Eye - 28 February 2014
Artist connections and Quakerly cartoons
The work of two artists with Quaker connections is on display this spring. Artwork by Margaret Glover, a New Zealand Friend, can currently be found at The Peace Museum in Bradford. Margaret is a Quaker who ‘combines her two passions (art and peace) through her artwork’.
The museum describes her subject matter as ‘a fascinating social and historical record of peace activism as depicted through the individuals, scenes and messages… Her subjects are a mixture of known and unknown individuals, significant and insignificant scenes’.
Margaret’s work is also ‘brilliant in its own right… her broad brush strokes on the oil paintings are particularly eye catching and vivid, while her sketches and drawings in pastels, pencils and Indian ink evoke a sense of urgency’.
The exhibition, entitled ‘Images of Peace’, will be on display until the end of March.
In London, Graham Torr, of Kingston Meeting, got in touch with Eye when he spotted Martin Creed’s exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London.
‘Martin Creed: What’s the point of it?’ offers a survey of the artist’s work over the past twenty-five years. The gallery also aims to offer some insights into his influences, including his Quaker background: ‘Though he says he is not religious, Martin Creed acknowledges connections between his art and his Quaker upbringing.
‘In accordance with their belief in simplicity, Quakers do not have sacred places, and nor does Martin Creed: “I like doing work in all sorts of different places, whether it’s in the toilets… or in the Tate. One isn’t better than the other.”’
The Turner Prize winner’s work is described as transforming ‘everyday materials and actions into surprising meditations on existence and the invisible structures that shape our lives’. The exhibition will run until 27 April.
Hayley Gullen, editor of Westminster Meeting’s newsletter, The Parrot, has prompted some smiles in St Martin’s Lane, London, with her cartoons. See above.
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