Gentleman's Relish

1^st September – 26^th September 2009

Richard Joel Bannister's current work explores the figure. In drawings and paintings of the self, the images render the reading of internal and external conflicts.

The work focuses primarily on introverted sensations depicting identity, self respect and sexuality: the relationship between the subconscious and the corporeal, between the subconscious and the environment.

Compositional concerns and the visualisation of internal and external boundaries are crucial. There is a strong reflection of melancholy evident in the direction of his enquiry, expressing emotion through mark making and the application of paint.

Preview Night – Thursday 3^rd September, 6-8pm

PAD Gallery

10-14 Market Street

Birley Street

Preston

PR1 2AR

01772 903471

www.padshopandgallery.com

pad@preston.gov.uk

4^th August – 29^th August 2009
As an abstract painter, Thomas Williams works on individual canvases as well as painting installations. The inspiration for the painting process is to create biomorphic forms. Biomorphic forms which interest the work are wood grains, marble and lava.

Thomas will be directly engaging with PAD’s space resulting in a dynamic installation. Thomas will create a painting on site and will react with the area in which it is set. The process involves layering, mixing media, dripping and movement introducing chance into his practice. As the whole installed painting cannot be viewed from just one angle, the concern is to play with the viewer’s single point perspective, the illusion of space in which the work is placed.

Thomas Williams has recently completed his MA in Contemporary Fine Art at SalfordUniversity and has shown in Manchester, Sunderland and Chester.

Preview Night – Thursday 6^th August 6-8pm

Interconnected
Artist Talk – Saturday 13^th June, 1pm, FREE

Interconnected
2^nd June – 27^th June 2009
Catriona Stamp uses printmaking techniques to engineer the production of artist books. Her recent work examines human interaction within natural and built environments, particularly within local settings. Through a process of observation and identification, she scrutinises the degenerative impacts of the human-nature relationship from an ecological perspective—with a focus on synthetic detritus like litter, pollution and other forms of urban decoration.

Preview Night – Wednesday 3^rd June, 6-8pm

PAD Gallery

10-14 Market Street

Birley Street

Preston

PR1 2AR

01772 903471

www.padshopandgallery.com

pad@preston.gov.uk

Mixed College Show from Newman, Preston, Blackpool, Runshaw

Preston Art and Design showcases the best of Lancashire’s young talent at Further Education Level. The work exhibited is the ‘best in show’ from the college’s summer collections from NewmanCollege, PrestonCollege, Blackpool & The Fylde College and RunshawCollege, Leyland. Creative Futures gives the students the opportunity to show their work in the context of a professional art gallery at a very early stage in their careers.

Preview Night – Thursday 2^nd July 2009, 6-8pm

PAD Gallery

10-14 Market Street

Birley Street

Preston

PR1 2AR

01772 903471

www.padshopandgallery.com

pad@preston.gov.uk