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Some of the highlights from the fantastic Freshly Squeezed event that took place at the gallery on the 10th of June. Enjoy…
Get your very own FREE Bob and Roberta Smith poster!!!
That’s right. You too could be the proud owner of an exclusive Bob and Roberta Smith “See Esther Walsall’s Mona Lisa” poster. These are completely free but are in limited supply, so act fast! Just ask for your poster at the front desk at The New Art Gallery Walsall. Why not see Esther while you are here?
The lucky first recipient of the poster was Mr. I. Ioannou of Walsall. “This is the best thing I’ve ever seen – thank you Bob and Roberta Smith!” said Mr. Ioannou.
Bob and Roberta Smith’s May Residency
It’s been quite a month for the Epstein Archive. Bob was in residency for most of May and made the largest work for the project to date. See Esther Walsall’s Mona Lisa comprises of 4 large boards that tell the story of Esther Garman, Jacob Epstein’s sculpture of Esther and Bob’s reaction to it. This is part of Bob’s plan to brand the Esther sculpture as Walsall’s Mona Lisa. These boards will be displayed in the main hall of the Garman Ryan Collection from October and I genuinely cannot wait to see it up there. Enjoy the pictures below…
We created some stop motion films of the residency, with some of Bob’s thoughts on the work….
As well as the small matter of making the See Esther work, Bob also made some posters for the promotion of the Freshly Squeezed event at the gallery (Thursday 10th June @ 6pm) and also the gallery generally. The latter poster is also part of Bob’s branding of Esther.
I’ve posted this video already, but I’m going to put it up again as it’s my favourite of all the videos we have created so far. Inspired by Telly Savalas’ ‘tour’ of Birmingham (which you can see here),we filmed this straight after Bob finished See Esther and he was in a very amusing mood. If you listen carefully, you can hear me snorting with laughter in the background. The theme tune comes courtesy of Dr CJ Freelove, a little known South American musician who exclusively writes 80s ‘This Morning’ style theme tunes.
Bob and Roberta Smith residency
The second episode of Bob’s residency at the gallery. The 3rd will follow soon…enjoy.
Don’t miss Freshly Squeezed @ The New Art Gallery Walsall. Thurs 10th June, 6-9pm. Featuring Giro Gleks!
Bob and Roberta Smith residency
Bob was up at the gallery last week for the 1st week of his 4 week residency. During this time, Bob will be making a large work relating to Esther Garman and specifically the Jacob Epstein sculpture of Esther in the Garman Ryan Collection. We filmed Bob’s time in the studio on time lapse and will do the same for the remaining 3 weeks. Therefore, sit back, relax and enjoy episode 1!
The Epstein Tour
Bob and I took a trip around some Epstein related sites in London a few weeks ago. This is a shortened version of the film we made that day. The full version of this will be shown at the Bob and Roberta Smith Film Evening on the 19th of May.
Epstein vs Churchill
I met Bob in London last week to film some interesting Epstein locations, which was great. The full film will be shown at our Film Evening on the 19th of May. This is another film that we did that day. Although Epstein and Churchill were neighbours and friends, Churchill apparently complained sometimes about the loud music coming from 18 Hyde Park Gate. Enjoy.
The dust has settled…
Things couldn’t be more different in the Epstein Archive at the moment after the excitement of the Party! exhibition opening. It was great fun doing the performance of the Epstein puppet theatre with Bob – there was a great turn out and it seemed like other people enjoyed it too which was nice. Bob is not in Walsall again until May, where he is in residence in the Artists Studio every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday throughout the month. Who knows what will happen, but it’s going to be good. Between now and then there is going to be lots and lots of cataloguing on the go. The archive is taking shape nicely, all of the letters to Jacob Epstein and almost all of the letters to Kathleen Garman are now catalogued and searchable online – you can find the catalogue here. This is a pretty long process, but thankfully our small band of intrepid volunteers, Jonathan Kelham, Ellie Matthews and Lesly Pritchard, are helping me with the catalouging.
Seeing as it’s Friday, let’s relive a few songs from the Party! opening courtesy of The Ken Ardley Playboys. I think you will agree that I won The Epstein Quiz (the very loud voice next to camera).
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