INTRODUCTION :
 

“I feel that what we should get from art is a sense of wonder, of something beyond ourselves, that celebrates our ‘being’ here.”

Trevor Bell, (1930-2017)



It is our honour to present Trans-Form, the final exhibition supervised by Trevor Bell before he sadly passed away in November 2017...

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The core of the exhibition is a group of paintings made from the early 1990’s up to a selection of his final key works. In this exhibition Bell’s unique paintings provide the impetus for a transcendent sound score composed by multi-instrumentalist Jamie Mills. This and the elemental energy of Bell’s work have then been used as the source inspiration for a new contemporary dance work co-choreographed and performed by Sarah Fairhall and Lois Taylor. The images, sound score and dance have been combined in a video work made by Joseph Clarke and Alban Roinard which forms a key component of the exhibition.

‘Trans-Form’ was conceived and curated by Joseph Clarke, and was first shown at Peninsula Arts in partnership with The Box, Plymouth in 2018.