Artists converge for Moncrieffbray Gallery summer expo
Artists and sculptors drawn from all corners of the British Isles converge for the Moncrieff-bray Gallery summer exhibition 2024 from May 3 to June 15.
The exhibition brings together 30 artists. Elspeth Bray, who runs the gallery, said: “The work is selected with a commitment to quality, integrity and originality from established and emerging artists alike.
"This is a wonderful opportunity to see a range of outstanding contemporary British sculpture in the heart of the South Downs National Park.
"There are small-scale intimate works for interiors as well as large pieces for the garden. Established 20 years ago, the summer exhibition has become a highlight in the West Sussex art calendar.
“Dominating the landscape are large-scale abstract pieces in bronze by Lucy Lutyens together with Benji Lowsley-williams's majestic pieces carved from his native Purbeck Marble. Adam Binder's delicate bronze animals and birds grace the interior space and Miranda Michels returns with her superbly-observed animals in welded steel.
"New sculptors include emerging abstract artists Mark Bowman and Archie Browning and Tobias Ford with his stunning flying birds.
The exhibition also showcases some of the country's leading stone carvers including Paul Vanstone, Mel Fraser and Jonathan Loxley.
“We are thrilled to be including a selection of paintings by Deborah Gourlay from her time as artist-in-residence at Glyndebourne Opera. Another highlight is a sweeping two-metre landscape by John Hitchens painted from the top of nearby Duncton Hill in 1972.
New exhibitors include Catriona Millar with her naive, evocative figurative portraits, Gabriel Langlands elegaic vistas and Laura Cramer's gestural abstract landscapes while returning gallery favourites include Oona Campbell, Lucy Powell, Sam Rudd and Sarah Bowman.
“This is an exhibition which celebrates many of the finest aspects of contemporary British art, which combined with its spectacular rural setting, only five minutes from the antique and artistic hub of Petworth, make it a unique destination. A gallery of West End quality in the heart of rural Sussex.”
Former curator and arts writer Elspeth Moncrieff established the Moncrieff-bray Gallery in 2004.
Exhibiting sculptors: Stuart Anderson, Jill Berelowitz, Adam Binder, Arabella Brooke, Mark Browning, Aly Brown, Will Carr, Régis Chaperon, Luke Dickinson, Olivia Ferrier,
Tobias Ford, Mel Fraser, Benji Losley-williams, Jonathan Loxley, Lucy Lutyens, Miranda Michaels, Jeremy Moulsdale, Gabriele Risso, Will Spankie, Jilly Sutton, Paul Vanstone.
Exhibiting artists: Sarah Bowman, Oona Campbell, Laura Cramer, Rosie Copeland, Catherine Forshall, Deborah Gourlay, John Hitchens, Gabriel Langlands Philp Lyons,
Jean B Martin, Catriona Millar, Gabrielle Moulding, Lucy Powell, Jemma Powell, Samantha Rudd, Amy Shugburgh, Sarah Warley-cummings, Peter White.