Derek Jarman: From Soho To The Fifth Continent – An Exhibition By Jane Palm-Gold Rye Arts Festival 23rd – 29th September

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a new exhibition, screening and talk about the life of Derek Jarman (artist, film maker, costume designer, stage designer, writer, poet, gardener, and gay rights activist).
Jane Palm-Gold is pleased to announce the launch of her new major exhibition Derek Jarman: From Soho to the Fifth Continent - Rye Arts Festival at St. Mary's Centre, Lion Street, Rye, TN31 7LB, from 23rd – 29th September – 10-6pm.
From Soho to the Fifth Continent by Jane Palm-Gold is an insight into the life and work of Derek Jarman. The paintings, drawings and prints have emerged from this analysis and are complimented by first time on display photographs by Derek Ridgers, who captured Jarman burning books at Phoenix House and walking the land on the Fifth Continent.
This five-year undertaking of research and creation by artist, curator and historian and resident of St. Giles, Jane Palm-Gold has culminated in a powerful and touching insight into the life of Derek Jarman.
Jane's paintings, drawings and prints are displayed alongside unseen portraits of Jarman by British photographer, Derek Ridgers (famed for his work in music, film and club/street culture) which were shot in London and Dungeness in the late 80s.
The main exhibition: beginning at Phoenix House in St. Giles, Jane Palm Gold embarks upon a journey From Soho to the Fifth Continent to seek out Derek Jarman's relationship with the land: at home in the city, Phoenix House in London's West End, and then to living within nature and his garden at Prospect Cottage, upon the land of the Fifth Continent, his beloved Dungeness.