Date: Saturday 16 September 2023 – Saturday 24 February 2024
Free Entry
Monday – Saturday. 10am – 4pm.
Closed Sundays & Bank Holidays.
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Artists Kevin Laycock and Christopher Harris reinterpret historic quilt making through abstract painting and mixed media artworks. The exhibition also showcases examples of British 19th century quilt making and the artists’ responses to the patterns and structures contained within them.
Gawthorpe Textiles Collection provided the touchstone for Harris and Laycock’s latest work. Housed at the National Trust’s Gawthorpe Hall, the collection includes over 11,000 items of textile history.
Our thanks are due to curator Rachel Midgley for her help in selecting and preparing work from the Gawthorpe Textile Collection for display.
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- Kevin Laycock, Invention 2 – After Gawthorpe Hall Quilt Collection, 2023, Oil on Paper, 56 x 77 cm
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- Chris Harris, Sledge
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- Quilt | Grid | Pattern. Kevin Laycock and Christopher Harris. The Atkinson, Southport, 2023.
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- Quilt | Grid | Pattern. Kevin Laycock and Christopher Harris. The Atkinson, Southport, 2023.
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- Quilt | Grid | Pattern. Kevin Laycock and Christopher Harris. The Atkinson, Southport, 2023.
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- Quilt | Grid | Pattern. Kevin Laycock and Christopher Harris. The Atkinson, Southport, 2023.
Events
Object of the Month
Wednesday 13 September 2023, 1pm, free.
Dr Christopher Harris introduces the forthcoming exhibition, Quilt | Grid | Pattern. The exhibition features contemporary responses by Harris and fellow artist Kevin Laycock to the historic quilts in the Gawthorpe Textiles Collection. The formal qualities of the patchwork quilt: repetition, geometry, layering and interweaving pattern, provide inspiration for new work exploring patterning and geometric design.
