Concrete and Salt Water

An exhibition of works by Peter Wylie
19 May, 2025
Concrete and Salt Water
Beautifully curated by Penelope Hughes-Stanton in the former studio of her father, the painter and wood-engraver Blair Hughes-Stanton.
Set in this simple Georgian house overlooking the estuary of the River Stour at Manningtree, Essex.
 
Owen Hopkins, architectural writer, historian and curator writes about peter's work:
Wylie shows the building as alive with use and inhabitation, as a frame for the lives that play out inside it, rather than as a disembodied sculptural object to be marvelled at on a screen. Brutalism is without doubt the most contested of architectural styles. Wylie side-steps the polarisation in views that so often occurs when considering Brutalist buildings by revealing this one in all it's compelling complexity.

 

 


Peter's sea paintings occupy the walls among the letterpress workshop which houses several generations of printing presses, type cabinets and other, now historic, equipment. This serves to reference Peter's time on Printmaking MA at Camberwell and there is a treat to be seen here with some of his great etchings: "Suffolk Bunker Series" - seven etchings and letterpress prints imade in collaboration with poet Stephen Devereux in 2017.
 

 

The Exhibition continues until 14 June 2025

Open on Saturdays, 10am–5pm, or by appointment

NORTH HOUSE GALLERY, The Walls, Manningtree, Essex CO11 1AS

 
See of the Peter Wylie collection in our online showroom

 

About the author

Paul Vater, Director of Contemporary and Country

Paul Vater

PAUL VATER
Paul conducts studio visits to maintain strong relationships with artists, designers and craftspeople who show their work with us. He manages the main C&C website and has developed the online shop where selected works are presented for sale.

 

Paul established his design company, Sugarfree, in 1990 and quickly gained a reputation for delivering fresh, effective marketing campaigns and brand identities for clients including Save the Children Fund, United Nations Association and UNHCR. Over the years those added to the roster include IPC Magazines, Arts Council England, The Roundhouse, Barbican Centre, Arts Marketing Association, Look Ahead Housing and Care, Paddington Waterside, BBC Worldwide, Commonwealth Foundation, Prestel, City of London Corporation, Baker Street Quarter, Victoria BID and the University of East Anglia.