Winter Exhibition Prize Draw & Christmas Cocktails

The Winter Exhibition opened last week. It was a great opening. Lots of people, art and cocktails. The prize draw was awarded by the Deputy Mayor of St Ives. The exhibition consists of two shows. The painting and 3D show can be found online here and more work from each artist can be found on their pages, for instance, Maurice Cockrill and Marie-Claire Hamon and Virginia Bounds and Felix McCormack. The print show can be seen in full here
There is a lot to explore in these shows so we will post more images and info over the coming month.

Private View celebrations

Winter Exhibition Paintings and 3D Works by Fifty Contemporary Artists

The Winter Exhibition – painting and prints –  opened last Saturday with a bang. We had Christmas Cocktails, a prize draw and cake!  We will feature work from the show over the next month. In the meantime, you can view the painting and 3D show here  and go to individual artist pages to see more works, such as Graham Rich’s and Rebecca Harvey’s. Plus, the Winter Print show is a must to visit online if not in person.

BOURNE AT EIGHTY – PV and POP-UP

Our Bob Bourne exhibition opened this weekend with a Private View on Friday evening and a Pop-Up Restaurant on Saturday to celebrate the artist’s eightieth birthday. Both lively and successful affairs, Bourne’s painting set a suitably celebratory air to the proceedings.

All true artists are unique individuals and Bob Bourne fits into this category without doubt.

His work stands out in many ways not least through its appearance of simple forms and pure colour.

However, this apparent straightforwardness disguises a serious application of a quietly, sophisticated sensibility – the paintings evolving slowly over a period of time.

Bourne has been pursuing his ‘poetic’ vision with dedication for over 50 years, most of it spent in West Cornwall.

Although representational, these pictures are an orchestration of colour and shape that work equally well as abstract paintings, capable of triggering a deeper emotional response.

Although Bob Bourne is relatively undiscovered at eighty, he has had numerous exhibitions previously, not least in prestigious London galleries in the 70s and 80s, this is the first comprehensive show for a number of years.

We believe his work deserves to be seen by a wider audience, and hopefully this exhibition will help to broaden the appreciation and enjoyment of Bob Bourne’s paintings.

VIEW EXHIBITION

BOB BOURNE – Bourne at Eighty

Our exhibition of paintings by Bob Bourne opens with a Private View tomorrow (Friday 14th October 2011) between 6 – 8pm. Here is a little preview of the exhibition installed in the gallery. The exhibition can also be viewed on the gallery website here.

Jason Lilley talking about composition in G2

Jason Lilley talking about composition in Belgrave St Ives Gallery 2. He's holding his own work up and explaining it's a homage to Lanyon's 'St Just'

Check out Jason Lilley’s work

And you can visit the exhibition in G2

20/21 British Art Fair 2011!

We are at the Art Fair with Belgrave London all this weekend. Come and visit us, hopefully you’ve already got an invite. Here’s a glimpse of us in situ and online

Alice Mumford and John Emanuel

We opened our new show(s) this time last week. It’s a great joint exhibition (solo by Alice Mumford and solo by John Emanuel), and it was a great opening. You can view each exhibition from the home page.

 

Urban Art Show August 2011

Yesterday we said goodbye to the Urban Art Show. Here’s a vid so we can re-capture the atmosphere. The show can still be seen online here and work is still available for purchase.

Urban Art Show – Private View

Here are a few images from our opening on Saturday 20th August:

Many thanks to Andy Hughes for images 1 – 7.

The Urban Art Show can be viewed here on the gallery website.

Urban Art Show – Installation

We’re almost ready for our opening tomorrow (Saturday 20th August 2011, 6pm), so here are a few informal shots of the show nearly installed. Much improved shots will be arriving shortly, courtesy of the gallery’ s official photographer!

More about the show on the gallery website and our Facebook page.