About This Event

The heat of the summer is over and the international art world re-emerges for the new season. In Bristol, we don't see our galleries take a summer recess, but it's certainly been a while since our visit to Martin Parr in May! Hopefully you got a chance to see some of the incredible shows this summer, such as Jonathan Baldock at Arnolfini and Dance Out at the RWA. This October, we'll be heading back to Spike Island for their new exhibition of work by American artist, Beverly Buchanan. Covering 5 decades of her work, this will be a fascinating and comprehensive exhibition to get to know her work in the very first European survey show on the artist. I really hope you can make it! **A bit about the artist:** Rooted in the landscapes and histories of the American Southeast, Buchanan developed a singular practice shaped by memory, materiality and place, exploring the enduring legacies of slavery through the histories embedded in architecture, landscape and everyday materials. Abstraction became her first visual language, inspired by the weathered surfaces of derelict buildings in the city. What Buchanan described as the ‘aesthetic qualities of decay’ informed her early series of Wall paintings (c.1975–77), first vividly coloured and later almost exclusively black. Looking forward to seeing you there! **Admin costs:** Recent events have charged a small fee for the admin cost (now over £300 a year to run a Meetup group) although this has proven a barrier to people coming along, especially new people. So these events are free again, though cash donations are of course welcome if you'd like to support the group. **Event details:** 12pm: We'll meet at The Orchard Inn, nearby to Spike Island. Please arrive at any point over the hour before 1pm. 1pm: We'll head into the gallery and congregate in the reception/lobby area before heading around the exhibition and space. Spike Island usually deliver a talk for us as a group, so I'll push for this as always. 2:30pm: We'll finish and

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