Exhibitions & News
A SINGULAR VISION
Fifty Years of British Painting at The Portal Gallery
Written by Jess Wilder and Laura Gascoigne, this book is a definitive history and catalogue of an extraordinary gallery. The cover features Jane Lewis' painting "The Carnival Float", and several of her works are reproduced inside.
Started in 1959 by Lionel Levy and Eric Lister, and originally located just off London's Bond Street, the Portal Gallery (now Portal Painters) was and is an unpretentious venue for works by up-and-coming as well as established artists. For half a century its patrons have been collecting the gallery's unusual pictures, which lean toward the fantastic, magical and surreal. This book brings together the most significant works exhibited at the Portal Gallery. Today the gallery's artists attract ever-new audiences, confirming the continued appeal of exquisitely executed, imaginative, figurative work amid the passing fashions of the contemporary art market. The illustrations throughout offer a thematic chronicling of a gallery whose mission is to nurture artists who share a flair for the unconventional.
Published by PRESTEL, the book can be ordered online from a number of suppliers, including Amazon, or directly from Portal Painters
RECENT & FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS:
THE LONDON ART FAIR
Stand G15
@The Business Design Centre,
52 Upper Street,
Islington,
London, N1 0QH.
18 - 22 January 2012
20/21 INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR
Recent work by Jane at Portal Painters stand
@The Royal College of Art,
Kensington Gore,
London, SW7 2EU.
16 - 19 February 2012
NEW EYES: six artists explore the collection and reflect on the creative process
@TOWNER CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM,
Devonshire Park,
College Road,
Eastbourne
BN21 4JJ
01323 434670
22 October 2011 - 19 February 2012
Open Tues - Sun, and Bank Holidays, 10am - 5pm
Inspired by the Marcel Proust quote "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking
new landscapes but in having new eyes", six artists from local artist network Bluemonkeynet
have curated a new collection display. The exhibition includes work by Jane Lewis.
http://www.townereastbourne.org.uk/exhibitions/
GROUP EXHIBITION
Four of Jane's paintings are included in this show
@GALLERY 23,
Parnie Street,
Glasgow, G1 5RJ.
0141 552 6325
2011-2012 ongoing