FOTH Painting Lectures : Dr Narbi Price | Hatton Gallery

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Searching for the Subject - A Painter's Journey The lecture will take place in the seminar room next to the Art Material Shop. The Hatton Gallery reception will guide you in the right direction if you are unsure where the seminar room is. Artist, Curator and Academic Dr Narbi Price will talk candidly about his career to date, focussing on how interests and subject matter can coalesce into a cohesive practice. His work takes seemingly everyday scenes which hold additional historical, cultural or personal significance, applying diverse techniques to a photographically derived painting style. It takes sites of chosen events and considers notions of collective memory, pilgrimage and history through the act of painting. He is interested in painting as a receptacle for memory, and in how collective and personal memory can be evoked visually. Winner of the Contemporary British Painting Prize in 2017, Journal Culture Awards Visual Artist of the Year in 2018, and Prizewinner in John Moores Painting Prize in 2012, Narbi's PhD was entitled ‘Repainting the Pitmen: The Ashington Art Group & Robert Lyon - Rethinking Legacy through Archive and Practice’. It explored the legacy of The Ashington Group of artists (also known as the Pitmen Painters) through the production of 30 new paintings and curation of two exhibitions and publications. It looked at the post-industrial landscape of Northumberland through the lens of previous artistic activity. He is the current Chair of Contemporary British Painting. ----- The event is free for Friends of the Hatton members, or £5 at the door for non-members. You can join the Friends with a yearly subscription of Single: £15/ Family & Double: £20/ Students & under 25s: £5. As a Friend, you get to : – Exhibit your artwork in exhibitions organised by the Friends. – Attend special events, workshops and lectures. – Access to the Philip Robinson library (main Newcastle University reference library). There is also an Archive and Research space, which Friends can use. – Receive regular bulletins throughout the year – Get discounts in the art material store next to the Gallery – Get discounts in the Gallery Shop – Get discounts on framing at an established Newcastle based picture framer Reid Framing. F ind out more here and join on the Friends of the Hatton website: https://friendsofthehatton.org.uk/join-us/ Information Source: Friends of the Hatton | eventbrite