Cartoon style art sends a serious message; Gallery.Byline: By DAVID HAMMOND A SERIES of 28 paintings on display in the foyer of the Lawrence Batley Theatre The Lawrence Batley Theatre is a theatre in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England which offers drama, music, dance and comedy. The theatre is named after Lawrence Batley, a local entrepreneur and philanthropist, who founded a nationwide cash and carry chain. marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Universal Declaration of Human Rights Declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. Drafted by a committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, it was adopted without dissent but with eight abstentions. . Artists from various countries have contributed to the exhibition, with the works carried out in a cartoon-like but telling fashion. Fernando Vilela, from Brazil, illustrates the edict, "If we are put on trial, this should be in public. The people who try us should not let anyone tell them what to do." Jane Ray's baby cartoon bears the message, "Nobody has any right to hurt or torture us", while Marie-Louise Patrick, of Dublin, evokes the declaration, "Everyone has the right to be protected by law". Bob Graham, of Australia, shows a sleeping boy with toys around: "Nobody should try to harm our good name. Nobody has the right to come into our home, open our letters, or bother us, or our family, without a good reason." Korby Paul asserts in his picture "Nobody has any right to make us a slave. We cannot make anyone else a slave." Gilles Rapaport's illustration bears the message, "Every grown-up grown-up adj. 1. Of, characteristic of, or intended for adults: grown-up movies; a grown-up discussion. 2. has the right to a job, to a fair wage for their work, and to join a trade union". The illustrations come from Amnesty International and Frances Lincoln's publication, We Are All Born Free. In the theatre bar, Meditative Paintings by Jill Johnson are inspired by landscape and the natural world. She's good on birds and plays with shape and colour in an interesting way. Jill works in oils and water colours and in mixed media. Most of her work is abstract or semi-abstract "As I work, I am influenced by landscapes, light, colour, inner and outer journeys and the natural work, which I love to contemplate", she says. A freelance artist, she has worked with organisations including Artlink West Yorkshire and Artists-in-Mind, Huddersfield. A SHOWCASE of contemporary printmaking by members of West Yorkshire Print Workshop opens in Huddersfield tomorrow. The exhibition, called Impressions, is at Huddersfield Art Gallery runs until March 7. It features 40 prints by artists including Helen Aldous, Cath Brooke, Julia Clegg, Freda Davis, Peter Davis, Kate Desforges & Amy Hirst, Morag Eaton, Lucy Hainsworth, Andrew Hambleton, Pat Lawrinson, Sammy Palfrey pal·frey n. pl. pal·freys Archaic A saddle horse, especially one for a woman to ride. [Middle English, from Old French palefrei, from Medieval Latin , Tim Thorpe and Ian Wrench. The work includes screen prints, mono prints, etchings, aquatint aquatint (ä`kwətĭnt'), etching technique. The plate is covered with a porous ground, or resist, through which acid bites many tiny pockmarks in the metal. If an area is to be completely white, that part of the plate is coated with varnish. , sugar lift and more. Some prints are the result of collaborative work; others incorporate several techniques in one image. The gallery in Princess Alexandra Walk is open 10.00am to 5.00pm weekdays and Saturdays 10.00am to 4.00pm. |
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