FALMOUTH FRAMEWORKS

FALMOUTH FRAMEWORKS

17 September – 19 November 2011

THIS autumn Falmouth Art Gallery invites you to view masterpieces, favourites and hidden gems from the town’s collection from a completely new perspective.  The major new Falmouth Frameworks exhibition celebrates the importance of the frame to the work of art it surrounds.  It is the culmination of the gallery’s groundbreaking three-year Falmouth Frameworks project.

There are few museum objects that are more neglected than historical and artist-designed frames.  Despite being an integral part of the work, frames are rarely conserved, catalogued or illustrated.  As a result of the Falmouth Frameworks project Falmouth Art Gallery is the first public gallery in the country to research, restore, catalogue, publish and exhibit both picture and frame as an aesthetic union.

“The exhibition will use an exciting selection of historical and contemporary works from the town’s collection to examine the artist’s relationship with the frame, from the early eighteenth century through to the present day” says Director, Louise Connell.  Featured are works by major British and international artists including Sven Berlin, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Thomas Gainsborough, Kurt Jackson, Dame Laura Knight, Arthur Melville, Ben Nicholson, John Singer Sargent and John William Waterhouse. 

A new book entitled Falmouth Frameworks by Brian Stewart, Paul Mitchell and Lynn Roberts has been published by Sansom & Company.  It is on sale at the gallery shop priced £25.

Falmouth Art Gallery has also planned an exciting programme of FREE workshops and events to accompany the exhibition.  Activities include frottage, decoupage, collage and monoprinting to name a few.  For this exhibition we’re also ‘getting in the frame’ so you get two workshops in on as we’ll be working on creating masterpieces and then framing them too!  Family workshops take place every Saturday, just drop in from 2 – 3 pm. 

Falmouth Frameworks is funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Heritage Lottery Fund.  It can be seen at Falmouth Art Gallery from the 17 September – 19 November 2011.  Falmouth Art Gallery is open Monday – Saturday 10 am – 5 pm.  Admission is FREE.  For more information about the exhibition or the accompanying workshops please contact Donna Williams on 01326 313 863 or email info@falmouthartgallery.com