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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ARRIVING IN THE AUTUMN
Lay of the Land
East Anglian Landscape NowMORE ABOUT LAY OF THE LAND25 September to 26 October 2024
Lay of the Land will be an exhibition celebrating the features that make the East Anglian landscape so distinctive. It will encompass recent work by artists and makers who show us why the east of England has maintained an enduring appeal among present day creative minds, how the landscape is changing, and the way it is represented in material terms in the work they produce.
THE FERMOY GALLERY & SHAKESPEARE BARN,
ST GEORGE'S GUILDHALL, 29 KINGS ST. KING'S LYNN PE30 1HA
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GATEPOST
Latest news: artist activities, studio and gallery visits, exhibitions and events-
Gallery Visit: Jayne Ivimey & Andrew Watkinson at Cromer Artspace
The Hands of Time: A response to 200 years of coastal change 11 to 22 July 2024 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 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. -
Double Take - the exhibition is now over, but it's not gone...
If you missed the show you may view the exhibits by using the QR code 25 May, 2024The artists: sculptor, James Evans; painter, Susan Gunn; and painter, printmaker, and photographer Tassie Russell joined together for this small group exhibition. Their work drew the viewer in, encouraging us to look closer and overturn our assumptions, exploring the familiar as locations for ambiguity. Here is a brochure showing the installation and picking out works that are still available to purchase and add something unique to your home or workplace -
First week of Double Take
Four hundred in four days! 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 in Norwich
Things aren't aways what they seem 7 May, 2024Our exhibition "Double Take" opens this week at The Crypt Gallery Norwich, NR1 4DD, 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 -
Open Studio at The Crypt
Rosie Phillips meets with visitors to discuss her paintings 8 February 2024Having applied and been offered places at University to study Fine Art, Rosie took stock of her options. She realised that Art School was not what she really wanted at that time. She had already reached out to a number of local artists in and around Norwich and North Norfolk. She entered into informal mentoring arrangements with these successful artists who could encourage, challenge and champion her. -
Rosie Phillips Portrait Artist
Norwich School Artist Residency at The Crypt Gallery, Cathedral Close, Norwich 6 January, 2024To kick off our activities for 2024 we're delighted to announce a new Norwich-based artist residency at Norwich School. We have been working in collaboration with Norwich School and Cathedral communities to initiate the residency for portrait artist Rosie Phillips. -
EASTinternational: Unpacking the Archive | East Gallery
Discourse about an exhibition series and its legacy Dec 10, 2023East International was a series of exhibitions of contemporary art conceived and curated by Professor Lynda Morris. She devised East as a means of bringing contemporary art to Norwich at the moment the British art scene was just in the process of opening up. -
Inviting the next generation in
King's Oak Primary School Visit 19 October, 2023Arriving at 10am the pupils entered the two spaces to view the work. As they began, their teacher Rebecca along with newly appointed Learning and Engagement Officer, Jane Hamilton were asked to simply walk calmly through the galleries and look at the exhibits. -
Spotlight: Roger Hardy
Exhibiting with us in "Heads & Tails: Picturing People and Other Animals" 7 October, 2023Roger Hardy is a sculptor based in Suffolk. His sculpture is figurative, made from reclaimed wood, metal and with pigment additions, configured to create the human form. -
What kind of animal are you?
Opening Weekend of Heads and Tails 10 September, 2023Our latest exhibition "Heads and Tails' is now open in the Shakespeare Bark and Fermoy Gallery, King's Lynn. It brings together a group of artists who have all been working with the many narratives that inform their work and have given rise to this exhibition exploring teh interspecies bonds formed between people and animals. -
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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Art & Culture in Norwich and Norfolk
Our 2024 Season is Launched 8 March 2024As the 2024 season of arts events opens we are thrilled to be featured in the latest edition of Art in Norwich and Norfolk produced by the remarkable Marion Caitlin. -
Rosie Phillips - ArtRabbit
Portrait paintings and drawings following her residency at Norwich School, 10 January to 15 February,2024 10 February 2024Following her residency at Norwich School, Cathedral Close, Norwich, Contemporary and Country have curated 'Close' an exhibition of recent paintings at The Crypt Gallery. SEE ARTICLE -
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. -
What's On in Norfolk - October Issue
Heads & Tails in The Fermoy and Shakespeare Barn 22 September 2023 -
Arty Facts in North Norfolk
Animal Magic 20 September 2023 -
Heads & Tails exhibition opens in King's Lynn
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Sean Scully and East to East at Houghton Hall
27 March 2023We are thankful to Dominic Castle and his team at Norfolk Magazine for covering the build up to the opening of Sean Scully - smaller than the sky and our... -
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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