alan franklin, boo ritson, cally trench, george buckland, hatch jenkins, imgen welch, jean davey-winter, kris emmerson, linda francis, lucy soutter, nick bodimeade, sally bulteel, sylie c, tineke bruijnzeels, yu-lan liu, bcuc, surprise, gallery, primary school, exhibition, fine art, painting, sculpture, uk, wycombe, kenetic, photography, print, oils, wood, buckinghamshire
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SURPRISE, SURPRISE! is an exhibition of contemporary art which focuses on the surprising and unexpected.
In January 2003, it toured to six primary schools in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K. where it was enjoyed by over 2000 children and eighty teachers. All the work in the exhibition has been chosen because it is surprising. Surprise brings pleasure, which is an essential starting point for looking at art. The fifteen artists come from Britain, France, America, Holland and Taiwan.
Most schools are able to make only a few visits each year outside the school, partly because of the cost of hiring coaches and entry fees, but also due to the disruption to the normal school lessons. Relatively few such visits are made to modern or contemporary art galleries, so that children are frequently unaware of how interesting and exciting contemporary art can be. By taking this exhibition to the schools, every child in the school will have a chance to visit it, and every teacher will have an opportunity to use it as the basis for art and design work, and for discussion about what art is.
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