» Art highlights:
Platform X
Platform X is a series of short residencies where an artist or group will be given the space to develop and present an exhibition, performance, event or other public ‘outcome’. The first residency is by painter Max Mosscrop, who experiments with forms and process to generate compositions. His vibrant geometric works are created through a playful use of rules and systems.
Platform X: Max Mosscrop, Permanent Gallery, 20 Bedford Place, 01273 710389. 2-11 April
Compost Pictures
Coming to prominence as a fashion photographer in the ’90s, Nigel Shafran’s attention has since shifted towards a
more intimate relationship between the photographer and the photographed, as seen here. A Photoworks exhibition in partnership with Charleston.
Nigel Shafran: Compost Pictures
2008-2009, The Charleston Trust, 01323 811265. 2 April-13 June
Plant Portraits
Plant Portraits is an exhibition of paintings by botanical artists that convey a plant’s technical form and structure as well as its beauty in ways that a photograph cannot. Flowers, fruits, vegetables and fungi are shown in such a way as to invite the viewer to appreciate the finer qualities of nature’s works of arts.
Plant Portraits, Booth Museum of Natural History, 01273 292777. 2 April-24 Sept
Modern Times
Curated by Lutz Becker and featuring works by over 80 artists including Frank Auerbach, Joseph Bueys, Louise Bourgeois, Alberto Giacometti, Paul Klee and Jackson Pollock, Modern Times explores the recurring tension between figuration and abstraction throughout the 20th century, and the ways by
which ideas and concepts evolve.
Modern Times, De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-sea, 01424 229111. 3 April-13 June
