Information and News
His telling explorations of humankind's obsessions are unique in contemporary British glass and they tread a line between comedy and tragedy.
A Point of Detail IV
The Abstract Figure in Glass
Diss Corn Hall
10 St Nicholas Street
Diss, IP22 4LB
01379652241
https://www.thecornhall.co.uk
The Abstract Figure in Glass
23rd March – 27th April 2024
David Reekie is showing his work and expressive drawings in East Anglia.
David Reekie, one of the UK’s leading glass sculptors, who has been working with glass for over 50 years, is holding a one man show at the Corn Hall, Diss, Norfolk.
“Drawings are key to all my work; they are the beginning where I have time to think and pull together emotions and frustrations of the complex world in which we live. My drawings are very rarely seen, and this show is a great opportunity to bring together my 2D expressions with 3D finished sculptures”.
Although David's work is seen across the world, it is very rare to see a body of work such as this in the UK.
A Sense of Community I
Etienne Gallery
De Lind 38,
5061 HX,
Oisterwijk,
Holland
tel: +31-(0)13-5299599
A Sense of Community
The UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher suggested, in 1987, that there is no such thing as society and then her government proceeded to destroy working communities throughout United Kingdom.
We now live in a world weakened by the lack of strong communities leading to trouble both here in the UK and abroad.
With this in mind we now have a society that is made up of divided communities with a lack of understanding of each other’s needs. The tragedy at Grenfell Tower in London recently brought this home to us very starkly.
It is important that there should be a coming together in society, encouraged by a programme of help and reconstruction, to help in these communities and to unite people.
These thoughts have inspired this series, A Sense of Community, of figures coming together and holding on and reflecting on what is happening around them.
Displaced VI
Gather 8th - 31st March
London Glass Blowing
62-66 Bermondsey Street,
London,
SE1 3UD
Open: Monday – Saturday, 10am – 6pm
http://londonglassblowing.co.uk
hello@londonglassblowing.co.uk
DISPLACED SERIES,
We are living in a troubled world where anger, cruelty, self-interest, and injustice are driving people from their homes. Unfortunately, this has always been the case from time immemorial and for many reasons we seem unable to live peacefully with each other.
We have just lived through a period where being at home was the safest place and caring for each other was the way to get through the pandemic. But even so conflict and flight were always in the background and for may the idea of a home was just a dream.
We are now living through another conflict in Ukraine and images of displaced people losing their homes are being etched on our minds
In these pieces that idea of a home, a place to live in peace, is something to cherish.