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Matisse at the Baird Insitute
East Ayrshire Leisure are delighted to host another Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition from the Southbank Centre . This time featuring the French painter , sculptor and designer , Henri Matisse ( 1869-1954 ). Matisse : Drawing with Scissors will be on display at the Baird Institute until Thursday 14 April .
Matisse was one of the 20th century ’ s most influential artists . His vibrant works are celebrated for their extraordinary richness and luminosity of colour and his spectacular paper cut-outs were his final triumph .
Matisse : Drawing with Scissors , a Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition from the Southbank Centre features 35 posthumous prints of the famous cut-outs that he produced in the last four years of his life , when confined to his bed . It includes many of his iconic images , such as The Snail and the Blue Nudes .
Matisse continued creating highly original works into his eighties . For his cut-outs he used paper hand-painted with gouache , which he carved into with scissors : ‘ the paper cut-out allows me to draw in the colour … Instead of drawing the outline and putting the colour inside it … I draw straight into the colour ’. The colours he used were so strong that he was advised by his doctor to wear dark glasses .
The lithographic reproductions in this exhibition are taken from a special double issue of Verve , a review of art and literature , published by Matisse ’ s friend , the critic and fine art publisher Tériade , in 1958 , four years after Matisse ’ s death . The publication was planned during Matisse ’ s lifetime and the first lithographic plates were prepared under his direction a few days before he died .
The exhibition is FREE . For more information visit eastayrshireleisure . com
The Baird Institute opening hours are THU 12.30pm – 4pm & 5pm – 7.30pm , FRI 10.30am-12pm & 1pm – 3.30pm and SAT 10.30am-12pm & 1pm – 3.30pm .
A NEW ARRIVAL AT DEAN CASTLE COUNTRY PARK
Anew sculpture has found a home at Dean Castle Country Park ’ s Rural Life Centre . Duncan was donated to East Ayrshire Leisure by local artist , George Duff .
George said “ We have lived near the park for many years . My wife Margaret was a childminder for 25 years and during that time spent almost every day at Dean Castle Country Park with the children taking them for walks and picnics . I wanted to give something back to the park on her behalf ”
Duncan the ram took about 4 months to make and his frame was made in cardboard initially to get the right shape . He was constructed using an aluminium composite frame covered in a waterproof membrane with marble chips held in place with an epoxy resin . The horns were donated to George from a friend who has a hill farm near Eaglesham . Duncan is already proving to be a popular addition to the Country Park and will also be used for education purposes .
George has an engineering background which has allowed him to create a range of beautiful pieces . Check them out on his website https :// www . hummingbirdsculptures . com / or come along to the park and see it for in person .
For more information visit east ayrshireleisure . com
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