Artist’s Talk by Day Bowman in The West Gallery, Quay Arts: Sat 21 Jan 2.30pm FREE. Just turn up. Exhibition continues till Sat 4 Feb.

Artist and creator of 'The Urban Wastelands Project' Day Bowman gives a free gallery talk on her work currently in The West Gallery.

The Urban Wastelands Project is a collaboration of new work by British painter, Day Bowman, alongside award-winning film maker, Ian Knox, and music by internationally acclaimed music group Transglobal Underground, as a finale event.

Bowman’s paintings invite us to enter a world of gasometers, abandoned water pipes and barbed wire, referencing the shapes and forms of much post-industrial architecture such as cooling towers, water towers and wasteland detritus. Knox’s short films 'Zone', reflect the gritty landscapes alluded to in Bowman’s large, gestural paintings - the journey becomes a metaphor for mass transmigration. Echoing these feelings is a collection of traditional songs of emigration, exile and longing put through the radical machine and electronic beats that are the hallmark of the legendary Transglobal Underground in an exclusive live performance at Quay Arts on Fri 3 Feb.

Bowman studied at Chelsea School of Art and London University 1977 – 1980. Recent solo exhibitions include Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter, The National Maritime Museum, Falmouth and The Study Gallery, Poole. Since 2006, Bowman has been represented by Art First London and Karin Sanders New York. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at the Whitechapel Gallery London, Contemporary Arts Society, Royal Academy Summer Show, The London Group and CUBE Manchester. She has also exhibited in Quay Arts’ Open exhibitions 2008 & 2010 and Bargate Monument Gallery Open: ‘Cut to the Chase’ 2009, Southampton. Last summer she was overall prize winner in the Dorchester Arts Open.

A fully illustrated catalogue with a forward by Mel Gooding and short essay by Jenny Blyth will be available throughout the exhibition.

The Urban Wastelands Project started its UK tour at the Black Swan Arts as part of the Frome Arts Festival in July 2011, then toured to Dorchester Arts Centre, Kelly Ross Fine Art at The Art Stable, Dorset and finally to Quay Arts, IOW.