Master painter and sculptor Philip Moore’s celebrations of the game of cricket and great Guyanese cricketers are now on display at the National Gallery, Castellani House, the gallery said in a press release.
His original ‘Bat and Ball Fantasy’ of 1965, a carved panel in silverballi wood, hangs in the first floor foyer of the gallery alongside a second 1965 version in cast aluminium, and a 1981 tribute in purpleheart wood to the Guyanese and West Indian bowler Lance Gibbs, ‘Lance Gibbs: Balls and Bails’. Also hung here is Moore’s acrylic on canvas painting, ‘Run Rohan Run’, a tribute to his fellow Berbician , batsman Rohan Kanhai, painted in 2001 when the artist was 80 years old.
Moore’s tribute to the Guyanese captain who led a World Cup-winning West Indies team, Clive Lloyd, is ‘Clive Lloyd: Bat and Ball Fantasy’, an eight-foot high purpleheart panel mounted in the entrance lobby of the gallery.
And the exhibition of works by leading Guyanese nature photographer Robert Fernandes continues in the first floor gallery until Saturday, April 14, the release added. The National Gallery, Vlissengen Road, Georgetown, is open Monday to Friday from 10am to 5pm and from 2pm to 6pm on Saturday. The gallery is closed on Sunday. Admission is free.