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GOODBYE GOTHIC? Lancing College stages major art exhibition in Brighton

Exhibition at Gallery 100
100 Queen’s Road, Brighton

Open to public: 9am until 5pm Monday to Friday, admission free

Landmark architecture at Lancing College is one of the themes that are celebrated in a special exhibition at DMH Stallard’s Gallery 100. Following the success of the first Lancing College Art Students’ Exhibition here last year, this leading firm of solicitors has invited the Art Department to stage a second show.

Lancing College has an outstanding Art Department. The exhibition, GOODBYE GOTHIC?, shows about 40 examples of the finest work produced by A level and GCSE students during 2008, as well as pieces by the Department’s staff, all of whom are practising artists. It includes paintings, drawings, photographs and representations in mixed media. Some of the art in this show pays homage to the magnificent architecture in the famous College Chapel, as the Art School has been housed in its crypt for many years.

This month the entire Art School has moved to a purpose-designed, contemporary building for the 21st century. In recognition of the Department’s impressive achievements, and its importance, the College has built a new Art School, designed by award-winning LCE Architects. It is an energy-efficient structure, which is in harmony with its surroundings – a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Most of the exhibitions at the Stallard gallery feature contemporary artists with an established reputation, but the quality of work by Lancing students rivals that of many professionals.

Lancing is as well known for its teaching of Art as it is for producing academics of the highest calibre. The Art Department has an impressive record of producing students who become designers, photographers, architects, art historians and painters. Four students who completed their studies this year have gone on to read architecture at top universities.