A SERIES of 28 paintings on display in the foyer of the Lawrence Batley Theatre marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Artists from various countries have contributed to the exhibition, with the works carried out in a cartoon-like but telling fashion.
Fernando Vilela, from Brazil, illustrates the edict, “If we are put on trial, this should be in public. The people who try us should not let anyone tell them what to do.”
Jane Ray’s baby cartoon bears the message, “Nobody has any right to hurt or torture us”, while Marie-Louise Patrick, of Dublin, evokes the declaration, “Everyone has the right to be protected by law”.
Bob Graham, of Australia, shows a sleeping boy with toys around: “Nobody should try to harm our good name. Nobody has the right to come into our home, open our letters, or bother us, or our family, without a good reason.”
Korby Paul asserts in his picture “Nobody has any right to make us a slave. We cannot make anyone else a slave.” Gilles Rapaport’s illustration bears the message, “Every grown-up has the right to a job, to a fair wage for their work, and to join a trade union”.
The illustrations come from Amnesty International and Frances Lincoln’s publication, We Are All Born Free.
In the theatre bar, Meditative Paintings by Jill Johnson are inspired by landscape and the natural world. She’s good on birds and plays with shape and colour in an interesting way.
Jill works in oils and watercolours and in mixed media. Most of her work is abstract or semi-abstract “As I work, I am influenced by landscapes, light, colour, inner and outer journeys and the natural work, which I love to contemplate”, she says.
A freelance artist, she has worked with organisations including Artlink West Yorkshire and Artists-in-Mind, Huddersfield.
l A SHOWCASE of contemporary printmaking by members of West Yorkshire Print Workshop opens in Huddersfield tomorrow.
The exhibition, called Impressions, is at Huddersfield Art Gallery runs until March 7.
It features 40 prints by artists including Helen Aldous, Cath Brooke, Julia Clegg, Freda Davis, Peter Davis, Kate Desforges & Amy Hirst, Morag Eaton, Lucy Hainsworth, Andrew Hambleton, Pat Lawrinson, Sammy Palfrey, Tim Thorpe and Ian Wrench.
The work includes screenprints, monoprints, etchings, aquatint, sugarlift and more. Some prints are the result of collaborative work; others incorporate several techniques in one image.
The gallery in Princess Alexandra Walk is open 10.00am to 5.00pm weekdays and Saturdays 10.00am to 4.00pm.
