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Y Jonny Hannah: A4 Risoprint £20
Z Marion Elliot: A4 Risoprint £20
Z John Broadley: A4 Risoprint £20
Z Jonny Hannah: A4 Risoprint £20
From A to Z and Back Again
Marion Elliot, John Broadley and Jonny Hannah have each wrestled with all 26 letters of the alphabet to bring three very different A to Z’s in A4 risograph prints to Town House.
Marion’s is based on folklore: customs, characters, do’s and don’ts and unusual happenings; suitably for the time of year John tackled scary films from Friday the 13th to classics like The Old Dark House – Vincent Price features several times; Jonny loves a shopfront, mainly imaginary and inspired by Bawden’s High Street amongst others.
They will all be in the gallery to welcome you on Saturday 1st November and again on the 8th
And Beth Izatt will be speaking at the Bloomsbury Jamboree on Saturday 15th November on the subject of Risograph printing, tickets for her talk are available from Eventbrite
Wishful Thinking…..
The Lockdown Paintings of Nicholas Borden
The video of this exhibition has now been posted on Youtube:
Exhibition at Town House 19th June – 4th July, booking not required to visit the gallery
Town House welcomes Nicholas Borden back to the gallery here for an exhibition of his lockdown paintings. He always works from life, taking his easel out with him in rain or shine and he continued to work this way during lockdown, with added views from his windows. So of necessity, many of his subjects in Wishful Thinking were painted locally in East London where he lives – although he did occasionally venture further afield.
This way of working always lends a vibrancy and immediacy to Nicholas’ work that combine to convey a sense of ‘being there’ to the viewer. The works in this exhibition have a particular intensity however, perhaps the result of the circumstances and isolation imposed by lockdown, but also perhaps a response to a more urgent need he felt to record what he saw around him during the pandemic.
What Nicholas recorded in paint was what we all experienced in lockdown: going for a walk, visiting parks and looking at gardens whether from outside or in, the Wishful Thinking of the title for those who had no access to their own outdoor space.
Nicholas Borden’s exhibition ‘Wishful Thinking’ will be on sale at Town House in Fournier Street and on the home page of the website from Saturday 19th June – Sunday 4th July. Please note we will be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays while restrictions remain in force. No booking necessary