Name: Margarita Wood exhibition
Start: 2016-12-03T00:00:00
End: 2016-12-20T00:00:00
Location: Kingston Quaker Centre

Highly acclaimed Royal College of Art Graduate and Kingston resident Margarita Wood will be exhibiting her stunning range of life studies in charcoal and landscapes in watercolour, chalk and pastel December 3-20 at the Kingston Quaker Centre (KQC), Fairfield East, Kingston KT1 2PT 'A pavilion on the edge of the park T: 020 3092 8743.

Free to enter, visitors can also view a video display of her beautiful jewellery and sculptures in precious metals at this KQC sponsored event. Called ‘A Retrospective' the exhibition features a life time of work.

The Fall of Icarus, a magnificent and poignant bronze sculpture commissioned as a memorial in 1981 by two RAF Lancaster bomber squadrons for the airfield at Wickenby, Lincolnshire, takes pride of place in a photographic display. The back story to the memorial is as remarkable as the sculpture, an account of trauma, bravery, mourning, and compassion and reconciliation across the lines. This will be subject of a talk by Margarita on Sunday, 4 December at 11.30 am.

Proceeds from any commissions taken by the artist for landscapes and portraits, gold jewellery and sculpture will be donated to the KQC.

The exhibition is the first of its kind to take place at the KQC, a stunning eco-building designed by architect John Langley of Tectus, which in 2015 was awarded the ACE-RIBA prize for best religious building in the UK.

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