international art medal exhibitions
the new medallists - victoria and albert museum, london (england)
Gilbert Bayes Gallery of Sculpture (11 February-19 August 2012).
Natasha Ratcliffe, Petra Mills, Sara Richards, Chloe Shaw, Phoebe Stannard and Heidi Hinder are the New Medallists. Their exciting work breathes new life into the art of the medal. This display of contemporary medals in the Gilbert Bayes Gallery of Sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum celebrates the first six years of a scheme run by the British Art Medal Society in association with the V&A, the British Museum and the Royal Mint and supported by the ESG Robinson Trust. The exhibition is open between 11 February until 19 August 2012.
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twenty twenty gallery - much wenlock, Shropshire (england)
The year 2012 sees the Olympic games taking place in the United Kingdom. Much Wenlock has an historical connection with the modern Olympics which will be recognised by special exhibitions in their museum of local history.
TWENTY TWENTY is a progressive, Crafts Council registered gallery dealing in contemporary painting, sculpture, prints and crafts. Situated in Much Wenlock and conscious of its contribution to the years related events, with medals being the centre of attention, will present an exhibition of International contemporary art medals curated by the British medallist Ron Dutton.
The exhibition will take place between the 6th to 28th July 2012 and will feature the medallic work of six UK based artists - Ben Carpenter, Ron Dutton, Heidi Hinder, Nicky Moss, Cathie Pilkington and Natasha Ratcliffe - and six artists from other countries - Elly Baltus (The Netherlands), James MaloneBeach (USA), Bogomil Nikolov (Bulgaria), Marian Fountain (New Zealand), Bernd Gobel (Germany) and Eniko Szollossy (Hungary).