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Gallery Oldham 35 Greaves Street, Oldham, England, United Kingdom
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Gallery Talk: Restless Objects
Gallery Oldham 35 Greaves Street, Oldham, England, United KingdomThis is part of our monthly talk programme. All our talks are free, informal and last around 40 minutes with time to ask questions at the end. Join artists […]
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Gallery Talk: Sampled Stories
Gallery Oldham 35 Greaves Street, Oldham, England, United KingdomThis is part of our monthly talk programme. All our talks are free, informal and last around 40 minutes with time to ask questions at the end. Find out […]
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Gallery Talk: Spring
Gallery Oldham 35 Greaves Street, Oldham, England, United KingdomThis is part of our monthly talk programme. All our talks are free, informal and last around 40 minutes with time to ask questions at the end. Find out […]
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Gallery Talk: Breadheads
Gallery Oldham 35 Greaves Street, Oldham, England, United KingdomPart of our monthly gallery talk programme. Talks are free and last about 40 minutes with time at the end to ask questions. Join artist Chad McCail as he talks […]
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Artist Kath Lowe talks about her portrait which is currently on show in the Oldham Open exhibition. `I first met Virginia Chinwe Mbechi at our local church St Herbert’s in Chadderton, and was immediately drawn to her wonderful presence and incredible sense of style.
Originally from Nigeria, Virginia moved to Paris before coming to Oldham to work as a care worker at the Royal Oldham Hospital. She is also a talented dressmaker creating her own beautiful, colourful outfits and elaborate headdresses, which make her such an inspiring subject to paint.
For this portrait, I wanted to give Virginia a sense of grandeur. I placed her against a gold drape, inspired by the grand portraiture of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, when luxurious fabrics were often used to convey dignity, status and importance. There is also a tradition of ‘The Cloth of Honour’ in religious and royal portraiture. Virginia’s faith is very important to her and looking back, I feel that the religious quality of the gold setting may have emerged quite subconsciously. It seemed to reflect something of dignity, strength and presence that Virginia herself brings to the portrait.
Virginia has now become a recurring subject in my work. I’m currently painting her in another of her amazing self made outfits. It has been a real pleasure getting to know Virginia and exploring her story through portraiture. I’m delighted that this portrait is now part of Gallery Oldham’s Open exhibition.`
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