Juvenal and Dr Jude

Political, Satirical and other works by Brian Lewis

Private View Wednesday 22 February 6.30pm – 8pm

Brian Lewis's work is in collections in Canada, USA, Germany and India as well as in the UK. He has had major solo exhibitions, in the municipal galleries of Sheffield, Hull, Doncaster and in private galleries all over the North.

His paintings are owned by factory shop-floor workers, Members of Parliament, miners, lawyers, students, doctors and lecturers.

He started life as a moulder and in his time he has been an airman, school teacher, clerk, publisher and university lecturer. He was Birmingham's first Poet Laureate and is currently visiting fellow to an Indian university.

He is also a publisher, writer, playwright, social-commentator, poet and entrepreneur. He has been involved in the writing and publication of over 100 books.

Jo Brown

Jo's work occupies that hinterland between the abstract and the programatic,  and she has had a fantastic year with several one woman shows around the country and is now showing regularly in London. You may have been fortunate enough to see her work at the  recent show at the Parsonage in Howarth

Wednesday, 7th december, between 6pm and 8pm  there is a private show of her work at the Gallery, come along and join us for a glass of wine and a chance to meet Jo and talk to her about her work.

It is hard to belive that we are about to celebrate our second Chirstmas at HoMA.

In the meantime we are finalising details of of a Christmas Party, to which you will be welcome, the first Cafe HoMA caberet in February, and - fantastically - the opening of a new exhibition space - Horsforth Modern Art (London)  in Shoerditch in London in January.

It is with sadness we have to report than Joe Dolan, a fine, fascinating and always engaged artist, writer and film maker, has died after a short illness. Joe was born in 1939 and taught in the United States and London before settling to teach largely in Bradford but also in Leeds.

Joe died on 19^th November and it will come as little surprise to those who knew him that he left precise instructions about his funeral, and that these instructions included not letting anyone other than immediate family know, until after the funeral. This was last Friday.

Joe and I had a conversation about having a show of his work here at HoMA

and a few weeks ago I am pleased to say I had a note confirming his interest in doing this. Sadly that will now be a memorial show in the spring, but I hope we may be able to show work that reflect the many sides of this complex artist.

September 30^th saw the publication of “The Imp of Surrealism”, a fine monograph and appreciation of the work of Anthony Earnshaw described (accurately) in the blurb as: “the maverick artist and writer was an original and witty thinker in the latter half of the 20th century, and his northern working class

roots were turned on their head by his discovery of surrealism and jazz in post-war 1940s England”.

His is work is currently being shown at Flowers Gallery, in London, and that exhibition will be coming to Bradford next Summer.

We have copies of the “The Imp of Surrealism”, priced £24.99. This fully-illustrated publication, compiled and edited by Les Coleman, includes essays, commentaries, and anecdotes by those who knew him well and worked with him. This includes many people whose work we have on show here at HoMA, including Chris Vine, John Hyatt, Doug Binder, Patrick Hughes and Glen Baxter

Here at HoMAe also have an excellent collection of his books, many produced with his writing partner Eric Thakker, and  his pamphlets. Many of these are very difficult to get hold of. We have various editions of “Musrum” (including signed limited editions), “Wintersol”, “Seven Secret Alphabets”, “25 Poses”, “Dongdeath and Jazzabeth”, “Flick Knives and Forks”, “Carping and Kicking”. We also have a Flowers East catalogue with a personal dedication to his long time friend, and collector, George Melly.

EBONY ANDREWS

- EXPLORATIVE TAXIDERMY

Douglas Binder

Paintings

A selection of 24 fine paintings form life by the Bradford artist who studied at Bradford College alongside Hockney and Oxotoby and was taught by Kramer, before going on to study at the Royal College. As a graphic artist working in the 1960s with Dudley Edwards he was a hugely important in  creating the iconic sixities look. As a teacher he taught at Portsmoth, St Martin's and with Lucien Freud at Norwich. As a curator he established the impressive reputation of South Square Gallery in Bradford and Dean Clough in Halifax.

For the last ten years or more he has been building up a a body of beautifully crafted oil paintings from life; distinctive in their unmistakeable palette,  tonality, rendition of light and painterly draughtsmanship. This is an exciting show by an artist who, at 70, is at the peak of his form and yet who's work still remains affordable for collectors. 

IAN JUDD

Bronzes

Ian is an important figurative, monumental sculptor. His local commisions include the Angel of Peace on the Leeds War Memorial (there is a special display about this in the City Gallery), J B Priestly in Bradford and a mother and child in Wakefield Cathedral. But he also works on a more intimate scale as can be seen in the collection of bronzes we are showing.

LAIMONIS MIERINS

 Come and meet Laimonis

 at the private show:

 Wednesday 17th August 6pm.

Those interested in the current series of talks on “Imaginary Painters” at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, along with other followers of John Hyatt’s work, shouldn’t miss our next evening event: “John Hyatt – an artist and his alter egos”, including his most recent internet video character The Pilot of Bee Patrol. The evening will also include an opportunity to view “Art Wars – Division and Design”; the large unstretched painting that was used for the catalogue cover of the 1984 British Art Show. There are some details on the pdf flyer below

7pm July 16^th, Horsforth ModernArt

John Hyatt – an artist and his alter egos

Here is an image of Tony Noble's BP Portrait Competition exhibit, The Shooting Gallery, you can also view it online, send it as an e-card or order a print from the website:

Join us to celebrate our first year's trading at the private showing of "There is only the Now....."; our new exhibition of Recent and Ancient work by John Hyatt. From 6pm Saturday June 11th...

Bank Holiday Openings

We are open as usual for the Easter Weekend

Thursday 21st-Sunday 24th April

We are not celebrating any weddings and so are also open as usual  28th April - 1st May. More details to follow.

Fellow Back Lane residents The Horsforth Arts Society also have their spring exhibition over these weekends so there is another very good reason for visiting us over the holiday period. 

Douglas Binder's, 1982 painting, "The Box"

See it at HoMA

Phill Hopkins at Wesley Hall,

Sheffield, S10 1UD

Phil has a new installation  as part of an exhibition about "Willderness" at Wesley Hall, in Sheffield. Phil has created a fascinating landscape urban or subaurban landscape continuing his exploration of memory, inclusion and exclusion from society and its constituent parts, especially the familly. The show is on until  April 22nd and opening hours are good but complicated so check them out at Phill's web page:  http://www.phill-hopkins.co.uk/articles_172213.html.

A good day to visit may be when Jon Gomm, the outstanding Leeds giutarist,  and friend of HoMA, is playing

On Saturday March 12th our new show opens.  It includes twenty works on paper and two bronze castings by Professor Bernard Meadows, Henry Moore's first assistant and later for twenty years head of sculpture and the Royal College of Art. All the works are for sale, and you'd be welcome to join us at our private show from 6pm on Saturday 12th March

Works by:

Emmannuel Cooper

Peter Wills

Catherine D'Arcy

John Middlemiss

Ruth King

Tony Moore

Jo-ann Eisenberg

Designer and producer of fabulous fused and stained glass

Trish Bondi

Horsforth Jeweller, who studied jewellery making at Leeds College of Art, produces stunning unique pieces in Silver and Titanium.

Anuska Wittmann

Designer and producer of silver jewellery,

particularly using found silverware

Humaira Nadeem

Designer of silk scarves

If you haven't been in recently it will be a good chance to check out our new work including a superb stage design (larger and I think possibly better that that in the current University show about Beardsley), and female nude, by Albert Wainwright; very striking paintings by Barry de More, sculptures by Phill Hopkins, works on paper by Emma Fotherby and,  just arrived, recent prints and mixed media works by Joe Dolan whom I believe hasn't hasn't shown locally for some time.

Wendy McArthur is the subject of a substantial and enthusiastic profile in the latest edition of "Inside Track" - the Home Office's in-house magazine. You can read the full profile below. Many thanks to the Home Office, who have allowed us to use the article and Claire Wood, the excellent local free lance photographer who took the images for the magazine.

Shown above is Tony's award winning "Yellow Bicycle",  below he is shown alongside his picture at the Mall Galleries.

We are very pleased to invite you to the opening of our new ehibition
 
"Framed Events

- visual art by

Ian Taylor

and

Brendan Croker"

Friday October 8th, 2010

7pm to 8.30pm Refreshments and music

Exhibition Runs from

September 2 to October 3

Link Gallery, Dean Clough

Halifax  HX3 5AX

Seven Days a Week

10am -5pm

A rare opportunity in West Yorkshire  to see recent work by the former Three Johns front man, Henry Moore fellow and now professor at Manchester Metropoitan University.

Following our successful poetry eveninwith readings by Chrs Preddle and Clive Watkins we now carry a stock of Waywiser titles.

Find out more at the Waywiser home page. Click on the Logo.