Artist Loraine Todd will host an informal discussion at the Waterline Gallery Thursday, May 9th at 6:30pm. She will chat about her inspiration for her pieces included in the RE exhibit .
My relationship with Loraine began over clay. You might have met her behind a camera, dressing a mannequin or digging through salvage yards. You see, Loraine’s creativity is only constrained by her day job. It seems she has her fingers in a bit of everything.
Her eye has a way of taking what already is and reflecting it back into the world through a different lens. For Thursday evening, she has chosen a few excerpts from John Berger’s Ways of Seeing to help explain how she came to view Art.
Come to the Waterline Gallery Thursday evening for a chat. You may leave with a changed perspective about …. everything.
ABOUT ARTIST, LORAINE TODD
Originally from Glasgow, Scotland, Loraine has traveled extensively and lived in numerous countries worldwide. Loraine studied photography at Auckland University. She then went on to study textiles and ceramics as well as Art Therapy at Goldsmiths University, London, UK. She has taken part in exhibitions as both a curator and/or an artist as well as set/ prop design for various theatrical productions.
ABOUT JOHN BERGER’S WAYS OF SEEING
“John Berger’s Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the (London) Sunday Times critic commented: “This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings… he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures.” By now he has.” – Penguin Books
“Controversial at the time – its focus on the tacit ideologies of Old Masters and led one critic to liken it to “Mao’s Little Red Book for a generation of art students” – it’s now regarded not only as a landmark work of British arts broadcasting, but as a key moment in the democratisation of art education. Its 40th anniversary has been marked at a series of public talks and at a major Berger conference at King’s College London.” – Guardian
GETTING TO THE WATERLINE GALLERY
3rd Floor of the Harbour Mall, Bahrain Financial Harbour. To enter Visitor Parking, follow the road as it circles ALL the buildings back around to the front. Keep asking security for directions.
Tales of Dragons, Rabbits and Roosters 