Gallery at Taunton's Brewhouse Theatre gets go ahead to open for art exhibition

TTA was given permission to re-open the gallery to allow the Hand of Four private display to go ahead for press and guests.

Chief executive Vanessa Lefrançois said: "It has been nail-biting week for artists Fiona Bradford, Sarah Hitchens, Deborah Westmancoat and Gillian Widden.

"With less than 24 hours to go Taunton Theatre Association attained permission and legal consent from Taunton Deane Council to open its gallery doors, just in time for Somerset Art Weeks Festival 2015.

"The Brewhouse Team and Artists wish to publically thank the council for their assistance in reopening the gallery and look forward to presenting many more exciting exhibitions in future."

The exhibition will open daily to the public from Sunday, September 27, to Sunday, October 18, from 10am to 4pm.

Somerset artists Fiona Bradford, Sarah Hitchens, Deborah Westmancoat and Gillian Widden will be exhibiting for the first time as a group.

Their work marks both a continuation of each artist’s practice and a response to the Somerset Art Works theme of ‘Momentum’.

The collective itself has gained a momentum of its own in a joint statekent they said: "As HO4 we have been working together with a common goal: to enable the group to focus on increased pace and direction in both collective and individual practice, particularly during times of transition within the work.

"Our aim is to mutually encourage the support of artistic endeavour, research and the critical thinking required to ensure we are asking the right questions of ourselves and each other."

Each artist presents their own unique take on the theme ‘Momentum’.

Fiona focusing on fast and slow processes; Sarah investigating how we shape ourselves in response to life and others – an ever present momentum; Deborah in her visual understanding of how classically understood alchemical stages meet, move and intersect within our landscape and Gillian with her unusual interpretation of Newton’s Cradle.