"Barry Miles: Crossing the Rubicon"
2003-05-31 until 2003-06-30
Charnwood Museum
Loughborough, , UK United Kingdom

Artist Barry Miles was "Crossing the Rubicon" when his new exhibition opened at Loughborough 's Charnwood Museum on Saturday May 31st. Loughborough based Barry is a part-time tutor at Burleigh Community College Adult Centre and is also a member of "Artspace" and the Charnwood Painting and Drawing Club.

He explains why he chose "Crossing the Rubicon" as his exhibition's title:

"When I first ventured into contemporary abstract work, a respected landscape painter commented I had 'crossed the Rubicon' of painting.  Like so many others, he assumed that the journey between realism and abstract is one way only!"

"This exhibition tries to challenge the idea that the boundaries between styles of painting cannot be re-crossed once passed through - and even that those boundaries exist at all".

"By retracing one's path using new concerns in traditional themes we can re-evaluate and enhance both our understanding and our progress.  The paintings displayed in "Crossing the Rubicon" deal with various different concerns in a wide range of concepts."

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