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A Dedication to Dance
Contemporary Art exhibition
17 February - 4 March


original oil on canvas " Miyako Yoshida"
Artist: Charles Willmott (British)
size: 126 x 100cm


This multiple exhibition features the works of a group of very distinguished artists, who have worked with the theme of dance or dance related subjects.
They include Internationally renowned artists, sculptor and potter :
Charles Willmott modern Degas - his work could be construed as a marriage between drawing and painting; the almost waxy surface of canvas yields a translucent depth, whilst the realism of detail lies just beneath the surface and is disguised in washy planes of expressionist colour.
His collection will include work from ballet - ( Miyako Yoshida & Kevin O` Hare in rehearsal, to Far from the Madding Crowd Birmingham Royal Ballet`s production, choreographed by David Bintley. The principal dancers are Kevin O` Hare and Monica Zamora. The body of work " Liaison" captures BRB principal dancer Catherine Batcheller in rehearsal at BRB studio in Birmingham and later with her husband, BRB lead principal dancer Joseph Cipolla.)
Flamenco dance ( Joaquin Cortes- Gipsy Passion ).During Cortes`s visit to the Royal Albert Hall, Charles was invited to prepare a body of work which has been entitled Gipsy Passion as a mark of repect to the performances. Due to the limited availability of time ( mainly rehearsal and photo calls) the collection completed were graphite studies and oil on board panels.
Indian classical dance ( Chitraleka & Co). Chitraleka Bolar is one of the country`s leading performer and teacher of the Indian Classical dance form - Bharathannatyam. Chitraleka has toured extensively in Britain and abroad.
British bronze sculptor and painter
John Mills collection will include bronze pieces from his series
"Three Kings", together with drawing and studies from the "Harlequin & Colombine".
"Three Kings" - The subject for this sculpture is a ballet by Alvin Ailey called Les Trois Rois. It features a pas
de deux by two dancers, dancing to the music if Duke Ellington who makes the third King referred to
in the title. There are two larger versions of this pieces, one at the Rank Xerox Headquarters building at
Marlow in Buckinghamshire, which is 7ft high. The second is a life size sculpture in the Reilly collection,
Aix eu Provence, France ( this is an edition of six, at present we have five remaining).
" Harlequin and Colombine " - This lovely work resulted from the commission to make sculpture for the P&O cruise ship 'ORIANA'. These drawings are studies for the sculptures made for that site.
" The Dancing Comedian " - this body of work was done as a pastel drawing as aid to the development to
his final pieces in sculpture form.
African artists Gabriel Ellison, her collection in the gallery will show the tribal cultural dancer as traditional dance art forms.
A selection of the finest collection of ceramic pottery by Abdo Nagi.

We welcome inquiries for commission works by our Gallery Artists, Sculptors, & Potters

A total collection of 60 pieces are included in the exhibition that will cover bronze sculptures,
ceramic pottery, original oil paintings, acrylics, and mixed medium graphite charcoal studies.

The Gallery and the online websites will become our medium to
show regular exhibitions by established International artists with
our portfolio of primary gallery artists and the visiting artists and
sculptors from abroad
I.C.A.S. / Vilas Fine Art is owned and run by the Vilas family, who has more than 20 years experience in fine art. The Gallery has developed in the last five years in Letchworth Garden City, the world`s First garden city - UK, to bring together regular exhibitions by established International artists, with our portfolio of primary gallery artists and visiting artists and sculptors from abroad. The aim of our collection, is to make works like the current exhibtion, accessible to the art lovers in the region, and to meet the growing demand for quality Contemporary Arts for Corporate and private collectors. Last four months has seen the launch of our new websites, making the exhibition accessible to the rest of the world.
For our future exhibitions we are hoping to link our artists from their studio, live on the Internet.
A total of eight exhibitions have been scheduled for the 2001, "A Dedication to Dance" show begins the year, with the theme
of dance and music.

Artists: British - Gordon King; Charles Willmott; John Mills; Jodi Philips; Eddie Miller; Rod Diggens;
.............European - Elias Garralda; Manuel Lances;
.............Indian - Dattatraya Padekar;
.............African - Gabriel Ellison; Muza; Millie Wood Swanepoel;

The gallery would like to extend its list of gallery artists, sculptors and potters welcome all enquires to:
Bipin Vilas@vilasccollection.co.uk

Opening Hours: 9-00am to 6-00pm, Monday - Saturday,
or evening upto 8-30pm and Sunday by appointments.

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