Griffin’s Escape by Dee Taylor

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…

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A special weekend for lovers of contemporary art

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

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Dee Taylor to exhibit at Cristus / HG Wells Festival

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…

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HG Wells Festival and Jane Kelly Dates announced

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.

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Jane Kelly - Britain’s most controversial artist?

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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Wish by Jessica Stride

A stunning portrait by Jessica Stride showing her typical mastery of colour. Acrylic on canvas, 20″(h) x 16″(w). Presentation is on a deep box canvas and is therefore unframed. Buy the original here. 

Buy an open edition print here.

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Summer Exhibition 2009

50 yards from the Sea: Contemporary Art Summer Exhibition To Launch in Sandgate, Kent

The Cristus Gallery summer exhibition of contemporary art will open to the public from Thursday June 4th 2009. Deborah O’Grady, the show’s curator emphasised the feelgood, optimistic nature of the artworks.

“The thinking behind the summer exhibition is very straightforward” said O’Grady. “It’s about the quality of summer light, the freshness of summer breezes, the hope and energy that a great summer can represent. It celebrates a certain lightness of being, and breaking free from whichever new global crisis we are in the middle of when people come to visit the gallery!”

Cristus Gallery, situated just 50 yards from the seaside promenade in Sandgate, is the ideal place for a Summer Exhibition.

“The quality of the light here in Sandgate is remarkable” said Dan McCarthy, one of the exhibiting artists. “On a clear day you can see France across the channel, the light sparkles on the water, and the sea is a Caribbean turquoise. On a stormy day, the sky and English Channel seem to threaten to burst the sea defences. I spend a lot of my time trying to capture these mood changes, and the ancient, troublesome relationship that man has with the sea in this place”.

We wanted artists who can match their seriousness of purpose with beautiful, colourful works that are optimistic and full of light. Featured artworks include paintings by Sarah Stokes, Jessica Stride and Tracey-anne Pryke; Ceramics by Shaun Hall; digital art by Dan McCarthy.

Summer exhibition opening times are now: Fri & Sat 11 - 7.30, plus the first Sunday of every month. These will be extended during the peak season and will be announced here.

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David Townsend - Segments 3

The painting: Segments 3 is the third in a four-part series of abstract paintings featuring geometric shapes. Although each composition works independently, viewed as a series the paintings suggest movement of shapes and light across the surface of the paper. David used gouache on watercolour paper for all the of the Segments series.

The artist: David Townsend is a Kent (UK) based artist who paints abstract and figurative works. David is currently exhibiting with the Cristus Gallery, Sandgate.

How to buy: Click on the image for more information. You can purchase the original directly from the gallery, or buy online if you would like a high quality reproduction on archival quality papers, canvas or stretched box canvas. A huge range of mounts and framing options is available.

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David Townsend - Segments 4

Segments 4 is the last in a four-part series of abstract paintings featuring geometric shapes. Although each composition works independently, viewed as a series the paintings suggest movement of the shapes across the surface of the paper. David used gouache on watercolour paper for all the of the Segments series.

The artist: David Townsend is a Kent (UK) based artist who paints abstract and figurative works. David is currently exhibiting with the Cristus Gallery, Sandgate.

How to buy: Click on the image for more information. You can purchase the original directly from the gallery, or buy online if you would like a high quality reproduction on archival quality papers, canvas or stretched box canvas. A huge range of mounts and framing options is available.

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