Galleries - January 2014

DEVON a THE ART ROOM TOPSHAM 8a The Strand, Topsham EX3 0JB Valerie Barden: ‘Compositions’ in oil paint. Nov 24–Jan 19. Tessa Rubbra: Ceramics. Nov 24–Jan 19. Sat/Sun & Wed 11–5 but Gallery closed Dec 16–Jan 10 theartroom@eclipse.co.uk www.theartroomtopsham.co.uk t 0771 848 0604 b THE MARLE GALLERY Victoria Place, Axminster, Devon EX13 5NQ Selected Contemporary Fine Artists. Paintings, Prints, Ceramics and Sculpture. Prints & Ceramics Show. Continues into January. Before They Were Famous. Jan 18–Feb 15. The Marle Gallery, Axminster, blasts into the New Year with an unashamedly confident view of the future. ‘Before they were famous’ is an exhibition of the work of exceptional young artists, under the age of 20. Tue–Sat 10–5, other times by appointment direct train from London Waterloo to Axminster art@themarlegallery.co.uk www.themarlegallery.co.uk t 01297 639970 20 GALLERIES JANUARY 2014 MAP 11 UK WEST COUNTRY, CHANNEL ISLANDS c MARINE HOUSE AT BEER Fore Street, Beer, nr Seaton, Devon EX12 3EF Mixed display of paintings including work by Mike Bernard RI, Charlie O’Sullivan, Andrew Coates, Tina Stokes, Tina Morgan, Jim Farrant, Mary Pym, Anita Klein and Peter Barker; ceramics by Amanda Popham, Tony Laverick, Richard Godfrey and Mark Dally; glass by Peter Layton, Bob Crooks, Siddy Langley and Amanda Brisbane. Dec to end Mar 10–5, 6 days a week Marine House closed Mon, Steam Gallery closed Tue info@marinehouseatbeer.co.uk www.marinehouseatbeer.co.uk t 01297 625257 d THELMA HULBERT GALLERY Elmfield House, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LX Degrees of Animation. Jan 18–Mar 1. Work by the most exciting new talent to graduate from animation courses across the South West. Part of the annual Animated Exeter festival. Tue–Sat 10–5 info@thelmahulbert.com www.thelmahulbert.com t 01404 45006 EXETER e ROYAL ALBERT MEMORIAL MUSEUM & ART GALLERY Queen Street, Exeter EX4 3RX www.exeter.gov.uk/RAMM t 01392 265858 DORSET f THE ARTHOUSE GALLERY Westcliff, Town Centre, Bournemouth New Year Bonanza. Jan 3–31. *ad Substantial reductions on wide ranging hand picked selection of original paintings and original artist prints by leading modern and contemporary artists. Genuine stock reduction bargains. www.thearthousegallery.org t 07712 933804 g ARTWAVE WEST Morcombelake, Dorset DT6 6DY Impressive Contemporary Art Gallery exhibiting National and International Artists including Amy Albright, Suchi Chidambaram, Martin Goold, Jeannette Hayes, A 3 8 A 3 8 6 A 3 0 A 3 8 6 A 3 7 7 A 3 6 1 A 3 0 A 3 0 A 3 9 A 3 6 A350 M 4 M 5 M 5 Devon Somerset Dorset Whi Ham TAUNTON BRIDGWATER STREET WELLS SALISBURY SHERBORNE YEOVIL HONITON CREDITON BIDEFORD BARNSTAPLE OKEHAMPTON TAVISTOCK TOTNES LYME REGIS DORCHESTER WEYMOUTH BOURNEMOUTH POOLE CH ST HELIER ST PETER WESTON-SUPER-MARE CLEVEDON BRADFORD ON AVON TORQUAY BRIDPORT SWANSEA BLANDFORD IVYBRIDGE BEER SHEPTON MALLET TOPSHAM MODBURY CHANGFORD MORCOMBELAKE AXMINSTER BRAUNTON SWANAGE BRUTON THE CHANNEL ISLANDS JERSEY GUERNSEY BATH BRISTOL PLYMOUTH EXETER g h j f b i DARTINGTON A M 5 HONITON BEER TOPSHAM BUDLEIGH SALTERTON EXETER ae d c A Turner & The Sea by Christine Riding and Richard Johns. 288pp, 190 ills, Thames & Hudson hbk, £35 JMW Turner bestrides 19th Century British art – arguably all British art – as such a Colossus (to purloin a phrase) that it is easy to forget that in his lifetime hecould bedescribed as ‘’the great sea painter’” and that he adopted a “somewhat sailor-like” persona. Indeed as the curators of the extensive National Maritime Museum exhibition (until 21 April 2014) point out, he painted the sea in its multifarious moods more frequently than any other subject. It remained a central preoccupation throughout his career, from Fishermen at Sea (1796) to The Fighting Temeraire (1839) – recently voted Britain’s favourite painting – and beyond. This handsomepublication, the catalogueto theNMM show, combines an excellent contextual overview with in- depth analysis of important works, many of them displayed in closeup detail. AA BOOK reviews