Aldeburgh ART Programme

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Aldeburgh

ART21st-30th May 2011

International, British and Suffolk

10 days devoted to every aspect of visual art

Festival Programme

For tickets ring Caroline 0207 622 2500or email [email protected]

www. aldeburghart.com


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Galleries open all week including Thompsons (showing John Piper)The Strand Gallery (showing Margaret Thomas), Peter PearsGallery (showing The Suffolk Group), The Aldeburgh Gallery.

Aldeburgh Contemporary Art and Julie Phipps

Final three days (21 23 May) of The Alde Valley Festival of Food,Farming, Landscape and the Arts at Great Glemham.

Daily walk to retrace Sir Peter Blakes footsteps along Aldeburghbeach, past Maggi Hamblings Scallop and on to Dune House, thebrand new Living- Architecture house on Thorpeness Beach.

Visit the stained glass window by John Piper in Aldeburgh Church.

Tuesday Saturday, 2:30-4:30pm: Henry Piper sculpture in acountry house in Stratford St Andrew.

Over bank holiday weekend, three roving poets, Tim Cumming,Robert Vas Dias and Tamar Yoseloff, will perform poems relating toart at intervals in the South Lookout. Radio Carbon by

Tim Cumming will a lso screen at intervals.

Snape Maltings with its concert hall, shops and cafes is 15minutes drive.

Delicious food in the several restaurants.

Fresh fish straight from the fishermen on the beach.

Aldeburghs famous fish and chips.

In addition to all the above, there are daily ticketed events that aredetailed in the following pages. Some events have very limitedcapacity and so we have to limit them to VIPs (people who areparticular supporters of Aldeburgh ART either by buying thespecial Peter Blake print, or by spending 150 each or 200 percouple on tickets.)

Each day enjoy these events:

Daily 10 Arty Bag includes invitations to private views, secretevents, daily special offers and free gifts. Collect from Jubilee Hall

Aldeburgh ART Open Air, artists exhibiting along Aldeburgh beachbetween North and South Lookouts.

The Aldeburgh Social Sculpture, community photography event onthe beach with exhibition in the Jubilee Hall and along Crag Path.

Energy Blanket: beach based performance art inspired byMarina Abramovic.

Look Out! Im an Artist. Aldeburghs South Lookout inspires everyone to be an artist. What would you do?

During the week: performance artists on the beach includingDaphne McClure, Janet Q Treloar and John Hale-White.

Daily entertainment, inc talks, plays, videos, discussions, poetry,concerts in the Jubilee Hall.

Sculpture at Glemham Hall.

Carolines Art Caf in the Jubilee Hall Courtyard serving artistsfavourite drinks and snacks.

Paper Table community art in Carolines Art Caf. Come anddraw on our table cloth.

Inspired by Aldeburgh. A revolving exhibition in the Cinema Galleryfeaturing Royal Academicians.

Aldeburgh Beach South Lookout projects in the top Lookout, thevideo loft and the boathouse.

Aldeburgh ART May 21-30


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Saturday 21st May

Ring Caroline for tickets and full details: 0207 622 2500

10.30am The Mayor of Aldeburgh will Launch Aldeburgh ART Week at the

Aldeburgh Beach South Lookout.

All day Chris Wainwright, What is to be Done?

Exhibition in the South Lookout.

11am Launch by Professor Richard Demarco CBE of all week community

event: The Aldeburgh Social Sculpture. This is based on the Joseph

Beuys concept in which society is considered one great work of art to

which each person can contribute creatively, everyone is an artist. All

are invited to join in this beach based photography event in which every

one takes photos of each other, to be exhibited in the Jubilee Hall andalong Crag Path. Beuys was introduced to the UK by Richard Demarco,

who leads this week with hia Avant Garde vision.

Launch of Daphne McClure daily performance art.

She will knit 25 ft long Scarfout of discarded plastic bags.

Launch of Look Out! Im an Artist.Aldeburghs South Lookout inspires everyone to think creatively. Climb

to the top to be completely alone for 5 mins, and think what would I do

if I was an artist? Then do it and exhibit it in the S Lookout.

12noon Chelsea Arts Club/Fleming Collection/ VIPs:

drinks in Strafford House to meet the artists. VIPs

2:30 - Knowing Joseph Beuys: talk and presentation by Professor Richard

4pm Demarco CBE. The Jubilee Hall. Drinks and artists snacks available from

Carolines Art Caf. Joined by: Chris Wainwright who presents

The Influence of Joseph Beuys. 10

6 - 8pm Cocktail Party and Launch of A Walk Along Aldeburgh Beach an

original print made especially for Aldeburgh ART by Sir Peter Blake RA.

Cocktail party at a dramatic contemporary private house in Aldeburgh.

Exhibition of works by Anna Toppin and other artists. Drinks and

canaps. 10

7pm Snape Maltings.

University of Essex Choir, Royal Choral Society. Beethoven: Missa

Solemnis. Aldeburgh Music for details.

Joseph Beuys

Saturday 21st May

Knowing Joseph Beuys

A talk and presentation by Professor Richard Demarco CBE.2.30 - 4pm The Jubilee Hall 10


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Sunday 22nd May


9:30am Breakfast in Strafford House and watch a cookery demonstration of

artists recipes being prepared and meet the artists.

10 (VIPs priority)

10.30am Richard Demarco launches Energy Blanket by Marina Abramovic,

made by her for her exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Everyone is invited to participate and perform this work on the beach

throughout the Week.

11am Richard Demarco launches daily performance art on the beach,close to The South Lookout: John Hale-White reads The Ancient

Mariner. Janet Q Treloar presents Table a performance art work.

122pm Drinks party in a private house in Aldeburgh to view a private

collection, which includes a brand new work by Roger Hardy.

Drinks and canaps. VIPs

2-4pm Watercolour Workshop, Strafford House. Given by Janet Q Treloar,

previous vice-president of the Royal Watercolour Society. 12 places

only. 10

4:30pm The Leonardo Question a play about passion and power in the Art

World, by Caroline Wiseman. Followed at 6pm by an informal

discussion, In search of the avant-garde, led by Richard Demarco,

Stephen Farthing and Chris Wainwright. Wine and art snacks available

at Carolines Art Caf. 15

7pm Cocktail reception at a magnificent private house on the beach and

view an exhibition of paintings of Aldeburgh. 15

8:30pm Chris Wainwright photography performance on the beach with 16

volunteers. Drinks and snacks available from Strafford House.

Sunday 22nd MayA Play by Caroline Wiseman about passion and power

in the art world

4.30pm The Jubilee Hall 15


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Monday 23rd May


9:30am Breakfast in Strafford House and watch a demonstration of artists

recipes being prepared and meet the artists. 10 (VIPs priority)

10.30am Stephen Farthing presents The North Sea his specially

commissioned painting to be played by three musicians. The South

Lookout.

11:30am Is Drawing Necessary for 21st Century Art? A talk by Prof Stephen

Farthing RA, who was Master of the Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford

and is currently the Rootstein Hopkins Research Professor of

Drawing at the University of the Arts, London. He will sign copies of his

book Art: The Whole Story. Jubilee Hall 10

12.30 Ryan Gander flies the flag, Eye Sea Know Ships, 2011, at the

South Lookout. Ryan Gander lives in Saxmundham and has just

exhibited at the Guggenheim in New York.

1-2pm Private view in the Cinema Gallery, wine and artists snacks.

5 (VIPs free)

2.30 An Artistic expedition witness to Climate Change.

3.30pm Chris Wainwright, Head of Colleges at the University of the Arts London,

was one of a small group of artists and scientists who made up Cape

Farewell, which went on an expedition to the High Arctic to witness the

front line of climate change. He will introduce Unfold the exhibition he

curated for Cape Farewell and will sign copies of the book Unfold and

his new book In Light. He will also show extracts from the film of Cape

Farewell. Aldeburgh Cinema. 10

5 7.30pm Private view and drinks party. You are invited to a glorious country

house in Stratford St Andrew to view sculpture by Henry Piper and

ceramics by Prue Piper in the idyllic gardens. Henrys grandparents,

John and Myfanwy Piper, enjoyed a long friendship and working relation

ship with Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. Drinks and canaps.

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8pm The Chatto Quartet concert. Playing Mendelssohn, Zemlinsky and

Haydn followed by playing of The North Sea. The Jubilee Hall.

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STEPHEN

FARTHING RA

Stephen Farthing, Painting the Atlantic, 2005, acrylic on canvas 8 x 27 ft

Monday 23rd MayThe North Sea

Painting in the South Lookout

Is Drawing Necessary for 21st CenturyArt11.30am Jubilee Hall 10


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Tuesday 24th May


All Day Exhibition of Picasso original prints and photographs in the South

Lookout. Local restaurants will serve Picassos favourite dishes.

9:30am Breakfast in Strafford House and watch a demonstration of artists

recipes being prepared and to meet the artists.

10 (VIPs priority)

11 2pm Launch Party of Sculpture at Glemham Hall. Glemham Hall is an

Elizabethan Manor house situated in 300 acres of beautiful parkland and

very visible on the A12 between Woodbridge and Saxmundham.

Indoor and outdoor exhibition of sculpture by Laurence Edwards,

Elisabeth Frink, Nigel Hall, Phillip King, Henry Moore, Breon OCaseyand Peter Randall Page. Preview VIPs only

2.30 Country House Collection You are invited to the beautiful country

4.30pm house and garden of a private collector in Great Glemham who worked

for Sir Roland Penrose, whose drawings we will see. We will be joined

by his son Antony Penrose. Also works by John Hoyland and others.

Tea and cakes. 15

5.30pm The Boy Who Bit Picasso. Antony Penrose talks about his childhood

adventures with Picasso. He grew up at Farley Farm with his parents, Sir

Roland Penrose and Lee Miller. Picasso visited in 1950 and in the

following years Penrose accompanied his parents on numerous visits to

Picassos homes in the South of France. Penrose will sign copies of his

book, The Boy Who Bit Picasso. Jubilee Hall. 10, Children: 5

7:30pm A Preview Stage Reading of Desire Caught by the Tail, a rarely

performed play by Pablo Picasso. Introduced by Antony Penrose,whose father, Sir Roland Penrose, translated the play from French to

English. Penrose gives us some background to the play which was first

performed in 1944 with a cast including Simone de Beauvoir, Dora Maar

and Jean-Paul Sartre and directed by Albert Camus. After performance

discussion, wine and art snacks available. Jubilee Hall. 10

Pablo Picasso

Tuesday 24th MayA rare play by Pablo Picasso is performed.

Directed by Mark Blane, American Stage Director and

introduced by Antony Penrose (The Boy Who Bit Picasso)

7.30pm The Jubilee Hall 10

4pm and 7.30pm Saturday 28th May Jubilee Hall 10


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Wednesday 25th May


All day Exhibition of original prints by Andy Warhol and Gavin Turk in the

South Lookout.

9:30am Breakfast in Strafford house with the artists

10 (VIPs priority)

AM Special art tour of the Red House. The Red House was the home of

Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears for many years and displays their

fascinating and very personal art collection. 10 places only.

VIPs only 10

11am Are All Artists Hedonistic? Caroline Wiseman delves into

autobiographies and biographies of major artists and finds some

surprising incidents. She is joined by Dr Alan Wilkinson, editor of Henry

Moore: Writings and Conversations (Lund Humphries, 2002). 10

1pm Gourmet lunch at the Butterfly Room at the Bell Inn,

Saxmundham. Butterfly prints by Sir Peter Blake RA. Meet Russell, the

Maitre d who will mix you your Butterfly cocktail. 30 places only.

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3 5pm Watercolour Workshop given by Janet Q Treloar, previous

vice-president of the Royal Watercolour Society. Strafford House.

12 places only 10

5 6pm Noodles and Gravy, inside the mind of Andy Warhol, a one-man play

by up and coming young American playwright and director, Mark Blane.

Jubilee Hall. 10

5.30 - Aldeburgh High Street Party. Many of the galleries and shops will be

7:25pm open late, offering goodies. Special late-night Private View in

Aldeburgh Cinema Gallery. Thompsons Gallery has a special viewing of

John Piper, paintings and original prints, and the Strand Gallery has a

special viewing of paintings by Margaret Thomas.

7:30pm Factory Girl A film staring Sienna Miller and Guy Pierce. Arriving into

the chaos of mid-'60s New York, Edie (Miller) is taken under the wing of

Andy Warhol (Pearce) who sees in her untamed vulnerability the

makings of an irresistible muse.

ANDYWARHOL

DAY

Wednesday 25th May5pm Noodles and Gravy, Jubilee Hall, 10

Inside the mind of Andy Warhol, a play by Mark Blane

7:30pm Factory Girl, Aldeburgh CinemaA film about Andy Warhol starring Sienna Miller and Guy Pearce


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Thursday 26th May


NIGEL HALL RAVisit the Revolving Exhibition

INSPIRED BY ALDEBURGHAt The Cinema Gallery

The High Street

21-26 MayPaintings, Drawings, Sculpture

featuring

Peter Blake RA John Hoyland RA

Eileen Cooper RA Anne Lydiat

Stephen Farthing RA Janet Nathan

Anthony Green RA Chris Wainwright

Nigel Hall RA Manijeh Yadegar

All day Janet Nathan Found Relief in the top of the South Lookout.

9.30 Breakfast in Strafford House to meet Janet Nathan and the other

artists 10 (VIPs priority)

11:30- Visit to Sudbourne Printmakers. Demonstration of printmaking

2pm techniques and exhibition of works. Then to Golden Road studio, next

door, to see an exhibition of paintings by Tim Fargher. Wine and

sandwiches. Minibus available. 10

1 2pm Informal art-based conversations in Jubilee Hall, arty drinks and

snacks available

3:30 Cream tea at Woodbridge School to see Sculpture by Elisabeth

5pm Frink. Minibus Available. 10

5:30pm Paul Benney private view, drinks and canaps, at the studio and

stunning home of Paul Benney, internationally exhibited artist based in

Laxfield near Aldeburgh. 15

7:30pm Art Pub Quiz in Jubilee Hall. Teams of 5 people. Prizes. 5

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Friday 27th May


All Day Eileen Cooper RA The Aldeburgh Series gouaches inspired by

Aldeburgh beach. The South Lookout.

11.30 Francis Carnwath CBE, An Outsider in the Art World in the

12.30pm Jubilee Hall. Francis Carnwath has held a number of posts in the art

world, including: Deputy Director of Tate; Deputy Chairman of the

Whitechapel; Chairman of the Musgrave Kinley Outsider Arts Trust; and

is currently, among other commitments, Chairman of the Yorkshire

Sculpture Park. He talks about his involvement in important projects in

the art institutions in which he has been involved, including the choice of

Bankside Power Station for Tate Modern and the founding of Tate

St.Ives 10

1pm Fish n Chips banquet in the Lookout with Francis Carnwath and

artists. 14 places. 20 (VIPs priority)

3 6pm A Visit to Butley Mills Studios. The Sculptor Laurence Edwards will

give a tour of the artists studios and provide the chance to witness a

Bronze pour, followed by a sausage and wine feast cooked on the

furnace. 10

7.30pm Camarilla Ensemble, concert in Jubilee Hall. Wind quintet play

Mozart, Holst, Milhaud, Ligeti and Poulenc. Exhibition of new paintings

by Simon Tarrant. 10

Eileen Cooper RA

Eileen Cooper; Aldeburgh Series 5 mixed media collage on paper

28 x 36 cm, 950 +VAT, framed

Friday 27th MayEvents all day at the

South Lookout


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Saturday 28th May


All Day John Hoyland paintings in the Aldeburgh Beach South Lookout

Music-art: Helen Petts in the Video Loft of South Lookout.

10:30am Caroline Wiseman presents an update on the week and all the

performance art and events on the beach, including Aldeburgh Social

Sculpture and Look Out! Im an Artist! Free cookies.

11-1pm Private View at the Peter Pears Gallery of the Suffolk Group

(featuring Richard Bawden).

1pm Lunch in the Lookout to meet Prof John Hoyland RA. 14 places only.

VIPs only

4pm Performance of Desire Caught by the Tail by Pablo Picasso in

Jubilee Hall. This performance has been slightly adapted for children.

10, Children: 5

7pm Performance of Desire Caught by the Tail by Pablo Picasso in

Jubilee Hall. A surreal play adapted for a contemporary audience.

Introduced by Humphrey Burton CBE. 10

8:15pm Followed by Picasso Bohemian Supper, with informal readings of

poetry by Picasso and other artists. Jubilee Hall. 15

John Hoyland RA

John Hoyland, Street of Heaven, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30in.

Saturday 28th MayJohn Hoyland RA at The Aldeburgh Beach South Lookout

Talks and performances at Jubilee Hall


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Sunday 29th May


Anthony Green RA

Aldeburgh II-Rainbow Girl Over The South Lookout44 x 48 cm, 2011, oil on MDF, 8400

Sunday 29th MayAnthony Green in conversation with

Francis Carnwath

11.30am The Jubilee Hall 10

All Day Anthony Green RA exhibition in the South Lookout

11-5pm Roger Hardy Open Studio and exhibition of recent works at

Framlingham 5

11:30- Anthony Green RA in conversation with Francis Carnwath in the

12:30 Jubilee Hall 10

1pm Lunch with Anthony Green RA in the South Lookout. 14 places only

20 (VIPs priority)

2pm Noodles and Gravy, inside the mind of Andy Warhol, a one-man play

by up and coming young American playwright and director, Mark Blane.

Jubilee Hall 10

3:30 Poetry Reading in the Jubilee Hall. Tim Cumming, Robert Vas Dias

and Tamar Yoseloff read their poems inspired by paintings.

10

6pm Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition. Pianist: David McNulty.

Exhibition of The Paintings in Hospitals/ Royal Academy Portfolio of

Prints made in response to this concerto by Mussorgsky. After the

interval, Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet, Jubilee Hall.

Exhibition of new paintings by Simon Tarrant 10


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Monday 30th May


All day Exhibition of Look Out! Im an Artist in the South Lookout.

11-12am 1 hour childrens entertainment and young artist workshop led by

Mark Blane. Jubilee Hall 5

2-3pm John Spurling, Liszt. The great composer, Franz Liszt, born exactly

200 years ago, was a friend and admirer of visual artists, many of

whom, including Ingres, painted, drew or sculpted his portrait. Simon

Watterton plays three short piano pieces from his "Years of

Pilgrimage", responses to the work of Raphael, Michelangelo and

Salvator Rosa; and the playwright, novelist and art critic John

Spurling reads a chapter set in Venice from his new novel "A Book ofLiszts", published in May by Seagull Books in their World Literature

series. 10

3:30pm Closing party at the South Lookout. Alice B Toklas brownies

for all.

John Spurling, Liszt

Monday 30th MayTalk, musical performance and book signing of

A Book of Liszts

2-3pm The Jubilee Hall 10


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Be A VIP:When you buy this wonderful original print by Sir Peter Blake or

you spend more than 150 each or 200 per couple on tickets,

you become a VIP and are invited to the exclusive events.

Sir Peter Blake RA, A Walk Along Aldeburgh Beach, original screenprint with glazes and embossing and silver leaf,

signed in pencil, Edition of 100, 45 x 34 cm, 960 inc VAT. Stage proof is illustrated.

We would like to thank Sir Peter Blake for making this wonderful original print

especially for Aldeburgh ART

Director, Caroline Wiseman

Event Manager, Lucinda Lovell

Theatre Artist Residency, Mark Blane

Pamphlet Design:Mark Blane

Lucinda Lovell

Paul Soden at Healeys Printers

Wine Kindly sponsored by Russell & Newnes, Aldeburgh

For tickets and full details, ring Caroline Wiseman 0207 622 2500.

A: 01728 452020, M; 07808 723309

or email [email protected]

Visit our website for full details:

www.aldeburghart.com

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