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Jamie Frost ‘Unbrush my Hair’, ash, 2017-18, photo: Georgia Shaw Photography
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Artist at work on ‘The Gaslighter’s Comeuppance’, holly, 2017, photo: Georgia Shaw Photography
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Jamie Frost ‘The Gaslighter’s Comeuppance’, detail, holly, 2017, photo: Georgia Shaw Photography
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Jamie Frost, ‘Voice of Reason’ detail
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Jamie Frost ‘Unbrush my Hair’ detail, ash, 2017-18, photo: Georgia Shaw
Exhibition
The Way of All Flesh
13 Jul 2019 – 1 Sep 2019
Event times
The opening hours are: 12noon – 4.30pm Saturdays and Sundays in July, and
12noon – 4.30pm Saturday, Sunday, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays throughout August (closed Thursdays and Fridays).
Cost of entry
Entry to the exhibition is £1.50 for adults and free for under 16s, but they must be accompanied by an adult. Free admission for carers where the disabled visitor pays the normal admission fee.
Address
- Astley Hall, Coach House and Park
- Astley
- Chorley
England - PR7 1XA
- United Kingdom
The Way of All Flesh - an exhibition of elegantly crafted and powerful sculptures and drawings by figurative sculptor and draughtsman Jamie Frost MRSS.
Frost brings the tradition of wood carving into a contemporary gallery setting with his expressive and captivating life-size sculptures.
About
British sculptor brings wood to life in powerful exhibition at Astley Hall
Artist Jamie Frost MRSS presents his first touring show of elegantly crafted and powerful figurative sculptures and drawings in his exhibition entitled The Way of All Flesh from 13 July to 1 September 2019 at Astley Hall in Chorley, Lancashire.
Frost brings the tradition of wood carving into a contemporary gallery setting with his expressive and captivating life-size sculptures. The smell, textures and colours of the sculptures make this exhibition a multi-sensory experience where bark, saw marks and energetic splinters contrast with fine craftsmanship.
The Way of All Flesh exhibition is a touring show and it is the first time that the artist’s sculptures of such large scale and complexity are being shown. The exhibition centres around three major works, shown alongside numerous smaller sculptures, and a selection of supporting drawings. The largest of the sculptures titled ‘Unbrush My Hair’ stands an impressive eight feet high and has been hand-carved from a single ash tree.
Frost is a figurative sculptor and draughtsman who grew up close to The Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle and his practice is strongly influenced by time spent working in Tuscany. Noted for his portraiture and figurative drawings, he is an award-winning artist who has exhibited internationally and across the UK, alongside other notable artists, including Nicola Hicks, Peter Randall-Page, Andy Warhol and Rembrandt.
Jamie Frost MRSS, Artist, says:
“Wood is a fleshy material and I want the visitor to have a sense of the figures I make, not just see them. In their presence it's hard, even for me, not to feel something when looking them in the eye. Whilst making I think about the people I draw, the people I've known, the person I am. I invite people to identify with these sculptures - an affinity with the material should make that possible.”
The exhibition will occupy the Coach House Gallery set within the beautiful surroundings of Astley Hall and park.
