PRESS RELEASE for immediate use / 2 April 2015 
 

 

St Ives’ historic Penwith Gallery presents ‘NSA 293’, the next in an ongoing series of Newlyn Society of Artists members’ exhibitions that go back well over 100 years. On show from 19^th April to 17^th May, works in this exhibition reflect contemporary social, perceptual and environmental concerns as well as responding to ideas of ‘place’ and local tradition.

One of the UK’s most historic and influential art societies, the NSA exists today as a dynamic group of around 90 contemporary artists. An inclusive approach to both subject and medium and the active recruitment of new and emerging artists have allowed the NSA to re-imagine its historic legacy and position itself as one of the country’s most critically relevant art organisations.

Showcasing the diversity of working practice within the NSA, this exhibition is comprised of new works from a full range of media including painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography and video art. Participating members include Ian Penna, Dot Searle, Julie Moss, Pippa Young, Patrick Haughton, Amy Allbright, Gareth Edwards, Kate Walters, Volker Stox, Rachael Reeves, Jessica Cooper, Denny Long, Phil Booth, Belinda Whiting, Anne Wallace, David Chisholm, Ken Turner, Stuart Ross, Peter Webster, Morwenna Morrison, Janet Lynch, Vince Tutton and many more.

Notes to Editors

The Newlyn Society of Artists was founded in 1896 by a group of painters in order to arrange and manage exhibitions at the then newly built Newlyn Art Gallery. Key developments in British art over the last century are reflected in the names of the many artists who have been members of the NSA, including Peter Lanyon, Patrick Heron, John Wells, Roger Hilton, Paul Feiler, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Sir Terry Frost and Margo Maeckelberghe.

The NSA’s current members list includes a wealth of talented artist working in a diverse range of media. Recent exhibitions have included Lineage (2007) which explored contemporary transformations of historical material; The Drawing Show (2008) selected by Kate Macfarlane and Mary Boyle; the collaborative show Double Vision (2009) in which NSA members worked in partnership with non- artists; Reality Check (2010) in which artists explored political, perceptual and environmental concerns; a discursive exploration of Print (2011) curated by Bernard Irwin and Jesse Leroy Smith which featured drop in workshops, as well as prints from regional Artists and the V & A collection, and most recently the Critics Choice exhibition at PZ Gallery, Penzance, curated by The Spectator’s Laura Gascoigne.