From hundreds of entries just 92 were selected for exhibition in the second biennial exhibition of contemporary art sponsored by Tolly Cobbold.
The exhibition opened at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge on 7th April 1979 and went on to the Castle Museum in Norwich in May and then to Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich in June. Next stop was the Camden Arts Centre in London in August and September before its final destination, the Graves Art Gallery in Sheffield where it closed on October 14th.
The jury, pictured, comprised Michael Andrews, Artist; Nigel Hall, Artist; Richard Hamilton, Artist; Stewart Mason, CBE, Chairman of the Eastern Arts Visual Arts Panel and of the Exhibition Committee and Paul Overy, art critic and journalist.
One of the 7 prize-winning entries was My sun’s holiday (illustrated) by Patrick Hughes (born 1939) who completed teacher training at Leeds Day Training College and went on to have one-man shows in the Portal Gallery and the Angela Flowers Gallery in London. He is also the co-author of two books and lives in Cornwall.
