Inflicting my love of all things neon on you all:
Britain's biggest exhibition of neon art to date was recently hosted by Blackpool's Grundy Gallery. 'Neon: The Charged Line' brought together a wide assortment of neon art, showcasing the striking beauty of neon when used as an art form.
https://vimeo.com/207959515
The Grundy Gallery, bathed in dazzling neon colours, was a perfect venue for the exhibition, located in a seaside town world famous for its illuminations. Blackpool was a truly innovating town in its use of neon, bringing neon art to the illuminations as far back as the 1930s.
Artbeat.tv's illuminating film explores the love affair artists have with neon. It was filmed in Blackpool and at a neon workshop in Wakefield, Yorkshire.
You can find out more about neon workshops at https://neonworkshops.com and what's on at Blackpool's Grundy Art Gallery at https://grundyartgallery.com.
PS. Neon Workshops is where I did some 1-2-1 training in hot glass-work. Richard Wheater, who features in the above film, is the guy that taught me. Great guy, great place.
Neon: The Charged Line
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Very interesting Nick. The 2nd and 3rd links however don't work unless input to a browser separately.
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Fixed - they were missing the "https://" and the forum s/w then decided they were relative, not absolute, urls.
Wish I'd been in the UK when this exhibition was on. Just lovely stuff.
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