31 August 2022
In her latest blog Venture Arts artist Louise Hewitt visits The Whitworth to explore 'Fayre Share Fayre', part of A Modest Show, the collateral programme to British Art Show 9.
Louise is passionate about art and culture, visiting Manchester’s wealth of museums and galleries to gain inspiration for her own art and to write her bi-monthly Venture Arts blog… Why did you choose to visit this exhibition? The last time I came to visit The Whitworth was to write an article on the Open House art exhibition. I previously visited that exhibition back in May 2022. This time I was there to look at an exhibition called 'Fayre Share Fayre', located in Gallery 3. Being located right on Oxford Road the public transport to the venue is very good, there are many bus routes that stop right by the gallery. I wanted to visit this art show as it is part of A Modest Show, the collateral programme to British Art Show 9. I was also excited to find out that some of my fellow artists at Venture Arts were part of the exhibition and that's what intrigued me to go and check it out. Artists Horace Lindezey, Ahmed Mohammed, Violet Emsley and Liam Ashworth were all selected to exhibit their work, which has a collective theme of food and drink. What did you enjoy within the exhibition? One of the art pieces that really inspired me was by Liam Ashworth, called 'Stir Fry' (pictured below). I love the way he's written the word in the photograph and how it appears with the illusion of 3D. I thought that it had a magical and mystical feel. The word stir fry also reminded me of my favourite Chinese food.
