Artists&Illustrators 9
NORMANCORNISH:
THEDEFINITIVECOLLECTION
Until 23 February 2020
Asa chroniclerof everydaylife,Norman
Cornishdrewartisticinspirationfrom
theordinary.Fascinatedbythe
claustrophobicworkingconditionsof
minersin Spennymoor,CountyDurham,
hecreatedmanyworksdepictingthe
menhetermed“industrialgladiators”.
Hehadaneyeforfindingshapeand
interestwhereotherscouldnotand
hisworksportrayeda messageof the
powerof communitywhichspreadfar
beyondtheDurhamCoalfield.
TheBowesMuseum,BarnardCastle.
http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.ukStuart Pearson
Wright: HalfBoy
7 October to 22 November
In this deeply personal autobiographical
exhibition, the BP Portrait Award winner
Stuart Pearson Wright shares pivotal
and private moments of his life through
a series of candid portraits inspired by
his memories and family photos.
Borne of the void invoked by the
artist’s lack of a father fi gure, being one
of thefirstbabiesto bebornof an
anonymousdonor,Halfboyasksprobing
questionsabouttheimportanceof
parentalfiguresin formingone’sidentity.
Schoolof ArtGalleryat Aberystwyth
University,Aberystwyth.www.aber.ac.uk© NC LTD
© STUART PEARSON WRIGHT