During September my work will be hung alongside that of Barbara Hepworth, Georges Braque, and John Piper in an exciting collaboration with the Keate Family Arts Trust, Cambridge, as one of their first featured artist/curators since re-opening the doors to their collection.
Opening times
5 - 31 September by appointment.
Please contact Aggie Forster at keatefamilyartstrust@gmail.com
21-22 September open house
Saturday 21 September 10am till late
Private View 7pm - 9pm Saturday 21 September
Sunday 22 September 11am till 4pm
Venue
7 Trafalgar Road, Cambridge
A real joy of the Keate Family Arts Trust and it's collection, from my point of view, is the value it places on art for arts' sake. The range of works demonstrates the confidence to accumulate artworks by art world heavy-hitters and lesser/unknown artists alike. It exemplifies a realistic approach to collecting art according to the tastes and budget of individuals - starting with the founder and added to by later generations. The founder, David Keate, was himself an artist creating collages and sculptures from giant hogweed, several of which are on permanent display at the house. The Trust was established so that his collected artworks could be made available to the general public to view and enjoy, with the particular hope that other artists would be encouraged and inspired. It's a real delight to be working with the Trust.
More about the show:
Most of the work on exhibition comes from the Keate Family Arts Trust (KFAT) collection of mid- to late- c20th artworks. Featured works, listed below, have been selected by and are presented alongside works by Emily Jolley.
Emily is an artist based in Cambridgeshire specialising in elegant and expressive abstract paintings. She is inspired by the natural world and the connections and transience of our daily lives.
The title for the show, Scintilla, meaning a spark or a fragment, evokes themes that guided the curation including inspirations for abstraction; pieces/coming together; and choice of artworks that highlight something of the nature of the house and collection, of which only a small part is included.
Curation of the entrance hall introduces the exhibition themes, guiding visitors through to the sitting room where key works include Emily’s ‘Quince’ - a seminal work for her practice, inspired by looking up through branches during her daily walks to her studio while studying for her BA – which speaks directly to the quince which generously swathes the front of the house, dappling the light to the interior.
Smaller works include lino monotypes, linking with the KFAT interest in print editions. Prints by Barbara Hepworth, Georges Braque, and Paul Sutton punctuate the walls alongside more recent paintings by Emily.
The garden room focusses on inviting the outside in and changing states/seasons exemplified by a John Piper etching The Seasons: Winter and Emily’s Outgoing Summer in gouache and emulsion paint.
© Emily Jolley 'Quince'
© Keate Family Arts Trust (artwork by Eva Autilla)
Full list of featured works:
Artist | Title | Technique | Availability
1. John Piper | The Seasons: Summer | etching | KFAT*
2. Emily Jolley | Nestle | emulsion paint on board | £100
3. Emily Jolley | Shadow Play | emulsion paint on board | £300
4. Mark Van Heygen | Boats | painting | KFAT
5. John Piper | The Seasons: Autumn | etching | KFAT
6. Emily Jolley | Catkins test prints | lino-print monotypes with watercolour | £70 each
7. Emily Jolley | Growing Reflections: Water’s Edge 5 | emulsion paint on board | £300
Emily’s ‘’Growing Reflections’ series was developed in response to the emergence from lockdown during the months of spring, and walks along the banks of the river Ouse.
8. Graham Sutherland | Sun setting between hills | colour collotype | KFAT
9. Emily Jolley | Breaking Waves | ceramic and emulsion paint on board | NFS**
10. Walter Hoyle | Exhibition Edition | Drypoint on paper | KFAT
11. Emily Jolley | Quince | Oil paint and emulsion paint on canvas | NFS
A seminal work for Emily’s practice, ‘Quince’ was inspired by looking up through bare branches popping with buds (in spring) during her daily walks to her studio while studying for her BA.
12. Stephen Murfitt | Vessells | Ceramic | KFAT
13. Emily Jolley | Moony | emulsion paint on board, unframed | £70
14. Eva Autilla | Untitled | Oil on paper | KFAT
15. Emily Jolley | Untitled | Emulsion paint on canvas board | £100
16. Georges Braque | Birds | Colour lithograph | KFAT
17. Barbara Hepworth | Untitled | Colour lithograph | KFAT
18. Tess Recordon | Untitled | Acrylic on canvas | KFAT
19. Emily Jolley | Growing Reflections: Waters Edge 1 | emulsion paint on board | £300
20. Emily Jolley | Growing Reflections: Waters Edge 2 | emulsion paint on board | £300
21. Emily Jolley | A moment 1 | Emulsion paint on canvas collage | £100
22. Emily Jolley | A moment 4 | Emulsion paint on canvas collage | £100
23. Phillip Sutton | Pacific | Lithograph | KFAT
One of these limited edition prints is also held by the Government Art Collection
24. Emily Jolley | Oracular | Emulsion paint on board | £1,350
One of Emily’s most recent paintings whose title speaks to the artists’ dilemma: while feeling driven to communicate through her art she wishes the work to resonate with the viewer (or not) on their own terms, and not to give too much away.
25. Emily Jolley | Temporary collage installation | Emulsion paint on card on cupboard
26. Jeanette Appleton | Untitled | Fabric | KFAT
27. David Keate | Cathedral | Hogweed sculpture | KFAT
28. John Piper | Foliate Head | Colour lithograph | KFAT
29. John Piper | The Seasons: Winter | etching | KFAT
30. Victoria Smith | Potting On | hand-written plant labels, nails and wood | KFAT
‘My husband inherited a cottage in Devon that had been lived in by his bachelor uncle for many years. He was a keen gardener… a collector and recorder of facts and kept every discarded label in an old flower pot. In his tiny hand writing he records his failures - DEAD - and his triumphs - ORANGE!...I rescued all these labels and made this piece and others using scrap timber and nails found in the potting shed.’
Victoria was the first artist to exhibit with KFAT since the Trust re-opened the collection to the public in summer 2024. This piece from her exhibition was purchased for the collection.
31. Emily Jolley | Outgoing Summer | Emulsion Paint and Gouache on waterford paper | £500
32. Emily Jolley | Temporary installation | KFAT fig leaf
To note:
*KFAT collection artworks can be viewed by appointment throughout the year, not limited to scheduled exhibitions. The collection is not for sale. For enquiries please contact Aggie Forster at keatefamilyartstrust@gmail.com
**Not For Sale works by Emily Jolley are part of her personal collection. For enquiries, including commissions, please contact Emily directly at emily@emilyjolley.co.uk
This list of works only highlights those chosen specifically for this exhibition. Numerous other artworks are also on display including hogweed collages by KFAT founder David Keate and smaller sculptural objects.
© Keate Family Arts Trust (artwork by Phillip Sutton)
About the Keate Family Arts Trust
The Keate Family Arts Trust is a domestic space dedicated to the preservation and display of our collection of mid to late Twentieth Century prints, ceramics, textiles and private press books, the works of the founder David Keate and some more recent acquisitions. The Keate Family Arts Trust was active in the early nineties, but has since maintained its collection behind closed doors until reopening in summer 2024. Originally constituted in 1989 by our founder David Keate to share his own hogweed collages and sculptures and his collected works.
Website: keatefamilyartstrust.neocities.org
Location: 7, Trafalgar Rd., Cambridge CB4 1EU
Contact: Aggie Forster at keatefamilyartstrust@gmail.com