A Pallant Reverie (August 3, 2021)
An aural drift through the Queen Anne wing of Pallant House Gallery, voiced by the volunteers, gallery guides and community groups who inhabit the space every day of the year.  The work features references to many of the works in the collection, and is underscored by selections from An English Day-book by Elizabeth Poston, the sole female composer commissioned by Pallant House benefactor, Walter Hussey, for the music during his time as vicar of St Matthew's, Northampton.
Recorded by Dan Scott and the participants
Featuring Sarah Buntin, Liz Walker, Mikey Holden, Sam Rankin, Julia Oak, Holly Riddle , Debbie Blows
With thanks to Louise Stewart at Multitude of Voyces for her valuable knowledge of the work of Elizabeth Poston (www.multitudeofvoyces.co.uk)

Excerpts from an English Day-book by Elizabeth performed by NYCoS National Girls Choir, Claire Jones (harp), Christopher Bell (conductor).  Released by Hyperion Records.

A Pallant Reverie (August 3 2021)

Christopher Wood: Sophisticated Primitive


A friend of Picasso and Cocteau in Paris, Christopher Wood was also at the forefront of the development of a ‘naïve’ figurative style amongst British painters. 

Based on research into his personal letters Katy Norris, curator of the 2016 exhibition 'Christopher Wood: Sophisticated Primitive' at Pallant House Gallery, discusses the opposing factors that shaped this conflicted character, drawing out the paradox between the primitive and the sophisticated that dominated his painting.

This talk was recorded at Pallant House Gallery on Thursday 7 July 2020.

Image: Christopher Wood, China Dogs in a St Ives Window, 1926, Gouache on panel, Acquired by Pallant House Gallery in 2017 with thanks to support from the Art Fund (with a contribution from The Wolfson Foundation), the Arts Council England/Victoria & Albert Purchase Grant Fund, the Friends of Pallant House Gallery Acquisition Fund and generous donors.

Christopher Wood: Sophisticated Primitive

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Christopher Wood: Sophisticated Primitive

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