Marc Chagall @ ArtCo

Back in the day, before our children began to swallow up most of our disposable income, we used to buy quite a bit of contemporary art. We usually bought it from artco run by our friends Simon and Leah. It's a great little gallery and not only do they have some beautiful contemporary stuff for us to drool over, but more recently they have been mounting exhibitions of work from some well known 20th century artists such as Matisse, Picasso and Dali.

An invitation to their latest show plopped on the mat a couple of days ago - Chagall this time. Here's a bit of blurb from the catalogue:




"Marc Chagall, born in Russia in 1887, established a reputation as one of the best-loved artists of the 20th Century. His work was dominated by various rich sourses of imagery: memories of Jewish life, Russian folklore and the Bible. After studying in St.Petersburg he went to Paris in 1910. On arriving at the Gare du Nord he was overwhelmed by the colours, novelty and bright lights of the city which immediately informed his art.

In 1922 he first experimented with printmaking and fell in love with the process. This exhibition include etchings from the Fables of la Fontaine and lithographs from The Paris Series, The Bible Series and Odyssey Suite. Whilst the ownership of a Chagall painting is, for the majority of us, out of the question, his original prints made in small editions are relatively accessible."

We love going to these small but perfectly formed exhibitions - seeing work up close by such fantastic artists is always an inspiration to us.

The opening day is on Saturday 9th February between 11am - 4pm. The Gallery is open daily 9am - 5pm during the week and on Saturdays 10am - 4pm.