The Pilgrim's Digress

Simon Naish

18 October - 9 November 2003
Open Saturday & Sunday 12 - 4
or by appointment, telephone 0161 256 4143 or email gallery@bankley.org.uk

An exhibition of paintings examining our cultural and social preoccupations, applying carnivalesque themes to such collective obsessions as celebrity, beauty and youth culture as well as our current fascination with reality television.

Using the carnival as a metaphor for so called 'low-cultural' pursuits, 'The Pilgrim's Digress' is an assertion of our continual immersion in, and celebration of, a popular culture rooted in recurring, universal themes.

Simon Naish is based at Bankley Studios and further examples of his work can be found on this site - visit space 22.

Analysis of Beauty, Part 1, oil on canvas, 2003

For more information contact Simon Naish by email - simon.naish@bankley.org.uk