http://www.cristus-gallery.com Contemporary Art: painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:37:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are pleased to announce that you can now find Cristus Gallery at Greenwich Market on the first and last Sundays of each month. We have the usual fine collection of new paintings, signed original prints, ceramics and unique art greetings cards that you can find at Sandgate, but now ... http://www.cristus-gallery.com/2010/01/cristus-at-greenwich/1298/ Cristus gallery is very pleased to welcome Anna Phelps to its winter exhibition. After two exhibitions of ideas’ paintings, we were looking for work that could complement in terms of technique and richness of palette, and we were also keen to leave the known world and all its troubles. Anna’s ... http://www.cristus-gallery.com/2009/11/anna-phelps-painting-from-memory-and-imagination/1165/ Victoria, good friend of Cristus, has twice been reviewed on this site and has for some time been available for portrait commissions at the gallery. This is, however, the first time that we have tempted her to exhibit, with two paintings in the winter exhibition. Both feature contemporary pre-Raphaelite subjects ... http://www.cristus-gallery.com/2009/11/victoria-fontaine-wolf-ideal-beauty/1203/ Two large and dramatic canvases from Philip Lee form part of the Cristus winter exhibition. They come from the artist's surrealist period, and have been carefully restored and framed at the gallery. Here's what Philip has to say about his work: 'The circular theme at the centre was the starting point ... http://www.cristus-gallery.com/2009/11/philip-lees-tempestuous-deluge-paintings/1208/ Please call the gallery for opening times, or to arrange a special appointment (01303 223005 or 07759 33 77 499) Deep rich colours feature in our winter exhibition, with raku ceramics from Shaun Hall, digital art by Dan McCarthy and paintings by Anna Phelps (featured above), Philip Lee, Tracey-Anne Pryke, Saffron ... http://www.cristus-gallery.com/2009/11/a-time-to-reflect-cristus-winter-exhibition-starts-30th-october/1153/ 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. ... http://www.cristus-gallery.com/2009/09/jane-kelly-britains-most-controversial-artist-2/1126/ 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. http://www.cristus-gallery.com/2009/08/the-tripods-are-coming-hg-wells-festival/1120/ 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 ... http://www.cristus-gallery.com/2009/08/hg-wells-festival-griffins-escape-by-dee-taylor/1102/ 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 ... http://www.cristus-gallery.com/2009/08/a-special-weekend-for-lovers-of-contemporary-art/1092/ 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 ... http://www.cristus-gallery.com/2009/08/dee-taylor-to-exhibit-at-cristus-hg-wells-festival/1069/