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BRITISH VOGUE JUNE 2013
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Black & White in Blue
By Gillian Westgate
A series of large-scale drawings for a show in The Hackney Picturehouse from 1st February.
The pieces in this exhibition are of black and white line drawings of cinemas and of aeroplanes incorporating an adaptation of the classic blue and white willow pattern, of Spode china. Based on the Chinese ceramic designs, which used this medium to depict stories and legends of the time. This is normally seen decorating plates, tea sets and bowls. The pattern has been combined with characters from film, fashion and nature.
‘The Ritz’ has been exhibited this year, as a giclée print, at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition. This is the first showing of the original large-scale drawing in fountain pen and ink on paper.
From hotels and hospitals and restaurants to parks and even a church, the artist is passionate about showing her work in ‘public spaces’ and it is cinemas, which remain the favourite place to be.
There are also more of Gillian’s large-scale ‘Spoded’ drawings to be seen at, Plus Art Projects' Frieze week exhibition 2012 at the Mayor's Parlour, London E3
For more information about the work or to contact the artist please email: gillianwestgate@yahoo.co.uk
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These Drawings
by
Gillian Westgate
Filmhouse, Edinburgh
08 January – 29 January 2012
‘These Drawings’ is an exhibition of large-scale works on paper drawn with fountain pen and ink.
The drawings are all of buildings in Edinburgh mainly cinemas. They are covered with and adaptation of the classic blue and white willow pattern, of Spode china, which, normally decorates plate, tea sets and bowls. This pattern has been combined with characters from film and illustrations from the works of Charles Altamont Doyle.
There is a book exhibited in Surgeons Hall in Edinburgh called ‘The Doyle Diary’ by Michael Baker. It is about the life and works of Arthur Conan Doyle’s father, Charles Altamont Doyle. The book is full of drawings, illustrations and cartoons, which became another part of the inspiration for this show.
The buildings in ‘These Drawings’ are either cinemas, of which some are no longer functioning as cinemas, or, they are empty premises. Now boarded up, they once housed some form of entertainment.
To begin with the project was to be about creating a very decorative façades for run down and derelict, dilapidated buildings. However when one of these was an old cinema on Clerk Street, it became about drawing cinemas past and present.
Cinemas are places where you can experience nostalgia, astounding modern technology, romance and extreme violence. They create an escape route into another dimension. These drawings in this exhibition, are not concerned with representing the ‘everyday’ and or ‘mundane’, they are more about making a bit of fantasy.
Gillian Westgate studied Fine Art at Middlesex University from 200-2002 and has been exhibiting since in Galleries and public spaces.
Curzon Cinema, London – 2003, 2006 & 2007
Metro Cinema - 2003
Royal Academy of Art – 2005 & 2006
City Inn Hotel, Westminster – 2006 & 2007
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital - 2007
Maverick Gallery - 2008
Plus Art Project – 2009 & 2010
Artist Residence, Brighton - 2010
Filmhouse Edinburgh - 2012
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Gillians previous exhibitions include: Vintage Quink Part IV: Into the West - Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Oct 2007 Vintage Quink Part III: Pilgrimage - the vestibule at St John on Bethnal Green, June 2007 Vintage Quink Part II: The Homecoming The Curzon Soho, 24 Feb - 18 April 2007 Vintage Quink - City Inn Westminster, July Feb 2007 Vintage Quink - Curzon Soho, April May 2006 Urban Tableau - City Inn Westminster, July Sept 2006 Horse Drawn The Other Cinema Gallery Soho, October 2004 Paper Planes - Curzon Soho and the Metro Cinema Soho, March 2003 , … Read More
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Events & Exhibitions
Events
BRITISH VOGUE JUNE 2013
Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Away Day Exhibition
For the Government Department, Shareholder Executive
Church House, Deans Yard, London
2013
Black & White in Blue, the Hackney Picturehouse, London
2012
Black & White in Blue, the Greenwich Picturehouse, London
These Drawings, the Filmhouse, Edinburgh
2008
Runway, Maverick Gallery, London
2007
Vintage Quink Again, Curzon Soho
Vintage Quink 'Pilgrimage', St Johns Church Bethnal Green, London
Traces, The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Gallery
2005
Vintage Quink, Curzon Soho Gallery, London
Vintage Quink and Urban Tableau, The City Inn Hotel Westminster Gallery
2004
Horse Drawn, Metro Gallery London.
Large-scale pen and ink drawings on paper.
2003
Paper Planes, Curzon Soho and Metro Galleries London.
An exhibition of large-scale pen and ink drawings on paper.
The first of the ‘Public Space’ Exhibitions.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Plus Arts Projects: Poster Show, The Mayor's Parlour, London
2012
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2012
Plus Arts Projects, The Mayor's Parlour, London
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2009
Plus Arts Projects
2006
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
The Royal Academy of Arts mounts an annual exhibition open to all artists of distinguished merit. The majority of works in the Summer Exhibition 2012 will be for sale, offering visitors an opportunity to purchase original artwork by high profile and up-and-coming artists.
Gillian’s work has been exhibited at this show for 3 years with her work hung alongside artist,
David Hockney and Ed Ruscha among others.
2005
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1999
Red Cross, Hyde Park, London
Oil painting for an exhibition organised by the Red Cross to raise money
For people affected by war.
COMMISIONS AND RESIDENCIES
2010
Artist in residence at the Artist Residence Hotel, Brighton.
2007
Commission to make a wishing tree for the BBC for David Attenborough
2006
Architectural drawing for the Ragged School, Borough, London
Architectural drawing for the Borough Wines, London
Wine Bottle Label for Borough Wines, London
2003
Portrait commission work for Family Portrait
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2012
‘The Ritz’ is a giclée print made from a large-scale drawing in fountain pen and ink on paper. This piece of art work in it’s original form, is 150cm x 185cm.
'These Drawings' was a show of nine similar works at The Filmhouse, Edinburgh in January 2012.
The drawings are of buildings, covered with an adaptation of the classic blue and white willow pattern, of Spode china. This is normally seen decorating plates, tea sets and bowls. The pattern has been combined with characters from film, fashion and nature. They are also inspired by the illustrations and cartoons of Charles Altamont Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle’s father, who lived in Edinburgh until the 1880’s.
‘The Ritz’ will be part of the next show of large-scale drawings in London,
November 2012.
Gillian Westgate studied Fine Art at Middlesex University from 200-2002 and has been exhibiting in Galleries and public spaces.
Curzon Cinema, London – 2003, 2006 & 2007
Metro Cinema, London - 2003
Royal Academy of Art,, Summer Exhibition – 2005, 2006 & 2012
City Inn Hotel, Westminster – 2006 & 2007
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital - 2007
Maverick Gallery, London - 2008
Plus Art Project, London – 2009 & 2010
Artist Residence, Brighton - 2010
Filmhouse Edinburgh – 2012
For further information please contact
email gillianwestgate@yahoo.co.uk
Or to see other works by the artist go to www.saatchionline.com/GillianWestgate
These Drawings
by
Gillian Westgate
08 January – 29 January 2012
‘These Drawings’ is an exhibition of large-scale works on paper drawn with fountain pen and ink.
The drawings are all of buildings in Edinburgh mainly cinemas. They are covered with and adaptation of the classic blue and white willow pattern, of Spode china, which, normally decorates plate, tea sets and bowls. This pattern has been combined with characters from film and illustrations from the works of Charles Altamont Doyle.
There is a book exhibited in Surgeons Hall in Edinburgh called ‘The Doyle Diary’ by Michael Baker. It is about the life and works of Arthur Conan Doyle’s father, Charles Altamont Doyle. The book is full of drawings, illustrations and cartoons, which became another part of the inspiration for this show.
The buildings in ‘These Drawings’ are either cinemas, of which some are no longer functioning as cinemas, or, they are empty premises. Now boarded up, they once housed some form of entertainment.
To begin with the project was to be about creating a very decorative façades for run down and derelict, dilapidated buildings. However when one of these was an old cinema on Clerk Street, it became about drawing cinemas past and present.
Cinemas are places where you can experience nostalgia, astounding modern technology, romance and extreme violence. They create an escape route into another dimension. These drawings in this exhibition, are not concerned with representing the ‘everyday’ and or ‘mundane’, they are more about making a bit of fantasy.
… Read More
