Grotesques

Our first pop-up exhibition Grotesques opened with a preview evening on Thursday 2nd December, in the otherwise empty retail space, 3 Whiteladies Gate.

Grotesques features new work by eleven Bristol based artists who have responded to the theme through a wide variety of media including; painting, video, sculpture, photomontage, linocut and illustration.

Artists exhibiting in Grotesques are: Amy Timms, Angela Lizon, Becca Thorne, Dave Bain, Joe Evans, Richard Broomhall, Rose Sanderson, Sam Marsh, Sophie Woodrow, Tim Lane and Tom Mead.

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2^nd – 23rd December 2010, 11am – 7pm daily

3 Whiteladies Gate, Bristol, BS8 2PH

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adj.

Characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion, as of appearance or manner.

Outlandish or bizarre, as in character or appearance.

Of, relating to, or being the grotesque style in art or a work executed in this style.

One that is grotesque.

A style of painting, sculpture, and ornamentation in which natural forms and monstrous figures are intertwined in bizarre or fanciful combinations.

A work of art executed in this style.