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| Turning Point: Flight |
On Saturday, I spent a very pleasurable afternoon in the company of the
Turning Point group of quilt artists at the opening of their new exhibition at
the Smith Art Gallery in Stirling.
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| Turning Point: Poppies |
I had
been rather surprised and a bit nervous when they had asked me to say a few
words at the opening but I also felt honoured. It turned out that it was
surprisingly easy to write what I wanted to say as they are such a lovely,
friendly, welcoming group. At my first Loch Lomond Quilt Show, they 'adopted'
me as I was on my own and we shared the most hilarious dinner. Since
then, I have loved seeing their collections of work, which have been exhibited
up and down the country and abroad.
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| Turning Point: Pewter |
This
latest exhibition featured a number of collections of quilts and for the first
time the group had invited three others to join them for ‘Elements’ and ‘Pewter’.
Turning Point's standard format is to work to a theme with a common size of
quilt but to leave the interpretation completely open to each artist.
This was especially visible in the 'Elements' group, which had a really bright
quilt based on the element Bismuth by Alison Drayson as well as Shona
McQuistan's human figure containing the 'elements of me'
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| Alison Drayson 'Bismuth' |
The walls
of the Smith Gallery are bright red, which shouldn't have worked with the
brightly coloured artwork, but did very well. It was also great to see such a
turnout of people along to see the work. And my own little talk got
sandwiched between introductions by lots of local dignitaries so I needn't have
worried about it!
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| Turning Point plus dignitaries |
The
exhibition is on until the end of April and is well worth a visit if you can
make it. There is also a permanent exhibition about Stirling and a
temporary exhibit about the Miners Strike at the Smith, making it a fabulous
mix of things to see.
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| Visitors enjoying the quilts at the Smith Art Gallery |
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| More Poppies by Turning Point |
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| Turning Point: Ten |
2 comments:
Some very striking pieces. Red walls seems very unusual for a gallery. Glad it worked with the brightly coloured pieces.
Apparently red was the colour the Victorians used on their gallery walls. It is amazing that even the giant red poppy looks good on the red background.
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