The current exhibition is "
Celebrating Art and Music" (till 24 June). First, a wander round...
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| Dancer (stencil?) |
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| Burmese harps |
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A scene from the Ramayana (paint on cotton) - Prince Rama
is defeating the ogre in a fierce battle |
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| Musical instruments |
What caught my eye, with a view to the "gridded" theme for JQs, was this screen ... and I struggled with it ...
So drawing the
kora was a relief. An ethnographical film made in the Gambia in 1970, at the start of the Super 8 era, by
Roderic Knight was playing in the background, showing how a kora was made and how its making fitted into village life in terms of it having a "godmother" and a celebration when it was finished.
Janet B found the large
harp wouldn't fit on just the one page -
Najlaa fitted smaller instruments on smaller pages -
Judith's pages held large metal sculptures of
dancers (by
Sokari Douglas Camp) -
Whereas Carol went out in the Japanese roof garden -
and Michelle too had a gardenish theme, with a frottage composition -
Extracurricular activity: Janet B has been drawing at the vet school again -
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| Polar bear |
The Dancer's 'stole' looks rather like a tyre tread! Was it a good show this time? Sue x
ReplyDeleteI love following your Drawing Tuesdays, in much the same way people watch cookery programmes - it saves a lot of effort!
ReplyDeleteBut for once I've actually seen and admired your subject matter. I was in London with my daughter for 24 hours a fortnight ago to see Eric Clapton and we managed 30 minutes in the Brunei gallery en route to the hotel.The Kora, associated documentary and music was fascinating - as for drawing it - you're a brave woman!