Date/Time
Date(s) - 1st Oct 2015
18:00-21:00
Location
The Wilson
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Friends are invited to bring a guest to this private view of three works by celebrated contemporary video artist, Bill Viola.
Click here to see the invitation.
To RSVP and book a place, please go to www.pvthewilson.eventbrite.co.uk.
During the evening, three galleries will be open, so please do take the time to enjoy all the temporary exhibitions:
Friends gallery, first floor:
Interior Life: Portraits and Private Space
Until 8 November 2015
Interior Life celebrates a selection of portraits from The Wilson’s collection. These works span more than 300 years from the 17th to 20th century and show recurring themes of privacy, contemplation and meditation. This exhibition has been curated to draw parallels between the pieces on display and those in the ARTIST ROOMS On Tour Bill Viola exhibition.
Exhibition gallery, second floor:
Cheltenham Illustration Awards 2015
3 – 25 October 2015
Organised in partnership with the University of Gloucestershire, this exhibition invites submissions from all over the world and attracts students, emerging and established illustrators. Entrants this year have responded to a brief around the theme of “Tales of the City”, and consider lost cities, mythical cities, cities of the imagination, cities of the future…
Exhibition gallery, third floor:
ARTIST ROOMS On Tour
Bill Viola
3 October 2015 – 7 February 2016
Three thought-provoking works by celebrated contemporary video artist, Bill Viola. Viola’s works focus on universal human experiences – birth, death, the unfolding of consciousness – and have roots in both Eastern and Western art as well as spiritual traditions.