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125th Annual Exhibition
Design: Mikki Longley and Shenac Rogerson
Saturday 3 April - Sunday 9 May 2010
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery
53 New Walk
Leicester
LE1 7EA
Time: Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 11am - 5pm
Telephone: 0116 225 4900
Leicester Society of Artists held its first exhibition in 1882 and from 1898 its annual exhibitions have been held at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery. Now in its 125th year, the chain of exhibitions has continued with few missed years from the reign of Queen Victoria. The Society now has 105 members who exhibit in a range of media and styles from traditional to contemporary. Always a stimulating and creative show, the 125th Annual Exhibition includes many disciplines from sculpture to paintings, embroidered mixed media pieces, artists’ prints, drawings and woodcarvings.
Prizes in 2010 shown below were kindly selected by John Devane, Head of the Department of Visual and Applied Arts at Coventry University.
Exhibition and prizes 2010
George Pickard Prize for the most innovative and modern work
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Henrietta Corbett ,
Straight across the Land 1/1
mixed media
There is a subtle interplay of tone and surface in this work. I am intrigued by the tension between chance and control and by the connection between the ground and the floating, abstract form.
Right View of exhibition
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Guy Dixon Prize for the most outstanding work
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Andrew Jackson,
The Barber, Lukla
Pencil on paper
This is perhaps the most intense and ambitious work in the exhibition. The interlocking images - real, reflected, and those which adorn the walls of the shop - work together to produce a memorable and arresting image.
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Society Prize
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John Lockwood,
Bella
Bronze
This is a quiet work in some ways, but it is also a beautifully realised form, which works well from many vantage points. The transformation of the body into sculptural mass is very successful.
Right View of exhibition,
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Henton Prize
Left
Glen Heath,
All that Glisters 1 and 2
Mixed media
These two paints have a jewel-like, luminous quality. They invoke vegetation and figuration and are both ambiguous and mysterious.
Right View of exhibition,
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Ellis Prize
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Geoffrey Beasley,
Sarah
Pastel on paper
This is a very arresting image, which has a real sense of connection with the viewer. It is a powerful work.
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