One Day, Something Happens: Paintings of People, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
This group show charts the development of British figurative painting over the last century. It includes some of the earliest purchases from the Arts Council Collection by artists including Walter Sickert, alongside works by Lucien Freud, David Hockney, Rose Wylie, Steven Claydon, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Phoebe Unwin.
Until 8 January 2017. www.townereastbourne.org.uk
Caro Blount-Shah, New Calver Gallery, Bradford
This show explores the visual and sound heritage of textile and cloth production in the north of England. Artist Caro Blount-Shah presents a new collection of cyanotype work, featuring a concertina print book with images developed from sound waves captured in recordings at a working textile mill.
Until 30 October www.southsquarecentre.co.uk
Philippe Vandenberg: Crossing the Circle, Drawing Room, London
Belgian artist Philippe Vandenberg is known for his highly personal responses to social issues and political upheavals. Filling hundreds of sketchbooks with drawings and watercolours, his abstract and figurative images explore the age old themes of sex, death, good and evil. ‘Crossing the Circle’ features a selection of over 50 works produced between 1990 and 2009.
Until 13 November www.drawingroom.org.uk
Webb-Ellis: An Empty Vessel, Crescent Arts, Scarborough
This evolving audio-visual installation by resident artists Webb-Ellis is inspired by a film project by artist Susan Hiller involving collecting water from sacred or once-sacred sites around the world. At Crescent Arts, the artists have presented research material including images, books, text, writing, drawings, sound and video and the means to produce more material such as computers, cameras, microphones and a printer. Visitors to the space are invited to work with Webb-Ellis in the creation of the audio-visual installation which will be unveiled for Museums at Night on 27 October, when it will also be simultaneously premiered at The Nunnery Gallery in London.
Until 30 October www.crescentarts.co.uk
Ella Kruglyanskaya, Tramway, Glasgow
New York-based painter Ella Kruglyanskaya’s work often features women caught in moments of dramatic tension. Using bold, saturated colours and high contrast patterns, she depicts female relationships, friendships and dialogues, with the male presence reduced to a cartoonish silhouette or a distorted decoration on the surface of a swimsuit.
Until 11 December www.tramway.org
Images:
1. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Condor and The Mole, 2011. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London. Copyright: the artist
2. Caro Blount-Shah, New Calver Gallery, Bradford
3. Philippe Vandenberg, No title, 1997
Photograph by Lucy Dawkins
4. Webb-Ellis, An Empty Vessel, thermal image, 2016
5. Ella Kruglyanskaya, Girl with Sunglasses, 2008. Courtesy the artist, and Gavin Brown’s enterprise New York/Rome
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