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Belinda Smith, 'Under Blue; Under Grey - Awaiting the Break of Day' 2023
Exhibition
A slash of Blue-
3 Mar 2023 – 8 Apr 2023
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 16:00
- Tuesday
- 16:00 – 20:00
Free admission
Address
- Eltham College
- Mottingham Lane, Mottingham
- London
- SE9 4QF
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Train: Mottingham (15 mins from London Bridge)
Gerald Moore Gallery is delighted to present A slash of Blue- our annual open call exhibition, this year with an emphasis on painting.
About
Gerald Moore Gallery is delighted to present A slash of Blue- our annual open call exhibition, this year with an emphasis on painting. The title for this exhibition comes from the poem ‘A slash of Blue-‘ by the American poet Emily Dickinson:
A slash of Blue –
A sweep of Gray –
Some scarlet patches on the way,
Compose an Evening Sky –
A little purple – slipped between –
Some Ruby Trousers hurried on …
The call was open to all artists living in London and the Southeast. Artists were asked to submit an image of a pre-existing painting that worked in relation to the poem, this was open to wide interpretation. The scope of the entries was vast and varied.
The works were then selected by a panel of 19 young people aged 11-18 from Eltham College who chose 60 artworks, according to whether the painting moved them and whether they felt a relation to the poem.
Quote from Year 9 student: ‘I was initially shocked by the variety of the paintings submitted as I thought there would just be landscapes…. We each had different favourites which was interesting’
