Details of previous exhibitions held in the Old Big School Gallery at Tonbridge School can be found here:
Lives, Lands and Legacies
Chinwe Russell
Saturday 18 January – Sunday 9 March 2025
Free entry, Open to the Public
Chinwe Russell, a Nigerian-British artist is deeply fascinated by people, cultures, history, and the stories that connect us. Chinwe’s paintings in Lives, Lands and Legacies were a vibrant investigation of humanity’s past and its enduring impact on our present. Her work drew inspiration from the rich tapestry of global history, cultures, and traditions.
Lives, Lands and Legacies- Chinwe Russell
Interactive Tapestry Weaving
Alastair Duncan
Courtesy of Llantarnam Grange
Saturday 27 January – Sunday 3 March 2024
Free entry, Open to the Public
A touring exhibition from Llantarnam Grange, Cwmbran’s centre for contemporary Art and Craft.
Fibre Artist in Sound and Weave, Alastair Duncan brought the Interactive Tapestry Weaving exhibition to Old Big School Gallery in January 2024.
Working across fibre, photography and sound, Alastair Duncan brought craft and technology together in an exhibition of interactive tapestries that responded to proximity and touch. Through weaving soundscapes into his pieces, Alastair showed his enjoyment of their shared traits, texture and rhythm.
Interactive Tapestry Weaving - Alastair Duncan
Karl Blossfeldt
Art Forms in Nature
Thursday 14 September – Sunday 5 November 2023
Free entry, Open to the Public
All images part of ‘Wundergarten der Natur’,1932
© Estate of Karl Blossfeldt, Courtesy Hayward Gallery Touring
A Hayward Gallery Touring Exhibition from the Southbank Centre, London came to the OBS Gallery in September 2023.
Karl Blossfeldt: Art Forms in Nature was an exhibition of close-up images of plants and flora by German photographer Karl Blossfeldt. An original portfolio of 40 photogravures from 1932, entitled ‘Wundergarten der Natur’, it was an exemplary example of his botanical photography. Blossfeldt developed homemade cameras and lenses which enabled him to magnify his subjects by up to 30 times, capturing the ‘microcosmic aesthetic’ of his specimens and revealing the underlying structures of nature.
Art Forms in Nature - Karl Blossfeldt
