Maggi Hambling ‘North Sea Waves’
An exhibition of new paintings on paper
The Old Rectory, Brockdish, Norfolk, IP21 4JJ
Saturday 11th – Sunday 19 October – 2pm to 6pm or by appointment
The celebrated East Anglian artist, Maggi Hambling, is one of the most distinctive artists of her generation – a restless artistic spirit who is equally at home painting George Melly for the National Portrait Gallery or making sculptures using cans of Special Brew.
In recent years her attention has turned to the coast near her house in Suffolk; her most famous and contentious work being the striking and monumental sculpture ‘Scallop’ on Aldeburgh beach.
The restless movement of the sea has become an obsession for Hambling and all paintings start with her daily ritual. ‘Early each morning I go down to the sea and try to capture its mood by drawing, and each day is different. Back in the studio, these drawings become paintings. Whether they are tiny or cover the studio wall, I try to make the movement of the waves happen in the paint’.
The exhibition will comprise new oil paintings and her first small, acrylics on paper, where the waves become jewel-like in their intensity, and in their concentration of energy and colour.
Most works will be for sale with prices starting at £1,000 – very reasonable given Hambling’s current prices.
An extra bonus will be an illustrated talk by Maggi, in her inimitable, highly entertaining and occasionally scurrilous style, based on her autobiography ‘Maggi Hambling: The Works’ at Brockdish Village hall on Monday 13th October at 8pm, preceded by a private view at the Rectory from 6pm. Tickets are limited and are £7 each.
The exhibition is for charity and all profits will be shared between The Laura Case Trust, a medical charity, and Brockdish Church.(Laura is the daughter of David and Anthea Case of Brockdish who was killed in Uganda last year while working as a medical student in a hospital there.) We are very grateful to Maggi and her Marlborough Fine Art, her London gallery, for all their help and encouragement in organising this exhibition
For information on the exhibition and talk, contact David Case at davidcasefineart@btinternet.com, or 01379 668875. Details of the exhibition and all images will also be on www.davidcasefineart.com.
David Case, David Case Fine Art, The Old Rectory, Church Road, Brockdish, Diss, Norfolk IP21 4JJ