George Rowlett – Harriet Tarlo – Judith Tucker
1st July – 17th August
The Muriel Barker Gallery, Fishing Heritage Centre, Grimsby
Curated by Linda Ingham
George Rowlett – Thames Barrier and Tate & Lyle Wharf from the jetty, overcast afternoon
Judith Tucker – No Through Road, 2014
Painting – Drawing – Poetry – in conversation, in contrast, in collaboration.
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AND THE SHOW OPENS TODAY! pic.twitter.com/PHim9iix6Y
— Linda Ingham (@art_ingham1) July 1, 2014
Excavations & Estuaries: Behind Land – Catalogues now available!
Behind Land -the catalogues have been delivered …
For more details on how to purchase one of these excellent 65-page full colour catalogues with an introduction by Ian McMillan, George Rowlett’s painting diary, and texts by Harriet Tarlo, Judith Tucker and Linda Ingham, contact us below. Price £15 GBP + P&P
Film-maker Annabel McCourt joins artist Judith Tucker and poet Harriet Tarlo on one of their collaborative field trips on the South bank of the Humber Estuary in North East Lincolnshire.
The complete 10-minute film can be seen as part of Behind Land from 1st July – 17th August in the Muriel Baker Gallery at the Fishing Heritage Centre, Grimsby.
Music by David Power
26th June – Day 4
The space and all the works are prepped and ready to begin the hang …
Really exciting to get work on walls and begin to explore the possibilities of how poetry and paintings can work together visually. Part of the joy of presenting such well-thought-through and inter-connected collaborative work, is the depth of connection between the artists and the resulting pieces means that the exhibition flows …
Placing poetry …
Placing more poetry …
Poetry, Painting; place …
June 27th
Time to test the film set-up …
Excavations & Estuaries: Behind Land – Film of Harriet Tarlo & Judith Tucker, filmed by Annabel McCourt and with music by David Power
… hang the remaining pieces, and start to tidy the space, post-hang, pre-numbering!
Looking forward to collecting the catalogues!
25th June – Another sunny day; the walk on the way to catch the train into town displayed the estuary beach sand at it’s neatest!
Tidy sand
A good start to a day for plotting the show and preparing the space for installation …
Test!
The view from the mezzanine
Plotting the Fitties pieces
Preparing the display case …
Delivering poetry
Industry
Atop the stairwell
… completed display in case
June 23rd – Sunny day – a good one for the start of the week which will see the pulling together of the month’s work for E&E since the beginning of 2013.
Site: The Muriel Barker Gallery, Fishing Heritage Centre, Grimsby – actually these days more of an arts and heritage museum than a centre about the history of fishing!
Activity: Getting in! Delivery of paintings, drawings and poetry – yes, many ways that POETRY can be delivered; here’s some paintings being dispatched from their horse box transportation …
Behind Land: paintings being delivered by artist Judith Tucker and poet Harriet Tarlo
… and some poetry in vinyl form waiting application to the walls …
Harriet Tarlo – a spot of poetry in vinyl which converses with Judith’s paintings when applied to the walls …
… loading the lift up to the mezzanine …
Quick-moving gallerists loading George Rowlett Paintings into the lift …
… and work on the mezzanine floor awaiting the hang …
paintings and poetry pairings await application …
Judith Tucker and Harriet Tarlo – paintings and poetry awaiting application …
George Rowlett paintings – 3 images of the Thames Barrier, awaiting the hang …
The Nature of Landscape 
