‘Sunflowers’ is a window display by Bristol-based artist Paul Green. The artist employed mathematical patterns and synthetic materials to create this series of sculptures inspired by disappearing nature. More comfortable with a drill and screwdriver than a brush or chisel, PG drilled thousands of holes into multiple sheets of recycled acrylic to create the fractal… Continue reading Sunflowers
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Pride
In a window display for the Finis Gallery, artist Lou Gray has created a scene to help celebrate Pride on the Christmas Steps of Bristol. A revamped doll of Freddy Mercury defeats 3 demons of Hate, Bigotry, and Ignorance on a briefcase stage for an audience of LGBTQ+ community dolls. For more information about the… Continue reading Pride
Screwed
(June 6, 2021 – June 2023) Paul Green began making sculptures as props for experimental films in the early 1990’s. As part of the Artspace College Project in Bristol 2013-2014, PG constructed the series of sculptures ‘Screwed’ on the boarded up windows of a derelict building. Each sculpture is made from thousands of screws hand-tightened… Continue reading Screwed
A Fine Balance
(May 26 – June 5, 2021) Finis Gallery celebrated the life and philanthropy of high-rope walker Carlos Trower (1850 -1889), known as the ‘African Blondin,’ who used his platform to promote the emancipation of enslaved people. The window display of the exhibition featured ‘Portrait of Carlos’ by Bristol-based artist Rachel Hemming Bray. As a young… Continue reading A Fine Balance