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Grand Guy Fawkes Day Looking through art
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sale of books, videos, CDs When is a painting a painting? It's an issue that has stretched artists.
d istribi tors Saturday 5 November, 10am - 4pm experts and the public, and is the subject of a new exhibition called
& Sunday 6 November, Piercing the Surface at Swindon Museum & Art Gallery in Old Town.
12 noon-4pm
in Abbey Meads, Since the Renais-
North Swindon Library
Priory Vale (Eastbury Way area) sance artists have used
Freshbrook (Crawford/Cottington) Thamesdown Drive tec piques suc h as per-
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Call 723745 for details spective to create the
Diwali
illusion of space behind
Dinner & Dance the picture which acts
Saturday 5 November, as a kind of window on
Symphony 7pm - 11 pm the world.
of Flowers Punjabi Community Centre The advent of ab-
(behind the Sikh Temple), stract art in the early
OF WEST SWINDON 1900s created an inter
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Quality fresh flowers Entertainment from with DJ est in the surface of the
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Contact Jacky or Phil on 655835 or Mina Bhogal, wards the viewer.
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• from the acclaimed Swindon ther Piercing the surface
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By "Sue •, side of painting by contrasting work William Tillyer's will talk about his
• Discount prices for all the family • 25% discount for Seniors by guest artist William Tillyer. painting technique at Swindon
above, who applies paint to differ- Museum & Art Gallery on
• Free parking with easy access for disabled
ent layers of steel mesh so that the Friday 25 November, 7.30pm
76 Basepoint, Rivermead Drive Behind spectrum (former Renault HQ)
viewer sees right through his ab- Tickets: £3; booking is advised
For enquiries or an appointment call Sue on Tel: 01793 608844 stractions. Call 466556 for details.

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