FORTHCOMING GROUP EXHIBITIONS
"How
Art is Made"
Birmingham
City Museum and Art Gallery (Tel: 0121 303 2839)
One
of Rob's large "Black Country Night" panaramas and accompanying video is
currentley showing as part of this long-term exhibition.
THE ART OF BIRMINGHAM: 1940 to the millennium.
15 November 2008 - 1 February 2009
Birmingham Museum and Art gallery
Chamberlain Square
Birmingham B3 3DH
Tel: 0121 303 2834
This fascinating story of the Birmingham art scene from the eve of the second world war to
the millennium, featuring images of Birmingham at war, the rapidly changing landscape of
the city in the 1960's and 70's and work by prominent contemporary artists including John
Salt, Raymond Mason, Norman Neasom, Robert Perry, Barry Cook, Barbara Walker, Reuben
Colley and Paul Hill.
TWO ARTISTS. TWO WARS. Full educational programme included. More details on webpage “Exhibitions for Hire” |
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FORTHCOMING SOLO EXHIBITIONS
ROBERT PERRY RBSA. Recent small works.
Monday 6 September – Saturday 4 October 2008
The RBSA Gallery (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists)
4 Brook Street
St Paul's
Birmingham B3 1SA
Tel: 0121 236 4353
An opportunity to purchase one of Rob’s smaller, informal “on the spot” landscape studies.
This selection will feature industrial and rural landscapes nearer home, including the Black Country
and Shropshire.
ECHOES OF WAR 1914 - 18
17 October - 13 December 2009
Fishing Heritage Centre
Alexandra Dock
Grimsby
DN31 1UZ
Tel: 01472 323 556
An updated, broad ranging exhibition relecting Robert Perry's wide experience of travelling,
observing and studying the First World War Battlefields, recording through drawing, painting,
photography and video important sites as they are now, including the Somme and Verdun.
A full educational programme of talks and seminars will be arranged.
"REMEMBERING THE GREAT WAR, 1914-18"
20
October - 30 November 2008
The Forge Mill Needle Museum
Needle Mill Lane
Riverside
Redditch
Worcs B98 8HY
Tel: 01527 62509
Drawings and paintings made on site in the Battlefields of the Western Front. Accompanying
programme of lectures.
"IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DAVID COX " Robert Perry's exhibition is planned in association with Birmingham City Art Gallery and parallels their major exhibition of Cox's work organised on the 150th anniversary of his death, in conjunction with the Yale Centre for British Art in Connecticut, USA. The City Art Gallery's exhibition "Sun, Wind and Rain: The Art of David Cox" will be showing 31 January - 3 May 2009. Robert Perry's exhibition will be the results of an extensive period of research and re-interpretive fieldwork in the areas which Cox studied during his numerous trips to North Wales. Accompanying programme of lectures. |
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PROJECTS
MOTORBIKES
(Ongoing)
Motorbikes
constitute another of Robert Perry’s long-term passions, and he has been
riding, repairing
and drawing them continuously since the age of 16. Frequently seen drawing
in such places as the Isle of Man
TT Races paddock, he is planning eventually to hold a major exhibition of
this work, drawings, paintings and photographs.
UNDERGROUND WAR 1914-18. THE TUNNELS AT VAUQUOIS (Ongoing)
This
project was started some years ago and, when finalised, will form a significant
part of his “Echoes of War” portfolio.
ABSTRACTED LANDSCAPES (Ongoing)
Since
his days at Art College Perry has been fascinated by colour, experimental
painting techniques
and the intriguing textural qualities of overgrown areas of foreground and
middle distance. A major new
initiative in this aspect of his work is planned for the near future.