Strata: Artist talk with Jeremy Gardiner

Event Information

Join us for the opening of Jeremy Gardiner’s exhibition, Strata, for an engaging artist talk exploring his practice and the coastal landscape of Dorset. This talk will take place in our lecture theatre, with the opportunity to visit the exhibition preview after the event. Signed copies of Jeremy Gardiner’s book, Strata: Painting the Jurassic Coast, with the dedication of your choice, will also be available to purchase, with the cost of the talk deducted from the book’s retail price. Please reserve your copy below when you book your ticket to guarantee availability.

Strata is on display at the Gallery until April 2027. A series of 20 paintings on poplar panel and 80 on handmade paper by landscape artist Jeremy Gardiner (b.1957), Strata celebrates the Jurassic Coast on the 25th anniversary of its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Gardiner has studied this coast for decades, constantly developing techniques to depict its changing textures. He revisited twenty locations every year from 2018 to 2022, painting in different seasons and weather conditions. Just as landfalls alter the coast, Gardiner combined subtractive and additive processes, cutting, scraping and chiselling, marbling, pouring, distressing, sanding then repainting the works’ surfaces to reflect the passage of geological time. The resulting paintings break new ground through their conceptual rigour and assimilation of techniques informed by science, geomorphology and digital mapping.

Cancellations

In the unlikely event that we cancel a session, we will offer a full refund. Unfortunately tickets are otherwise non-refundable. Please contact us if you wish to transfer your ticket to a friend if you cannot attend for any reason.

If you have any questions about the event please contact us at art.gallery@southampton.gov.uk or call us on 023 8083 4536 (emails and phones are staffed weekdays 9am-5pm).

Photograph: Veronica Falcao