posted by Cptn
Exeter-based poet and novelist Alexis Lykiard will launch his new poetry collection, Unholy Empires at a special book launch in the Exeter Picturehouse bar at 7pm tomorrow (Tuesday May 20).
“Praised by The Morning Star, vilified by The Sun, Alexis Lykiard has been compared to the likes of Juvenal, Horace, Rochester, Swift, Pope and Louis MacNeice,” according to the blurb. And “his many translations from the French have won him critical acclaim and his two recent memoirs to his friend, the artist and writer Jean Rhys, were particularly admired by critics”. That’s Jean Rhys of Wide Sargasso Sea fame, people.
Alexis will also be on hand to sign copies, and read extracts from the new collection.
Admission to the book launch party is free. For further information contact the Exeter Picturehouse on 01392 285960 or e mail exeter@picturehouses.co.uk
Meanwhile, have an amble around the writer’s site.
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We cannot live on love alone
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May 19th, 2008
- From The Closet To The Cosmos, exhibition of painting and photography by Evelyn Dewar, Fairlynch Museum, 27 Fore Street, Budleigh Salterton, EX9 6NP. Til October 31. Open daily 2pm–4.30pm
posted by Nicci Wonnacott
The Fairlynch Museum is lucky to have Evelyn Dewar as resident artist and to have the exhibition for the whole of the summer.
This tiny cottage museum has in its collection some intricate textiles and jewellery and Evelyn became intrigued by these pieces, which in turn inspired the body of work on show.
The paintings bring about a fantasy of a time before that has been resurrected into a contemporary context through the interpretation of paint, colour and Evelyn’s experiences in Budleigh.
Evelyn takes this old museum collection out of the closet and, through her work, sets it free, resurrecting the beauty within the pieces and releasing it to the universe, shaking its stories free again, like butterflies in the wind.
I would happily have any of this work in my home (Evelyn’s paintings would be a great addition to grace your space), but in context in the museum, I would love to see this work in a area outside the Fairlynch – it cries out for and deserves a larger space to truly allow the story to unfold.
But what could be better than a day in a beautiful and historic time warp of a Devonshire seaside town, a real ice-cream and some exquisite affordable works of art.
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May 19th, 2008
