Location: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Date: Open 10am - 5pm, Tuesday - Sunday. Closed Monday 27 Sep 2011 – 26 Feb 2012
Institution: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
Ticket Price: £4, £2 concessions; family admission £8, £6 concessions. Free to UEA staff and students
Contact Telephone: 01603 593199
Contact Website: http://www.scva.ac.uk/
Attendees: All welcome
Discover the work of Mary Webb, an artist with a passion for colour and landscape. Journeys in Colour features Webb’s art from 1967 to the present day and is the largest ever exhibition of work by this Suffolk-based artist.
On display you will find striking abstract paintings, screen prints, drawings and collages. You will also be able to see recent work, inspired by a trip to Utah, USA, which has never been seen before. Included in the exhibition will be a work by Mary Webb from the UEA Collection of Abstract and Constructivist Art, Architecture and Design, which is permanently housed at the Centre. Webb acknowledges Sonia Delaunay as a significant influence and this artist’s work also forms part of the UEA Collection.
Mary Webb is influenced by landscape and much of her work reflects on her travels. She titles her paintings after the places that inspired them, including Corsica, Crete, the Isle of Manhattan, Russia and Portugal. Other works relate to the local region, including Dunwich in Suffolk and Brancaster in Norfolk.
Mary Webb studied fine art at the University of Newcastle and Chelsea School of Art before teaching at Harrogate for two years. From 1966 until 1990, Webb taught painting at Norwich School of Art (now known as Norwich University College of the Arts).
The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated book, available from the Sainsbury Centre Gallery Shop.
Combined autumn exhibition admission £4, concessions £2; family admission £8, concessions £6, school groups £1 per person. Free to Sainsbury Centre Friends, UEA and NUCA staff and students.
