Besides the nice cafe with bosquey outdoor seating, the venue offered two exhibitions -
Geta Bratescu and
Paul Johnson (till 18 June).
Some internet images of works in Bratescu's show -
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9h0DVtGYhnKLrhPOVSI3nDsLRbViJSOy2NSoLwwI23lRVizBpZYMGoGC9NAOBaXY_LXCG_6fvqKziqaTc5gz6rPMDY-b2MSreyc86hHrHqDM_RkBCj8GHR_X4pkRJh2MRkvRvAA/s280/20140417225644-d5e3281009254c3b19024101498725c0a04a1b46.jpg) |
"Drawing with closed eyes" (via) |
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The "black and white piece" ... collaged textile (via) |
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One of the Medusa series (via) |
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"The Traveller" (via) |
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Book on grey pages, the same photo against foil of different shapes (via) |
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Using textile scraps that came from her mother (via) |
This small work by Bratescu was compelling - she manipulated this photo of herself in other works too -
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhira162F_Rk9siAcIBUqiv-f-PaOAFNE6ciNoVyH-nulM9j2qipWkpklNxlozqUfYMpJQss6ghOralZrUHYvmOSmKqVco2q_9xee2EKgWFpv245HwkqsBHlPDibbY7kIbPskqZGw/s280/bratescu+smile.jpg) |
The Smile (via, which has more works also seen in the show) |
Later I realised it reminded me of paper dolls cut in a strip; at the time I was busy drawing several versions -
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_bk16H6P2gqT_6hmrTXSz050fhEQrwOe26w3PfBfLbmJx7Y0xFniTzYIqVEYTISMgtTvubL-9-TTCnbgZ6lbAB7vgpD3Xy-Ta2qhrL43rvAXtNFAknDd2-7T_V-2xPU3L132eg/s280/IMG_20170531_110331.jpg) |
Quickly round the gallery |
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Spending more time with the acrobats, and the eyes-closed-drawings |
Sue's "acrobats" show their true proportions - (a variant of the acrobats is
here) -
Joyce was captured by "No to Violence" -
Judith drew a small section of the Paul Johnson exhibition -
Jo settled down on a bench and drew what was around it, including door handles and this exit sign, which - out of context and textured - suddenly becomes a story about to happen -
Extracurricular activities
Sue worked from a photo of cabbages taken at her allotment to produce "something a little more abstract" -
and Joyce captured these textures from an ancient willow near Dedham (in Constable Country), with a view to using them for embroidery -
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