News - Guest Lecture by Nedira Yakir
University College Falmouth press release
Nedira Yakir will give the inaugural lecture for the Barns-Graham Trust - entitled 'The Sublime Art of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: The Last Two Decades' - at University College Falmouth's Woodlane Lecture Theatre on Tuesday 23 October 2007 between 6pm and 7.30pm. Members of the public are warmly invited to attend.
Nedira, who is a lecturer on University College Falmouth's MA(Hons) 20th Century Art & Design: Histories & Theories course, will talk on Wilhelmina Barns-Graham's place within the artistic colony of St Ives and the speaker's experience of having interviewed her during the last decade of her life. Nedira, who specialises in Modernist and Postmodernist Women artists, will also address theoretical issues relating to an octogenarian artist at work.
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004) was a founder member of the Penwith Society of Artists. Along with Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth, she was a leading light in St Ives since the 1940s, and quickly established a reputation as one of the foremost abstract artists in the country.. Her work can be seen in public collections throughout the UK including the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, the British Museum, the Tate and the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Her paintings, notably 'A Celebration at 90' are renowned for their energy, colour, texture and their celebration of life. Speaking of her work she once said; "I'd like to feel that my paintings are joyous and uplifting because the world is so full of darkness now, that it is important to have something that gives you a lift up".
Tickets for this lecture are free and can be collected from The Poly, Church Street, Falmouth or ordered by telephone on 01326 212300. Tickets can be posted at no extra charge.
University College Falmouth is a founding partner in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC), a unique initiative to promote regional economic regeneration through Higher Education. The CUC is funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One), the South West Regional Development Agency, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall County Council.