Moving Images / Forever Still Theatre & Performing Arts

The Coningsby Gallery is pleased to announce Moving Images/Forever Still an exhibition of mixed media works by Adrian Morrish, drawn from th

Adrian and Freddie were friends from 1964 to around 1968, firstly, as students at Isleworth Polytechnic, Middlesex, an impressionable period in their lives, and later as occasional ‘ravers’ at London’s Blues clubs (most notably Eel Pie Island). On 29th July 1965, Adrian and friends used an 8mm cine camera to film themselves out and about on the Polytechnic’s campus, and in the streets of Isleworth. As a result, the images give an intimate impression of the star at the age of 18, just a few months after he arrived in this country from Zanzibar, after being forced out by a bloody military coup. Freddie and Adrian went their separate ways in their twenties with no further contact. But in 2012 Morrish re-discovered the 1965 film (which he had not previously seen), and this had a great impact on his work on the theme of life’s journey, and lost youth … forever caught in the moment.

The works on display are ‘printed paintings’ on stretched canvas, that can be pieced together (using a patented jointing method) to form a much larger and multi-faceted image to fill a space with artwork that reflects the themes in this exhibition.

Adrian Morrish is an artist who divides his time between London, and the Cotswolds (where he has his studio), and who has had a successful career in advertising and graphic design before moving into contemporary art, briefly as a gallery owner, and then a self-taught artist.

The original 8mm film will be available to purchase in a sealed-bid sale.

Venue: Coningsby Gallery, 30 Tottenham Street, Greater London, W1T 4RJ

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