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September, October and November Members' News
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MEMBERS' NEWS
Sarah Needham is delighted to have had work selected for the
“Through The Looking Glass” exhibition through an international juried competition at The Mall Galleries, The Mall, SW1.
Open to the public 28 August to 2nd of September.
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MEMBERS' NEWS
Christine Watson PS
exhibitions in September 2023
She has several pastels in the Enigma Exhibition at the Gallery at Holt in Norfolk which continues until the 5th September. See www.thegalleryholt.com for further details and opening times.
Blue Shutters -pastel on paper |
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Christine has had her mezzotint Steps Up, Syros accepted from an international submission of over 1600 prints for the Royal Society of Painters-Printmakers International Original Print Exhibition 2023 at the Bankside Gallery in September. See www.re-printmakers.com for more information. |
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NADIA SAVVOPOULOU
Mixed Media, Photography, Painting
One of the new members of EFOA that uses multiple media to express her creativity.
She has been invited to participate to a one-day exhibition called 'The Secret Salon' at the beginning of September at a new space between Brixton and Loughborough.
She will be showing one of her paintings there, a futuristic scene with very vibrant colours inspired by the Battersea Docks.
At the beginning of September is the 'Best of Muswell Hill' festival
She will be exhibiting a set of photographs. These photographs are from an interactive event that happened a few years ago in East London around the theme of immigration and displacement as a result of war.
These photographs will be shown at St James's church.
ABOUT NADIA
I am a qualified Architect who has been living in North London for the past 20 years. With a passion for art, and nature I have been documenting the passage of time using music as an inspiration and various media – video, photography, and sketches. When I’m not active in improving the green spaces around N2 – I am a trustee of the Friends of Cherry Tree Wood and an illustrator for the Highgate Society – I work on small-scale, local architecture projects. And in between all of that, I’m an avid music fan, the editor of music webzine blaue-rosen.com, and the co-producer of a radio show on Tak Tent Radio.
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Above image by
Nadia Savvopoulou: Steampunk sonority
Medium: pigment powder on handmade paper
Dimensions: 29x42
This is surreal/futuristic/post-apocalyptic but also passionate composition based on a real industrial scene viewed from the Battersea Power Station.
At the time of its creation, I had just finished a book about Dorothea Tanning, having visited an exhibition about her work at the Tate Modern.
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MEMBERS' NEWS
Dawn Finn
Delighted to be exhibiting Two White Lines mixed media with the PMC,
7 October - 4 November.
My inspirational printmaker is Alistair Grant, head of print
at the RCA and an amazing printer.
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Here is a short quiz about Art - see how much you know
- Where did Matisse paint in the summer of 1905, when he and André Derain worked together near the Spanish border?
- Who is considered the father or forefather of Conceptual Art?
- Which female artist is on exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery until 10th September 2023?
- With which art movement was she associated?
- Who designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain?
- This artist is most famous for using tessellations in his art?
- Which city houses the Alhambra Palace?
- Which female British artist is well known for her Op Art?
- In which city was Picasso born?
- Where is Brancusi's studio now?
- Where was Brancusi born?
- Where is the Rembrandt Night Watch painting?
- Is etching is an intaglio or relief printing technique?
- Who designed a Chapel at Vence?
- Which English artist and poet is currently on exhibition at Tate Britain?
ANSWERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE
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Poems by Dennis Evans, who used to be a member of EFOA.
And the Desert flowered
In the beginning was the Desert.
Hot, endless, arid.
Round as an orange,
reflecting the Sun.
There were caves in the centre of the Desert,
latticed, reaching upwards.
Full of water,
waiting…
The Sun who liked his own reflection
felt it was permanent.
Knew nothing of the caves,
could not have comprehended.
At night,
Moon showed her cool face.
Turned a blind eye to cracks in the Desert.
Smiled, as water seeped through.
Laughed, as torrents surged forward.
And in the morning, Earth appeared.
Sun, perplexed, shone harder
wanting his own reflection.
Dormant seeds flourished,
and the Desert flowered.
© Dennis Evans
From Occasional poems (Celebration Press, London)
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You
I’d forgotten how beautiful you are,
had seen you on my last year’s walks:
naked, arms aloft,
silhouetted against blue-gold skies.
Fingers curled like a dancer’s,
rooted in your being.
Clad in autumn remnants
you blaze like a cathedral
in this early-morning winter light.
© Dennis Evans
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Dennis Evans is a poet, writer, teacher and a Fellow
of the Royal Society of Arts.
He is also a member of
Highgate Literary & Scientific Society, London.
His poetry has been published in the UK & abroad.
Eight collections of his poetry have been published by Celebration
Press, London. His work has been translated into Urdu, Portuguese,
Swedish, Romanian and Russian.
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QUIZ ANSWERS
1 Collioure France. Henri Matisse painted Open Window, Collioure in the summer of 1905, when he and André Derain worked together near the Spanish border.
2. Marcel Duchamp: The Forefather of Conceptual Art
3. Berthe Morisot
4. Impressionism
5. Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry
6. M. C. Escher
7. Granada, Spain
8. Bridget Riley
9. Malaga, Spain
10. Place Georges-Pompidou, Paris, France
11. Romania
12. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
13. Intaglio, with indents or incisions.
14. Henri Matisse
15. Dante Gabriel Rosetti
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ABOUT EAST FINCHLEY OPEN ARTISTS
Find out about us on our website www.eastfinchleyopen.org.uk
There you will find details of all our current members plus photo's of their work and contact details plus information on recent and upcoming exhibitions
MEMBERSHIP: If you are interested in joining East Finchley Open Artists please contact the Membership Secretary at membership@eastfinchleyopen.org.uk
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