| Tim Nicholson, painter A rare chance to see the joyous colours and irrepressible style of Tim Nicholson’s paintings. Tim plays with the idea of representation with a sure hand and a great sense of fun. Every day objects are transformed into jewels, flattened and yet bursting with life. His landscapes may have writing on them as if he has painted them by numbers. Dots and stripes speak of pattern yet the picture leaps out. Tim Nicholson is the nephew of Ben Nicholson, son of Kit and EQ whose prints play a strong part in the exhibition. Designed in the forties and fifties in the midst of the radical thinking which was the seed for many of the ideas behind the contemporary work in this exhibition, EQ’s designs are still fresh and strong today. Known primarily for her textile designs, EQ’s paintings were only discovered by friends late in her life. Simplifying and stylising every day objects, they reveal a clear and wonderful talent. Sladers Yard is an eighteenth century maritime warehouse at West Bay harbour in West Dorset. The original three-storey timber interior of Sladers Yard speaks of its 250-year history as a workplace. Everywhere are the marks of the past: grooves worn by ropes or great bolts driven into the rough stone walls. With its mottled lime-washed walls and rough-hewn pillars, the building makes a stunning setting for contemporary work. Petter Southall's showroom with Philosophy - Julian Bailey, Derek Nice and Petter Southall - West Bay - Beatitudes featuring Cheryl Campbell - Miranda Creswell's paintings and drawings - West Bay - Beatitudes by David Inshaw - Alfred Stockham, Miranda Creswell and Petter Southall - Out to Sea - Bailey Nice and Southall - The Need to Dream - Vanessa Gardiner - Tim Nicholson - Sladers Yard Christmas Show - Robin Rae - Petter Bjorn Southall - A New Lease of Life - Angels and Demons Christopher Row - Alex Lowery - Akiko Hirai - Andrea Stemmer - Andrew George - Asaf Tolkovsky - Gerry Dudgeon - Goldfinger Jewellery - Ian McKay - Kate Lynch - Linda Bloomfield - Lindean Mill Glass - Makeba Lewis - Margo Selby - Matt Fothergill - MissPrint - Nawal Gebreel - Peter Swanson - Petter Southall - Svend Bayer - Tim Nicholson - Wallace Sewell
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