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Artists & Illustrators 9the diary``````Jamaican Pulse: Art and Politicsfrom Jamaica and the DiasporaThis major exhibition showcasing Jamaican visualart is the first of its kind ever to be held outside ofJamaica. At a time when Jamaican art is receivinggrowing international acclaim, Jamaican Pulse willcelebrate the diversity and legacy of Jamaican art,presenting contemporary work alongside keypieces from Jamaican art history.The event spans multiple disciplines, includingpainting, sculpture and moving image and it willbe supported by 20th-century artwork from anumber of public and private collections, includingthe Jamaican High Commission, London and TheNational Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston.Jamaican Pulse: Art and Politics from Jamaicaand the Diaspora runs from 25 June to 11September at the Royal West of EnglandAcademy, Bristol, BS8. http://www.rwa.org.uk``````POSITION Jean-EtienneLiotard (1702 – 1789),James Nelthorpe (c.1718 – 1767), 1738Pastel on paper,62x50cm``````LEFT Ebony Patterson,II Treez, mixed mediaon paper, 243x274cm``````LEFT Jean-EtienneLiotard (1702-1789 ) ,James Nelthorpe (c.1718 -1767), 1738Pastel on paper,62x50cm``````A Handful of DustTo celebrate the Holburne Museum’s centenary inits current home, this exhibition gathers togetherthe best of the museum’s delightful 18th centuryBritish portraits in pastel.A mixture of china clay, plaster and pigments,pastel is little more than brightly-coloured dust, asfragile as a butterfly’s wing, yet when applied topaper can create some bold results. Pastel wasa favourite new medium in Britain between about1730 and 1830, and was restricted almost entirelyto portraits, as it silkiness and luminosity werefound to be particularly suitable for depicting skinand textiles.The exhibition includes work by some of themasters of 18th-century pastel painting,Jean-Etienne Liotard and William Hoare.A Handful of Dust runs from 13 February to 6November at the Holburne Museum, Bath, BA2.http://www.holburne.org``````Stanley Spencer: Visionary ofthe National WorldA stylistic and experimental painter in20th-century England, Sir StanleySpencer, CBE, RA’s work oftenexpressed his fervent, if unconventional,Christian faith. In this exhibition, his skillwith depicting natural subjects isexplored through a series of well-executed flower paintings, garden vistasand landscapes, rendered in almosthallucinatory detail.Amid the flora and fauna are paintingsthat directly remind us of the spiritualnature of Spencer’s work: biblicalhappenings, emanations of cemeteries,and the emotional resonances of someof Spencer’s finest double portraits.The collection includes Spencer’smemorable Angel, Cookham Churchyard,1934, lovingly returned to its homevillage. The series of Spencer’s stunningnature paintings will act as a centrepiecefor the show.Stanley Spencer: Visionary of the NationalWorld runs from 24 March to 31 October atThe Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham,SL6. http://www.stanleyspencer.org.uk``````© THE HOLBURNE MUSEUM``````STANLEY SPENCER, RESURRECTION REUNION, 19457 Exhibitions.indd 9 09/06/2016 11: