Pandas, Gardening and the colourful lives of artists, at the Lightbox

For any art enthusiasts who are crazy enough to be reading this blog, The Lightbox Museum and Art Gallery in Woking is currently running some very interesting exhibitions.

The main exhibition on at the moment is ‘Gertrude Jekyll: Landscape Gardener and Craftswoman” which, as the title makes obvious, is about the life of garden designer Gertrude Jeckyll. The exhibition itself is very well designed and well worth seeing, even for people like me who are not that enthusiastic about gardening.

Pandamonium is a collection of artworks that are commissioned in support of the World Wildlife Fund. The WWF are building a new centre nearby and their work towards helping wildlife is very important. There are some very humorous works of art, made using the panda collection boxes which were discontinued in 2007.Others might be fascinated by some of the fashion designs, such as a dress of flowers which will become more colourful when water is applied. It is the only dress that women wouldn’t mind spilling liquid over.

Finally, the Ingram Collection includes works from a diverse range of contemporary artists, including Eduardo Paolozzi, John Bratby and many others. I particularly liked the Paolozzi piece.

So, if you’re reading this you like art galleries or museums then come along. And if you have visited before, why not come back and bring someone who hasn’t been yet?