'Cézanne and the Modern', Exhibition opens 13 March 2014 at the Ashmolean...

Alexander Sturgis, Director of Holburne Museum discusses his tenure at the Museum and his future plans as the next Director of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

ARTBAR 18th March, Paul McGowan talks about his work and recent collaboration with Warchild...

Next Tuesday evening's Artbar will be fascinating discussion on the subversive work of the artist Paul McGowan...

 

For the past 3 years Paul McGowan has been 100% committed to his Collaboration with War Child UK. Titled 'Trigger Finger' the work draws from the everyday situations the charity is confronted with on the ground. The Exhibition was launched at the Drang Gallery in October 2013. Paul has previously collaborated with Legendary American guitarist Gary Lucas who worked with Captain Beefheart and Jeff Buckley.

 

22 Bones, Paul McGowan

 

In December 2013 along with an impressive assemblage of today’s leading Artists including Inkie, Banksy, My dog Sighs, Elmo Hood, Sheppard Fairy, Nick Walker, and many more. Paul's work was exhibited in the Houses of Parliament in conjunction with a DJ Saved My Life and London West Bank Gallery for Smile Britannia. Paul is currently focused on an Experimental audio Visual experience that will bring people together in a different way and the work will involve the production of two audio albums one of the albums Paul will collaborate with Bath Based DJ & Producer Jamie Tack and will be available in all formats. Ronnie Tee of vision artists will choose who and how the second album is produced and the project is shaping up to be ready for release in time for the festival season 2015.

 

Paul McGowan

 

Terror Chamber, Paul McGowan

 

'Paul Klee and Musical Symbiosis', Art Talk, February ArtBar, Upstairs at The Raven, Bath

Next ARTBAR: Tuesday 18th February 7.30-8.00 pm, Upstairs at The Raven, Bath.

Jim Dickinson, Senior Lecturer at Bath Spa University, talks about the influence of music on the work of Paul Klee and the reciprocal impact of Klee's paintings on selected composers.

Paul Klee-'Making Visible' continues at Tate Modern, London. Click here.

Quintet in the studio of painting and drawing school Heinrich Knirr in Munich, 1900
Paul Klee (far right) is photographed with the violin. He is accompanied by (l-r) Walther Siegrist (second violin), Fritz Stubenvollstrasse (viola), Franz Schmidt, a student of classical philology (first cello) and Julius Labba (second cello). This is the only photo held in the Zentrum Paul Klee archive of the artist playing an instrument.

Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Schenkung Familie Klee
© Klee-Nachlassverwaltung, Bern (Klee Estate, Berne)

Paul Klee 'Embrace' 1939

Pamela Kort observed: "Klee's 1933 drawings present their beholder with an unparalleled opportunity to glimpse a central aspect of his aesthetics that has remained largely unappreciated: his lifelong concern with the possibilities of parody and wit. Herein lies their real significance, particularly for an audience unaware that Klee's art has political dimensions."

 

ARTBAR Christmas Quiz!...

Tonight from 8 PM the ARTBAR Christmas Quiz 2013!!! So, bring a team and be the ARTBAR Champions of 2013!

Also some of the guests for ARTBAR 2014 are being unveiled...

and drink and be merry or have a famous Raven pie and chips and meet and greet the team and other Artbarians at the bar upstairs...

ARTBAR November guest: Chris Stephens, Curator and Head of Displays, Tate Britain re-hang, 2013: Walkthrough of British Art - Room: 1914 & 1915 (+playlist)

ARTBAR November guest, Chris Stephens, Curator and Head of Displays, Tate Britain Re-hang 2013: Walkthrough of British Art - Room: 1960 (+playlist)