2011 Exhibitions
Spring into Fashion – Sonya Todd
22nd March to 23rd April 2011
Reunion Gallery are holding a retrospective review of the work of Sonya Todd in their Upstairs Gallery. Sonya was a fashion illustrator and designer working in the fashion houses of the 60’s and 70’s.
She considers this form of artwork as an example of Social History. From the 19th Century to the present day, the fashion industry plays a very large part in the culture of our everyday life.
She developed her own style of fashion drawing, influenced by the wonderful work of Japanese artists and their woodcut method of reproduction, for example Utamara – and the 19th Century Art Nouveau artist Aubrey Beardsley, black and white being particularly suitable for newspaper reproduction.
Her work as a fashion artist in advertising shows fashion garments to excite the woman of modest means, with flair and style.
The current series Mad Men has a strong resonance in her work.
The exhibition consists of original and printed illustrations of her work from that era.
‘Reunion Refresh’
From 5 February 2011
To celebrate our 10th year of presenting affordable Art in Felixstowe we have asked 10 of the Artists who have exhibited with us over the years to display some new work.
The work is available for sale and collection immediately if desired and the artists have agreed to refresh any sold work to keep the exhibition complete.
List of Exhibitors
Alison Malcolm Oil & Acrylic Paintings
Colin Slee Mixed Media Paintings
Ivan Quarton Oil Paintings
Honor Surie Acrylic Paintings
Jazz Green Mixed Media Paintings
Pat Todd Ceramic
Pippa Darbyshire Mixed Media Paintings
Richard Kimmerling Prints
Verena Daniels Fused Glass
Wendy Brooke-Smith Mixed Media Paintings
Details of exhibitions can also be viewed at
http://www.suffolktouristguide.com
‘Print on Print’
1st October to 22nd October
Reunion Gallery welcomes Mike Todd for his first Solo Exhibition in the Upstairs Gallery. He has created a body of prints that reflect contemporary themes with a focus on the isolated image of the subject in each piece.
Mike studied graphics at UCS, graduating with a BA (Hons) 1st in 2009. Since graduating, he has concentrated on the techniques and images created with various types of Print processes including digital and traditional techniques. He is a member of the Sudbourne Printers Group and has exhibited pieces with them in recent years.
The body of work created for Reunion Gallery’s exhibition was the result of his inspiration whilst studying for the degree and his focus on the processes used to create a printed image sometimes altered using digital techniques. The prints often started as disparate images from various media and were compiled by putting these together to reflect the desired final image. The underlying connection between many of the pieces is – People and Places at Moments in time – with the image reflecting the situation of the subject portrayed.
Examples of the work are the two pieces entitled 1969 Revised and Freedom to Think. These were created as a Photomontage with layers created from original photographs taken in 1969 of Mike’s girlfriend (now wife). The addition of more layers of Print and subsequent digital adjustment create a result that transcends the decades that have passed in between.
