"We am exuded by no Hamsters" and "A Portrait of the Universe as a Young Halibut"

SEE ARTWORKS by P>MURRY "We am exuded by no Hamsters" and "A Portrait of the Universe as a Young Halibut" in...

BAR GOES  ELECTRIC BAR has been through many changes,  with a  change in gallery co-ordinator,  location and new board members. Our aim  bring Brent artists of  all levels together.  We can finally tell  you that  ELECTRIC HOUSE  is our new home! Until the end of June, at least. Our FIRST SHOW  ‘Explorations’  IS A MEMBER'S WORK ONLY SHOW  and a response to the new space... We are planning to be open on Saturday 11th May  between 5-8PM, We want as many of you to come along and be part of BAR's future at  ELECTRIC HOUSE Making work that will RE-INVENT the space. This is YOUR Gallery. PRIVATE VIEW ‘Explorations’  14TH MAY 6-8  JUNE SHOW A showcase for all organisations and  individuals that are in transition. More details to follow soon... BAR – Brent Artist’s Resource is an artist led voluntary  organization founded in 1984.  We aim to: serve the cultural needs of the people of Brent  and North West London, provide a supportive  environment for artists in their professional development  create opportunities to participate in the  Visual Arts through exhibitions, workshops,  mentoring schemes and information. If you have more QUESTIONS? Just email  info@brentartistsresource.org.uk  or find more info here:  www.brentartistsresource.org.uk

Creating Ghosts

Creating Ghosts: Artists and members of the local communities creating silhouette paintings in The Brent Artists Resource Gallery at the Willesden Library Centre in north west London. This was the final show in the current gallery before its demolition scheduled for April 2013.The Project was devised and supervised by Kevin Vincenzo Keating.

CLOSING PARTY: GHOSTS

WE LIKE A GOOD PARTY AT BAR GALLERY!     You are invited to celebrate the past and future of BAR, through light and shadow, with Kevin Vincenzo Keating who will be curating: CLOSING PARTY: GHOSTS Thursday April 18th 6-8PM BAR gallery Willesden, 95 High Road, LONDON, NW10 2SF TO MAKE THE SHOW, WE NEED YOUR HELP! COME ALONG ON 16TH AND 17TH APRIL BETWEEN 2-7PM  WHEN WE WILL PAINT YOUR SILHOUETTE IN THE SPACE! OPEN TO ALL TO TAKE PART!   The Gallery has been home to both local and international artists, who've contributed to the creative scene in Brent, through its social impact and strong community. This event will be a recognition of the invaluable achievements of Bar and; the memories that have been created and the bright future yet to come! This unique conceptual show, curated by Kevin, will involve the results of projecting and painting the Ghosts of resident artists onto the gallery walls. The event will offer an opportunity to interact in a new way with the gallery space, and make a mark on what has long been the home of many local artists'.  Kevin says "Ghosts is an expression of what I, and other artists feel is an abrupt end to an exciting gallery.  A feeling of not wanting to leave and leaving something of ourselves attached onto the walls of our past.  But this closure will enable us to look forward, face new challenges, using the uncertainty of space and funding to our advantage by making work that is reactive and pushing new boundaries.  And as we work under this new light, we ask our selves is it possible that our best work is yet to be created?' BAR are looking for a new space which will become the new home for the now Nomadic Artists' of BAR gallery. The non-profit organisation is presently in negotiations with Brent council who've supported the organisation for the last several years.  Ghosts will also be hosting poetry and music. Everyone is welcome!  For more info contact info@brentartistsresource.org.uk

THIS SATURDAY! 15TH DECEMBER. AS PART OF DON'T FORGET// OUR CURRENT SHOW AT BAR IS STILL RUNNING UNTIL:  12 / 4 / 13

The sun does burn the map of this land

"The sun does burn the map of this land"

 OIL PAINTING BY P.R.MURRY 

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Colour and Light: Expressions of the Palette

SHOW RUNS:  ^12th March to ^9th April 2013

Private View: Thursday 12^th March 6.00pm-8.00pm

At the BAR Gallery at Willesden Green, Willesden Green Library Centre, 95 High Road, London NW10 2SF

Email: info@brentartistsresource.org.uk

Tel: 0208 459 1421

SEX CLAIMS! SEX CLAIMS!

Have you heard about the SEX CLAIMS! SEX CLAIMS!

They’re spinning them again,

Sending priests and politicians

Swirling down the drain.

There was a peer who liked peering,

Let’s call him Lord Groper

Often put his hand up

And not just to speak

But liberal ladies weren’t all so liberal

When they were tired of his groping

They all told their tales

And it all got leaked

It was denied, redacted

Admitted and retracted

Then the Party said that it might always have known

So Groper was thrown out,

They withdrew the whip

And his cover was blown

And sadly now Lord Groper has to

Carry on Groping, all on his own.

There was father O’Feely

A priest of deep feelings

Both inside and outside

The priestly robe

He tried to suppress it

But did keep expressing it

So the papacy moved him all over the globe

They sent him to Barbados, then to Mauritius

And when people there got suspicious

They sent him to Stoke

And the papal bureaucracy really believed in miracles

One day when Feely was stroking

He dropped dead of a stroke

We like reading bout the SEX CLAIMS! SEX CLAIMS!

Like to see them on the telly 

Or the internet screen

When some self important ratbag

Gets caught with their pants down

We think it’s a giggle, we think it’s a scream

And when we run out of

Celebs and their SEX CLAIMS!

We sit around making

SEX CLAIMS of our own

He did that to her and she did that to them

We take it in turns

We’re just a load of monkeys

Talking bout our SEX CLAIMS

Whilst the planet we’re on

Is starting to burn.

A KRAKEN WAKES IN WILLESDEN

THE BIG SQUID IS BACK!

as part of the "In print" show at the BAR Gallery, Willesden Library Centre (details below) which also contains another P.R.Murry print entitled "The Prevalence of Breadknifeism"