Diana Heuvel reports:
SKIPPINGS Gallery, the newly refurbished exhibition space at 133 King Street, Gt. Yarmouth, has now opened with an exhibition of work by CHEDGEY. His witty interactive sculptures, prints and paintings selected from the past 50 years, are delightfully entertaining and cover a wide spectrum of work.
Chedgey, under the tutelage of Frank Auerbach remembers being told that "red advances, blue recedes" - true to this creed the vibrant paintings of Cuban back streets and rockabilly automobiles of the 1950's have the smoky flavour of irresistible invitation while, very differently, Honore Buonaparte, Chedgey's alto ego, gambols on the beach, scantily clad, with the Mitford sisters.
Chedgey's essential tremor is making delicate brush strokes difficult for him, but a charming recent painting of apple blossom outside his window (with a nod to Van Gogh) has a soft freshness.
Visitors are encouraged to 'wind it up and see what happens' or ' open the door' to the surprises of the interactive sculptural pieces, where you will meet fig leaves or tongues, popping or dropping.
His painting above, Me, The Manics and the Man, shows Chedgey (blue jacket), the Manic Street Preachers and Fidel Castro!
The exhibition is open from Wed to Saturday until 13 February, from 11.00 am to 4.00 pm each day.
See here for more information about David Chedgey.
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