Friends' News
We warmly invite you to an autumn event exclusive for Friends:
The Edwardian Eye of Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles 1871-1956
Photojournalist
1000 Century-old Photographs
Sunday 16 November 2pm
In the De La Warr Pavilion Studio
Ticket price includes tea, coffee and biscuits: £5
‘One of the great little photographers of photographic history…‘
Mark Howarth-Booth, curator of photographs at the Victoria and Albert Museum on occasion of the launch of the book in Foyles bookshop in Charing Cross Road.
Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles‘ grandson, Richard Pitcairn-Knowles (also a DLWP Friend) will be delighted to introduce you to the works of his grandfather, and tell you about the man himself.
See how his grandfather‘s attention was caught by the carnival at Nice, skating on the frozen canals of Holland, kite flying at Ostend, sand-yachting on the Belgian coast, badger-baiting in Berlin and much more. Richard will recount how his grandfather‘s travels through Europe in the first decade of the twentieth century resulted in this wonderful legacy of photographic images.
The book, ‘The Edwardian Eye of Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles‘ is available to purchase from the De La Warr Pavilion shop.
Bookings and Information
www.dlwp.com
or 01424 229111
Why not make a day of it…… Book for Music In the Morning, with Mike Hatchard and special guest Mark Nightingale. Mark is the foremost jazz trombonist in the UK and firmly established on the international jazz scene today.
11am in the Auditorium
Tickets: £8
Lunch is available in the restaurant from 12 noon
Call 01424 229119 to make your reservation
We look forward to seeing you on the 16th!
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VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED
The marketing dept at the De La Warr Pavilion requires volunteers to help assist with our evaluation work of the current exhibition. This just involves encouraging visitors to fill out a form and does not require any special skills. However we would be really grateful if any of our friends would be kind enough to devote a couple of hours over the next 6 weeks. If so, please contact Vanda Curtis on 01424 229 131 or email on vanda.curtis@dlwp.com
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PALLANT HOUSE VISIT
Saturday 17 May 2008
The De La Warr Pavilion Friends were given a warm welcome from Pallant House Gallery along the coast in Chichester at the weekend where we were given two exclusive guided tours.
We had the opportunity to view their impressive permanent collection and an insight into the history and development of their contemporary new wing was also included.
If you would like to become a Friend of the De La Warr Pavilion and take advantage of fantastic trips like the Pallant House one above. Please email vanda.curtis@dlwp.com or call direct on 01424 229 131
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Pallant House Gallery Visit
Saturday 17 May 2pm
Exclusive offer: free entry and tours; Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex.
DLWP Friends are invited to visit Pallant House who are kindly offering us free entry on the 17th May where DLWP friends will receive two guided exhibition tours detailed below.
Pallant House recently re-opened to national acclaim, its impressive collection of Modern British art can be seen throughout the original Grade 1 listed Queen Anne townhouse and also in it‘s new contemporary wing. This new wing won the coveted Gulbenkian Prize which the DLWP was also short listed for.
More info at www.pallant.org.uk
For those of you who are travelling from Bexhill please join us on the 11.24am train, (standard day return is £15.90 and train fare not included) changing at Brighton at 12.20pm and arriving at Chichester 13.22pm.
Please contact Vanda via email or direct line before week-ending 9 May as places are limited on 01424 229 131vanda.curtis@dlwp.com
Tour details:
Highlights of the Permanent Collection commencing at 2pm
Key works in the collection that can be seen includes; Gino Severini‘s Danseuseno.5, Ivon Hitchens‘ Curved Barn, Henry Moore‘s The Two Sleepers, John Piper‘s Redland Park Congregational Church, Patrick Caulfield‘s Portrait of Juan Gris and work from artists such as Frank Auerbach, David Bomberg and Peter Blake.
A general introduction to the history and development of Pallant House Gallery will also be included.
There will be a break at 3.00pm to allow us to visit the restaurant for tea and biscuits. A cost of £2.50 will be charged.
Colin St John Wilson: Collector and Architect 3.30pm
This exhibition plays tribute to the renowned British architect and collector of twentieth century British art, Professor Sir Colin St John Wilson. From his ‘early years‘ during which time he worked alongside Eduardo Paolozzi, his time he lectured in architecture at Cambridge and became increasingly influenced by major architects including ‘Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto; to ‘the London years‘ which he spent working on other significant projects. One of which became his everlasting legacy and his own personal ‘thirty years war‘, the British Library.
Pallant House friends are visiting the DLWP on April 8th if you are able to join them for a coffee at 3pm then please come along and welcome them.
Exhibition News
Look out for your invitation to the next Exhibition Preview on Saturday 10 May 12noon
May 10 until July 6
Grayson Perry: Unpopular Culture
Gallery 1
Kate Adams: The Not Knowing of Another
Gallery 2
A multi screen video and sound installation exploring the different viewpoints taken during a short walk by a person with a complex neurological impairment.
Live Events
Please keep checking the live performance programme on the DLWP website: http://www.dlwp.com/WhatsOn/TheatrePerformances.aspx
Whilst we try to give our Friends advance notice of all events, our recently introduced on-line booking facility means that our sales through the internet are rapidly increasing. Tickets for some of these events are going fast, and details and dates of these can be emailed to you - even more reason to keep us updated with your email address or indeed of any changes.
Volunteering
We welcome any of our Friends that can assist with ongoing Evaluation as we are always keen to know more about our visitors and where their interests lie. Please contact Vanda if you are able to help on 01424 229 131 vanda.curtis@dlwp.com
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PAST NEWS ARTICLES
Modcoms update
As you will know we trialled a newsletter called Modcoms earlier this year. We would very much like to see Modcoms develop into a redesigned quarterly newsletter that reflects the edgy professionalism of the Pavilion, which informs and entertains you, the Friends.
The reason you have not received further editions this year (as originally planned) is because DLWP is undergoing a strategic review in all of its areas. It makes better sense to hold the newsletter until 2008 when we can inform you, the Friends how we plan to grow this important community.
Until the next edition of Modcoms is printed please keep checking this section of the Pavilion website for Friends news.
We are always interested in your comments and suggestions either on the articles or on any aspect of being a Friend.
Friends of the DLWP can contact us on modcoms@dlwp.com
Access All Areas
On Sunday the 21st October at the finale of the “Access All Areas" youth arts festival, Hastings band Loyal to None were the first evening performance. The young band were a blend of Guns n Roses /Red Hot Chilli peppers inspired rock and were very enthusiastic.
Next on stage was Safe 13- a successful local band supporting Mumm –Ra. Safe13 gave a loud and energetic performance with the lead singer warming the crowd up well for Mumm-Ra. They left the crowd shouting for more.
Mumm-Ra took to the stage and gave an excellent performance – which had an indie/festival feel to it. Their big sound and stage presence were a hit with the audience who danced wildly and held the lead singer high when he dived onto them. They gave the best performance of the night and it was a great way to end the Youth Arts Festival.
Visit to Farley Farm House
On the 6th June, before the summer turned to rain, a party of eleven friends made the journey with Vanda to visit Farley Farm House. Located deep in the countryside west of Hailsham at Muddles Green, this was the home of surrealist painter Roland Penrose and photographer Lee Miller from 1949. Views directly to the Long Man on the Downs make this an inspirational place so it is not surprising to learn that it was an attraction for their famous artist friends.
A very comprehensive tour of the house and art collection given by Antony Penrose, son of Roland and Lee, followed an interesting introductory talk. Here, with the aid of slides, we were given some idea of the family background of the two artists as well as a description of their later careers, which were quite separate but which drew them ultimately together.
Works by Picasso, Miro, Man Ray and Ernst crowd the walls of this country house, joining paintings and collage pieces by Roland Penrose. It is obvious these like- minded friends enjoyed working hard and playing together both in Sussex and Europe.
A room showing some of Lee Miller‘s work and a display of her pre-war photographic equipment was of special interest. The forthcoming exhibition the Art of Lee Miller at the V & A this autumn will be one to see, her photographic output being so varied.
After the tour tea was served by the amazing Patsy, housekeeper to the family for fifty-five years and still with them at Farley Farm House.
Judith Carey
Judith is often to be found behind her own camera lens at the DLWP many thanks to her for this article and picture.
*There are a range of excellent books available in the DLWP shop featuring Lee Miller‘s photography all with 10% for Friends.
Book Review
Earlier in the year we asked Front of House Manager Rebecca Ellis to write a book review for us on:
“Ways of Seeing”
John Berger
For me “Ways of Seeing” was a bible for beginning to understand contemporary and conceptual art.
Throughout my time at the pavilion working in the building and galleries I find myself faced with one pressing question from the public which is “What does it mean?”.
John Berger‘s book gives us the tools to be able to look beyond our original thoughts of a piece of art, sculpture or video installation, by questioning ourselves and what we perceive. It is not so much about what it means as a piece of art, but what we, in turn, observe as individuals. For this reason “Ways of Seeing” helped me to understand there is no right and wrong in the way we view art, as long as we look, we can begin to create our own narrative or meaning based on associations throughout our life and upbringing.
Berger speaks candidly about the media and how this shapes our perception of art, providing us with a basic level of what is beauty and what is ugly Often what pleases us to look is beauty as it safe, it‘s understood, what‘s ugly is foreign and uncomfortable. It is for this reason that many may perceive a Millais painting to be more beautiful than a Tracey Emin Sketch.
Through a number of images Berger practically ask his reader not to question what is right or wrong, ugly or beautiful, meaningful or worthless, but why do we think that?
Rebecca Ellis
FOH Manager
“Ways of Seeing” by John Berger is available from the DLWP Bookshop.
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