Galleries - July 2013

luminosity’ of Michael Sheppard’s near abstract studies of rocks and cliffs. Truro beckons and, if only for LemonStreet Gallery where the east coast comes to the west this July, it is wortha visit. Always painting in situ, often in open boats or on Navy frigates, Yorkshireman Len Tabner is renowned for painting the sea in all its wild and capricious guises. From July 13 all three floors of this important gallery will be given over to his work. Secreted in the most idyllic of Cornwall’s countryside, Kestle Barton is now in its 4thyear and should feature on any itinerary. Its main summer show is the early work of Manchester-born Tom Cross, an artist and writer who latterly made Cornwall his own. His links withthe Helford River are well known as is the range and variety of his oeuvre, but these early paintings – colourful, geometric abstracts from the 60s and 70s – may be less familiar. Market House Gallery in Marazion is the place to discover unexpected things – a wide range of work by some of the 20thcentury’s most interesting artists, as well as contemporary work and ceramics – most notably the now so-collectable Troika pottery. Collectors of paintings from the 19th century need look no further than the appropriately named Newlyn School Gallery in Penzance. Artist led or run galleries are Bodimeade’s evocative beach paintings runs in tandem with their annual group show of paintings and ceramics, including Royal Academy summer show short listed printmaker Ann Winder-Boyle and porcelain by Katie Almond, whose last show here was a sell out. At Millennium Gallery myth, magic, man and monster become one in the extraordinary and politically charged work of Tim Shaw. From the frenzy of the Maenads to the disorientation of a ketamine induced rave, Shaw explores the physicality of altered states of being in this solo show – a must for anyone not familiar with his work, a fillip for those that are. Penwith Galleries and the St Ives Society of Artists’ Mariners Gallery always have good mixed shows as does Wills Lane while those seeking the work of the late lamented Sandra Blow should climb the hill to view JonathanGrimble ModernArt , now in her old studio. A trip along the coast road to view the terrific selection of work at the Roundhouse Gallery in Sennen Cove will take you past Morvah’s Yew Tree Gallery , another essential stop. The theme for the current show is light, whether reflected in the iridescent glazes of Sutton Taylor’s masterly ceramics; caught in Michael Honnor’s wild, beautiful landscapes; or radiating from the ‘inner 18. GALLERIES JULY 13 CORNWALL & the WEST COUNTRY Cornwall If figures in a recent survey are to be believed then art is a major attraction for visitors to Cornwall. Moreover, top of the urban destination list is St Ives and, as a wander through its tangled streets will make clear, St Ives is big on art. A visit to the Tate will quickly demonstrate the historical reasons for this, its summer show contrasts the work of Hepworth, Heron and the little known, but fascinating, Marlow Moss with that of contemporary artists responding to its unique locale. It’s a theme that is picked up in many of the commercial galleries. Belgrave , a gallery that shows both St Ives moderns and contemporary artists is combining the two in its summer show where paintings by Nicholson, Hilton and Frost rub shoulders with work by some of the best of a new generation including Kurt Jackson, Jessica Cooper, Henrietta Dubrey and Phil Whiting. The adjacent New CraftsmanGallery augments the drama of Neil Davies’ landscape paintings of west Penwith with the contemporary, clean lines of Tanya Gomez ceramics and Jane Reeves’ seascapes created in glass. Buyers are unlikely to be disappointed. Already blessed with superb sea views, Porthminster Gallery have recently enlarged their exhibition space so that, from July 13, a solo show of Nick