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‘From the Belly of the Whale: Biblical Imagery’ – Albert Herbert

26/05/1989

During the 60’s and 70’s Herbert was involved with the avant garde but became uneasy about being, as he perceived it deliberately obscure. To escape from the confines of ‘art’ or impersonal self- expression he chose as subject matter universally recognised Biblical stories.

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‘English Cathedrals: Drawings’ – Dennis Creffield

05/01/1989

In 1987 the South Bank Board commissioned the painter Dennis Creffield to draw all 26 medieval cathedrals of England. From February until November 1987 Creffield travelled more than 10,000 miles in a motor caravan, drawing in all weathers, and rising early to avoid the tourists.

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Frank Bowling

10/06/1988

The Castlefield Gallery is mounting the first one-man exhibition of FRANK BOWLING’s work to be held in the North West. Although he has lived, worked and exhibited widely in America where his work is well known (especially in New York where he was awarded the American Guggenheim Fellowship twice), Bowling has not attained the same level of recognition in this country.

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‘Earthen Shades’ – Shanti Panchal

16/09/1988

An exhibition of sensitive paintings by Shanti Panchal, whose distinctive watercolours once seen, can never be forgotten. His work focuses on the various events of his childhood that took place in rural Gugarat in Western India.

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Stephen Cooper & Mary Wood

20/02/1987

Castlefield Gallery rather sticks its neck out in the claims it makes for artists who are given exhibitions – that when selecting shows what it seeks is work of the highest quality. The large, brightly coloured abstract paintings and drawings in this exhibition are no exception.

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‘Paintings & Drawings’ – Eileen Cooper

23/05/1986

Eileen Cooper’s large oil paintings and charcoal drawings deal incessantly with personal relationships. She says that her ideas tend to cone out in an unpredictable way through the activity of painting, but there is a fascination with the bond between mother and child through out her work.

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Vanessa Jackson & Hamish McLennan

10/10/1986

Vanessa Jackson often sounds more like a sculptor than a painter when talking about her own work. She refers to ‘whittling away’, ‘carving out’, and ‘polishing into existence’, when describing how the dynamic shapes evolve. She enjoys doing woodblock prints for the reason that in these, the compositions really can be carved out.

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‘New York Thoughts’ – Fabian Peake

10/01/1986

The New Year starts at the Castlefield Gallery with an exhibition of recent work by Fabian Peake, entitled “New York Thoughts”, which runs from the 10th January – 16th February 1986.

These brightly and imaginatively coloured paintings and gouaches were inspired by the artist’s recent visit to the States.

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‘Sculptures’ – Jeff Lowe

28/02/1986

The most striking feature of Jeff Lowe’s work is his interest in African carvings, which he esteems as some of the most remarkable sculptures ever produced. He is strongly influenced by it’s formal language: the subtle shifting angles, the inclination of figure pieces, the precise definition of levels and the contrast between the lavish decoration and solidity of such art works.

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‘Sculpture & Drawings’ – Michael Lyons & Brian Fell

21/12/1984

This exhibition at the Castlefield Gallery brings together work by two sculptors with close associations with each other, and with the city of Manchester.

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