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People will literally be able to feast their eyes on the new
exhibition of art at Embrace Arts at the RA centre, University of
Leicester, when ‘Banquet…Hurrah!’ opens on
Saturday 20th March.
‘Banquet…Hurrah!’ is an exhibition devoted to
all things edible and presented by Leicester’s Knighton Lane
Artists’ Group (KLA). It celebrates feasting and food,
exploring its forms, attributes and applications, and will showcase
great new works in a range of media including oils, sculpture, and
digital print.
Tom Cleaver, of KLA, explains: “It’s an unusual title
for a show, I’ll grant you, but in an age where artists seem
content to present the public with one-word titles and expect them
to draw their own profound conclusions, we thought it more fun to
slide in from the left-field with two randoms and some odd
punctuation.
“It’s no meaningless moniker, either. It represents
good food, celebration and the coming together of people. And, if
you know the KLA, with our annual Tea Parties, the recent
renovation of our studios and the swelling of our ranks with fresh,
new talent, you’ll understand that these are all themes
currently dear to us.”
Established in 1982, the KLA Group is an artist-run co-operative
based in a Victorian school building on the outskirts of Leicester.
Over the years the group has provided affordable studio space and
vital support for many local artists. Members past and present
exhibit their work throughout the East Midlands and are represented
in galleries and collections nationally and internationally.
Louisa Milburn, Director of Embrace Arts, said: We are delighted to
host this exciting exhibition by such an established local group as
our first art exhibition under the new name of Embrace Arts at the
RA centre.
“As the University of Leicester’s arts centre we are
open to all, and we look forward to welcoming many people from
Leicester and beyond to see what is a great range of
work.”
‘Banquet…Hurrah!” will run from Saturday 20th
March to Sunday 9th May 2010 at Embrace Arts, Richard Attenborough
centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester LE1 7HA. It can be viewed between
the hours of 10am and 6pm Monday to Friday and is free of charge.
For weekend viewing times please call beforehand during the week on
0116 252 2455.
‘Banquet…Hurrah!’ is funded by Arts Council
England and the building work at the KLA Studio was carried out
with Lottery funding.
