Visual Arts
Malvern Theatres uses its spacious foyer areas for art exhibitions all year round.
On permanent exhibition:
Creator: Bernard Gitton
Exhibition: Water Clock Celebrating Malvern's Industry
On permanent display in the circle bar of Malvern Theatres is an eight-foot water clock. The clock was given to the theatre by Malvern’s Elmley Foundation in 2003 and was unveiled by National Theatre actress Janet McTeer at a special reception on the 28th March that year.
Present at the reception was French sculptor, designer and horologist Bernard Gitton who invented the clock. His installations can be seen in airports, shopping malls, museums and parks around the world and Malvern’s water clock was the first of its kind in Britain. The clock measures time by the movement of water through its complex system of glass tubes.
Elmley Foundation director John de la Cour decided to give the clock to the theatre and the people of Malvern because he said it brought together the three main industries of the town: its water, its science and its theatre. The clock has proved an attraction for visitors to Malvern ever since.
In the Restaurant area:
ArtGallery.co.uk
Mike & Aileen Mitchell, partners of ArtGallery.co.uk are delighted to be associated with Malvern theatres in the provision of visual art exhibitions.
The aim of ArtGallery.co.uk is to bring the enjoyment and ownership of original art to everyone.
“We want to give theatre visitors the opportunity to view original paintings, sculptures & photographs produced by a wide range of contemporary artists from across the UK.”
With effect from Monday 4th May work by Charles Willmott, Paula Lundy , Victoria Horkan and Hugh Kerr is on display in the restaurant and bar areas – the artworks on display and many more can be viewed and purchased on the website, ArtGallery.co.uk
You can benefit Malvern Theatres if you buy any of these artworks on-line at ArtGallery.co.uk or by telephoning Mike or Aileen on Cirencester (01285) 710040
In the Circle Bar:
Workshy
what did you do today?
WorkShy is a unique art project that sets out to expose the diversity of talent that exists all around us, but is all too often hidden away behind closed doors. It is a study of people and their professions in the small town of Malvern, at the beginning of the Noughties.
The exhibition features a collection of photographic portraits of local people in their workplace. Contrasting traditional and modern trades, it focuses on those that make our town of Malvern, a town like no other.
WorkShy is a celebration of the vitality and understated pride of a very individual community. It has a special resonance in the current economic climate - one in which trading in the local community needs to be encouraged.
Sponsored by The Darwin Rooms
www.darwinrooms.com
T : 01684 578400
Liz Evans is an independent photographer who lives and works in Malvern. Her background is in commercial, wedding and fashion photography.
www.lizevansphotography.co.uk
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