First mention in this post is a huge "Thank-you" to Artist Joe Gilronan and
Legendarium Media who kindly put forward the idea of an interview and feature linked to the upcoming exhibition of mine and it was a pleasure for it to go live on Tuesday 8th December.
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The excellent piece can be read
here.
Friday 12th December 2014 was the UK nationwide release date in cinemas of
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and coincided with the opening preview of the exhibition
Now Far Ahead The Road Has Gone: An Exhibition of Art Inspired by the Works of JRR Tolkien at the North Yorkshire venue of the Curzon chain of Arts Cinema;
Curzon Ripon.
This venue is unique in its possession of a dedicated exhibition space and it was a great pleasure to put on the show as a display of three artists work each with a distinctive use of medium and approach to visualizing JRR Tolkien's vision of Middle-earth; myself,
Ted Nasmith and
Katarzyna Chmiel-Gugulska.
The preview was well attended and received great feedback - catching the discerning Art lovers as well as the passing cinema crowds in and out of the screenings. It was a privilege to be able to bring together the contacts and resources to mount the exhibition at this most well-timed release and have a celebration of all things Tolkien and Middle-earth in my home city of Ripon, North Yorkshire.
I had the good fortune too to have the Mayor and Mayoress in attendance, along with lots of interested locals and members of Ripon's art community. Also unique to the exhibition was the addition of promotional materials from Oloris Publishing for a range of their current and future Art and Middle-earth inspired releases. Artist Jenny Dolfen also sent some postcards across for display and exhibition notes came courtesy of Archaeologist Shaun Richardson and Curator Becky Dillon.
A selection of photos of the work on show at the exhibition including the preview appear below:
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Exhibition curated by Artist John Cockshaw |