{"id":4920,"date":"2021-09-09T19:57:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/?post_type=ga_venues&#038;p=4920"},"modified":"2021-09-09T19:59:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:59:20","slug":"yellow-edge-gallery-2","status":"publish","type":"ga_venues","link":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/ga_venues\/yellow-edge-gallery-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Edge Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Founded in 2019 the Yellow Edge Gallery is one of Hampshire\u2019s newest contemporary art galleries. &nbsp;It is not a commercial gallery, but instead was set up to provide artists with a space of their own to exhibit, discuss, engage and share their work with an audience.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gallery is named after the painting \u2018Yellow Edge\u2019 by the American artist Barnett Newman (1905 \u2013 1970).&nbsp; Newman is considered to be one of the major figures of abstract expressionism and one of the foremost of the colour-field painters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yellow Edge was completed by Newman in 1968 approximately two years before his death in 1970.&nbsp; It was never exhibited in his lifetime. This is the only painting where Newman covered almost the entire surface in dense black; it is also unusual because he placed the vibrant yellow vertical \u201czip\u201d at the right edge of the canvas. The painting is acrylic on canvas it is 238 x 193 cm in size and is considered to be his last work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gallery aims to specialise in modern and contemporary works and showcase emerging artists working in a variety of media. &nbsp;Its mission is to exhibit contemporary works by practicing artists, promoting and strengthening the community of artists, and fostering new relationships with fellow artists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 2019 the Yellow Edge Gallery is one of Hampshire\u2019s newest contemporary art galleries. &nbsp;It is not a commercial gallery, but instead was set up to provide artists with a space of their own to exhibit, discuss, engage and share their work with an audience.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Gallery is named after the painting \u2018Yellow Edge\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4921,"template":"","meta":[],"ga_event_venue":[432],"ga_venue_taxonomy":[344],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ga_venues\/4920"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ga_venues"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ga_venues"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ga_event_venue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ga_event_venue?post=4920"},{"taxonomy":"ga_venue_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guildfordarts.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ga_venue_taxonomy?post=4920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}