Amazing beasts are created by artist
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■ Johnny White with his Beastly interactive mechanical sculptures which are going on display at the Yarmouth Time and Tide Museum. Pictures: NICK BUTCHER
Amazing beasts are created by artist From canoodling wildebeest in a bright blue canoe to a penny farthingriding frog, Great Yarmouth’s new sculpture exhibition brings fantastical beasts to life. These wacky and wonderful mechanical sculptures are the creations of acclaimed kinetic sculpture maker Johnny White. The Lowestoft-born artist’s fun and inventive work is influenced by current affairs, media stories, plays on words and comic artists such as
Geraldine Scott [email protected] Gary Larson and Steve Bell. His sculptures are hand-crafted in his workshop in Derbyshire, often using found or salvaged objects and junk. Initially he used scrap components due to financial constraints but now he uses them for visual and ecological reasons. Beastly Machines is his latest touring exhibition, funded by a National Lottery grant from Ar ts Council England,
opening at Time and Tide Museum in Blackfriars’ Road tomorrow. For this exhibition, he will be showing a whole set of quirky and imaginative moving sculptures of animals and mythical beasts. Highlights of the show include a sixmetre long whale which springs into life at the press of a button, a frog riding a penny farthing and two canoodling
wildebeest afloat in a bright blue canoe. Another exhibit popular with younger visitors is ‘In the Dog House’: the hound moves in and out of its kennel at the pull of a lever, and two push buttons allow visitors to make Rover’s eyes light up and his tail wag. Mr White has wanted to make these
pieces for years, but due to financial and time constraints has been unable to do so. His funding from Arts Council England has allowed him to spend time trying out new production techniques and mechanisms in order to see his ideas come to fruition. Beastly Machines opens tomorrow and is open daily from 10am to 4:30pm until 31 October. From 1 November the museum is open 10am – 4pm Monday – Friday and 12noon – 4pm weekends. Tickets cost £5.20 for adults, £4.70 for concessions, £3.90 for young people aged between four and 18. Family tickets are also available.
41
Friday, October 16, 2015
NEWS
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■ Johnny White with his Beastly interactive mechanical sculptures which are going on display at the Yarmouth Time and Tide Museum. Pictures: NICK BUTCHER
Amazing beasts are created by artist From canoodling wildebeest in a bright blue canoe to a penny farthingriding frog, Great Yarmouth’s new sculpture exhibition brings fantastical beasts to life. These wacky and wonderful mechanical sculptures are the creations of acclaimed kinetic sculpture maker Johnny White. The Lowestoft-born artist’s fun and inventive work is influenced by current affairs, media stories, plays on words and comic artists such as
Geraldine Scott [email protected] Gary Larson and Steve Bell. His sculptures are hand-crafted in his workshop in Derbyshire, often using found or salvaged objects and junk. Initially he used scrap components due to financial constraints but now he uses them for visual and ecological reasons. Beastly Machines is his latest touring exhibition, funded by a National Lottery grant from Ar ts Council England,
opening at Time and Tide Museum in Blackfriars’ Road tomorrow. For this exhibition, he will be showing a whole set of quirky and imaginative moving sculptures of animals and mythical beasts. Highlights of the show include a sixmetre long whale which springs into life at the press of a button, a frog riding a penny farthing and two canoodling
wildebeest afloat in a bright blue canoe. Another exhibit popular with younger visitors is ‘In the Dog House’: the hound moves in and out of its kennel at the pull of a lever, and two push buttons allow visitors to make Rover’s eyes light up and his tail wag. Mr White has wanted to make these
pieces for years, but due to financial and time constraints has been unable to do so. His funding from Arts Council England has allowed him to spend time trying out new production techniques and mechanisms in order to see his ideas come to fruition. Beastly Machines opens tomorrow and is open daily from 10am to 4:30pm until 31 October. From 1 November the museum is open 10am – 4pm Monday – Friday and 12noon – 4pm weekends. Tickets cost £5.20 for adults, £4.70 for concessions, £3.90 for young people aged between four and 18. Family tickets are also available.
