Derek Jarman From Soho To The Fifth Continent exhibition at Rye Arts Festival

From Soho to the Fifth Continentby Jane Palm-Gold is aninsight 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.

Derek Jarman: From Soho To The Fifth Continent – An Exhibition, Screening And Talk By Jane Palm-Gold

Rye Festival St. Mary’s Centre, Lion Street, Rye, TN31 7LB -23rd- 29th September – 10-6pm.