What to expect
303 Projects and The Art Gallery are very pleased to present “It’s Not Over Yet”, a double first solo exhibition of work by artist Duncan McAfee.
McAfee’s ambitious ‘takeover’ of two leading contemporary art galleries in Lowestoft, will ask the public to travel between 303 Projects, in Kirkley, South Lowestoft, to The Art Gallery in the Historic Old High Street to the North of the town, to experience a comprehensive review of the artist’s recent return to painting which also coincides with his current placement on the prestigious Turps Banana Off-Site Programme.
Red wine substitute is spattered across the painted surfaces suggesting transubstantiation, intoxication and cartoon violence. Reflecting the uncertainties of our times, the population of cartoonish characters the artist depicts seem manic from overexposure, dissolving in a double-take cacophony of contradictory styles and techniques. They appear constructed from the rubble of twentieth century painting, with elements of its major art historical movements stolen and deformed, forced together in eye-popping new combinations.
For 303 Projects, McAfee will exhibit transcriptions of historical religious painting including a major new four metre wide re-imagining of Da Vinci’s Last Supper.
At The Art Gallery the ground floor gallery will be populated by recent ‘Exploding Heads’ paintings, while on the first floor the focus will be recent small and large scale drawings.
McAfee’s images are bloated with contradictions: loud and quiet, irreverent and sincere, humorous and grotesque, accidental and intentional, timid and boisterous, anxious yet joyous and celebratory.
How to get here
"It's Not Over Yet" will be shown at 303 Projects, in Kirkley, South Lowestoft and The Art Gallery in the Historic Old High Street to the North of the town
Find the exhibition at 303 Projects, 303 London Road South, Lowestoft, NR33 0DX. Located a stone throw 'in land' from Claremont Pier and Lowestoft South Beach, and a 15 minute walk from Lowestoft train station, south, into Kirkley.
Visiting the exhibition
At 303 Projects, the exhibition is up from 19th March to April 16th, Saturdays only, 12-5pm (or by appointment).
At The Art Gallery, the exhibition is up from 24th March to 5th April (Thursdays to Saturdays, 11am-3pm).
To visit the exhibition, there is no need to book ahead. Please see the website or follow the gallery on Instagram @303_projects for up to date information on exhibitions and events.
More about the venue
303 Projects aims to champion contemporary art in Lowestoft and engage and enrich the community through the promotion and delivery of a high quality contemporary art programme of diverse and inclusive exhibitions, screenings and talks by and with local, national and internationally recognised and renowned artists.
The gallery invites collaboration, exchange and opportunities with local, national and international artists, arts organisations and institutions.
303 Projects is a CIC (Community Interest Company) and run for the particular benefit of the Lowestoft community, as well as encourage a broader visiting public to the area.
