Contemporary and Country (C&C) present contemporary and applied art by artists and makers from East Anglia.C&C's Pop-Up exhibitions frequently forego the art gallery setting, opting for architecturally interesting non-gallery spaces that encourage visitors to engage with art. The artists and makers C&C work with live and work in the towns and villages scattered throughout the east of England. Through their work they celebrate their rural surroundings, bring about a closer understanding of the countryside, encouraging greater consideration for nature, as its appreciation and preservation becomes ever more prescient to our time.
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GATEPOST
Latest news: artist activities, studio and gallery visits, exhibitions and events-
First week of Lay of The Land
Ceramics break new ground Oct 2, 2024One of the key components for C&C’s latest exhibition Lay of the Land and the reason so many visitors have praised the quality of the work in the exhibition is the significant contribution made by artists and makers working in ceramics. -
Gallery Visit: Fliss Cary and Tracee Findlater, Something Grim
The Halesworth Gallery, Suffolk 27 July to 21 August Aug 2, 202427 July to 21 August Fliss Cary and Tracee Findlater, Jack Crampton, and Sally Erb at Halesworth Gallery. Fliss Cary uses charcoal or pen and ink drawings to respond to the landscape she is familiar with around her district on the perimeter of Norwich. Hedgerows attract her attention, being both barriers as well as homes to small creatures and birds. Hostile and yet sheltering. -
Gallery Visit: Jayne Ivimey and Andrew Watkinson, The Sands of Time
A response to 200 years of coastal change 11 to 22 July 2024 at Cromer Artspace Jul 23, 2024Post lockdown Jayne Ivimey and Andrew Watkinson have been working together, following in the footsteps of nineteenth-century landscape artist James Stark*, who accessed hard to reach places along the Norfolk coast between Sheringham and Lowestoft two hundred years ago, recording what they found at each location, now. The exhibition at Cromer Artspace collates their research which has been thoughtfully compiled and clearly displayed within the long space of this pretty Art Deco gallery, tucked in under the cliff at the end of the Cromer Prominade. -
The Dockside Dandies of Lowestoft
Peter Wylie presents a tale of fashionable fishermen in his new book 10 June, 2024Lowestoft born artist Peter Wylie discovered this fascinating fashion movement among the town's fishermen back in 2007. The research and interviews undertaken by Wylie has now resulted in a newly published book. This is both an historic record and narrative on the Dandies - in their own words based on personal experiences in the late 1950s and early 1960s. More and more fashionable fishermen were given the nickname of the Dockside Dandies. -
Gallery Visit: Roger Ackling, Sunlight
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery June 1, 2024I attended the public launch of the Roger Ackling exhibition Sunlight, at the Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery on Friday. Ackling is known among artists as the guy who 'burnt stuff' using the power of the sun. There is a new book, Sunlight, published to accompany the exhibition, which will be touring to Henry Moore Institute Leeds and Pier Arts Centre Orkney in Scotland in 2025. -
First week of Double Take: James Evans, Susan Gunn and Tassie Russell
Four hundred in four days, visit The Crypt Gallery 15 May, 2024Double Take opened on Friday 10 May and we have already welcomed over 400 visitors to view work by James Evans, Susan Gunn and Tassie Russell. -
Double Take Opens at The Crypt Gallery Norwich
Things aren't always what they seem 7 May, 2024C&Cs exhibition double take opens this week at the crypt gallery norwich, comprises work by three artists with strong bonds to suffolk and norfolk: sculptor, james evans; painter, susan gunn; and painter, printmaker, and photographer tassie russell. The quality of their work draws the viewer in, encouraging us to look closer and overturn our assumptions, exploring the familiar as locations for ambiguity. -
Gallery Visit: Issam Kourbaj, Urgent Archive
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge 2 March to 26 May 2024 April 15, 2024Issam Koubaj is an example of an artist from another culture, in this case Syria, taking a long, hard look at their own country. This moving installation Urgent Archive at Kettle’s Yard Cambridge is taking place in his adopted ‘home town’. Koubaj has been resident in the UK since 1990, and while initially educated in Damascus he has used his natural ability to communicate across several languages as well as visually as an artist by immersing himself in higher education. He works as an artist, lecturer and writer at Cambridge University. -
Gallery Visit: Frank Auerbach, The Charcoal Heads
The Courtauld Institute, London 9 Feb to 27 May Mar 24, 2024We visited The Courtauld Institute on a recent trip to London to see The Charcoal Heads exhibition by Frank Auerbach, at Somerset House. The exhibition has been heavily trailed on social media. Auerbach’s gimlet gaze stares out from his 1958 self-portrait on the poster. For such a concise exhibition, it packs a punch. It consists of just two rooms of potent charcoal portraits made early in the artist’s career between the late 50s and early 60s. -
Unfurl Opens in Cambridge
Step into Stapleford Granary Cambridge 23 February 2024C&C's new exhibition Unfurl explores botanical beauty by eight artists and makers. It is open today in Cambridge, featuring new and recent work by: Claire Coles, Carolyn Brookes-Davies, Helen Derbyshire, Mark Edwards, Elizabeth Merriman, Tim Plunkett, Ella Porter and Layne Rowe. Unfurl runs until 28 April at Stapleford Granary, 71A Bury Road Cambridge CB22 5BP -
Norwich School Residency: Rosie Phillips - Close
Looking forward to welcoming visitors to Cathedral Close Norwich 1 February, 2024Rosie Phillips' residency at Norwich School comes to its fruition next week. Having been been resident at The Crypt Gallery at Norwich School since January 10th, Rosie is now completing a number of important works to add to her impressive collection that will be shown during her exhibition "Close" opening on Friday 10th February until the 15th. -
C&C's exhibiton Heads and Tails launches in King's Lynn
Picturing People and Other Animals 6 September, 2023Heads and Tails will be a group exhibition of ten artists exploring the interspecies bonds formed between people and animals and how they look within the home, the workplace or in the wild. The artists propose various disciplines that engage with human as well as animal behaviour and how that is represented in art now. Heads and Tails will open Saturday 9 September, until Saturday 28th October 2023. It will be open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 11am to 4pm with FREE ENTRY. It takes place at The Fermoy Gallery and Shakespeare Barn, St. George's Guildhall, 29 King Street, King's Lynn, PE30 1HA.
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North Norfolk Living
What's on, What's Good & Where to Go! 3 October 2024Our latest exhibition 'Lay of the Land: East Anglian Landscape Now' is featured in the new edition of North Norfolk Living. We are grateful; to editor, Amanda Loose and her... -
Lay of the Land on ArtRabbit
As featured on the country's leading art directory 25 September 2024Our latest exhibition 'Lay of the Land: East Anglian Landscape Now' was featured on the UK's leading Art Directory ArtRabbit on 25 September as we opened the galleries in King's... -
KL Magazine - North Norfolk
Lay of the Land: The East Anglian Landscape Now 25 September 2024We are grateful to the KL Magazine team for this article that was published in the September edition of this popular local magazine. In it they encouraged readers to explore... -
Life & Times in Norfolk October 2024
Celebrating a Unique East Anglian Landscape 20 September 2024Huge thanks to Emma Lee and her team at Norfolk Magazine for their feature in the 'Life & Times' section - p157 of the newly published October edition of Norfolk... -
Art & Culture in Norwich and Norfolk
New Exhibitions across the region 6 September 2024As the 2024 season of arts events comes to the end of 2024 we are delighted to be featured in the latest edition of Art in Norwich and Norfolk produced... -
Eastern Daily Press
An art exhibition celebrating the East Anglian landscapes set to open in King's Lynn 22 August 2024 -
Country Life - Heads & Tails makes it as an Unmissable Event
Unmissable Events 11 October 2023We are grateful to the editorial team at Country Life for giving us a mention in the 'Unmissable Events' section on p47 of this week's edition. -
An Arty Weekend in North Norfolk
23 March 2023We were delighted to get a mention in the Guardian on 23 March for 'EAST TO EAST' This year promises to be a wonderful opportunity to see lots of art...
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