Current Exhibitions
Natural Order by Ryan Arrindell 01/08/11 - 31/08/11
The Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 1RQ
As part of the Assembly House Art Show 2011, Flying Colours: Fascinating Forms, Ryan Arrindell will be exhibiting his latest canvas, entitled ‘Natural Order’, packed with his trademark vibrancy, ergonomic forms and a hint of visual trickery – one not to be missed!
El Chiste de la Vaca by Francisco Manzano 09/11/10 - 05/12/10
Escalera Gallery, Avenida de la Gran Via, Aracena, Huelva, Spain
'Summer' by Margaret Arrindell 01/04/10 - 31/10/10
The Rivergarden, 36 Yarmouth Road, Thorpe st Andrew, Norwich NR7 0EQ, UK
A selection of work by British painter Margaret Arrindell. The exhibition sees the artist continue to focus on her chosen subject of country scenes and rustic life.
Natur Expand by Francisco Manzano 015/08/10 - 01/11/10
Escalera Gallery, Avenida de la Gran Via, Aracena, Huelva, Spain
Since the cold war there hasn't been a global scale threat, affecting so many human beings, as the propaganda idea of global warming and its consequences. It seems that in this new threat man is the threatening force and also the one being threatened. Although it must be realised that this situation has developed from man spreading threatening information ...and then he himself creating the psychosis...
The goal of Manzano’s work is to reflect on these questions. Our physical and mental scale in contrast with nature. The ant as an element is more important and wide spread, as there are millions of people living in cities only made for human beings, but denaturalized. And in every city the ants make their home, being sometimes the only representatives of living nature that surround us.
In fact the idea is to create images of ants on a human scale, like Vitruvius and Leonardo da Vinci intended in architecture drawing. So, the minuscule of nature that recycles our left-overs, at once takes our size, forcing us to think at how small man is in respect to the planet he lives on. This needs an expanded image of an ant, because they are 'growing big'.
The project is just starting, having as a final goal creating ants on a scale and number that cause a feeling of threat.
Open Studio
Next dates to be confirmed
The Caiquetíos
The Caiquetíos were the original inhabitants of the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao, descendants of the Arawak Indians who lived in the Venezuelan states of Lara and Falcon. When the Spanish arrived in Aruba around 1500 they found the Caiquetios living much as they did in the stone age. These Indians had probably migrated to Aruba in canoes made from hollowed out logs they used for fishing, crossing from the Paraguana peninsula in Venezuela across the 17 miles of open sea to Aruba.
Dutch records show that the last true Indian died in Aruba around 1862, however, even today, the Indian features remain in the faces of many of the native Arubans.