{"id":19897,"date":"2021-11-25T12:27:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T11:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=19897"},"modified":"2021-11-25T12:27:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T11:27:38","slug":"j-b-vallely-major-exhibition-at-armaghs-market-place-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2021\/11\/j-b-vallely-major-exhibition-at-armaghs-market-place-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"J.B. VALLELY MAJOR EXHIBITION AT ARMAGH\u2019S MARKET PLACE GALLERY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Vallely at 80\u2019 is a major retrospective<\/strong> <strong>by international and award-winning artist JB Vallely. The artist will revisit drawings and oil paintings spanning almost 63 years as well as showcase new work completed during his 80th year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/press-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/press-6-1018x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19898\" width=\"509\" height=\"512\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Vallely\u2019s most extensive solo exhibition since his major retrospective at the Market Place Gallery, in his birth city of Armagh in 2000. This exhibition includes his collection on display in the Archbishop\u2019s Palace, Armagh that covers most of Vallely\u2019s life as a painter, along with his collection of religious pieces on permanent display at Benburb Priory, dating from the early to mid-1960\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valley\u2019s subject matter depicts rural Irish themes, including its strong traditions of which he is passionate about on a personal level. Music, sport, mythology, history and culture feature predominantly in his paintings. He has produced a vast number of pieces over his career, exhibiting regularly at galleries in Belfast, Dublin, Derry and Armagh with additional exhibitions in Italy, Wexford, London, Scotland and Galway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Vallely at 80\u2019 can be viewed at the three locations across Armagh, with new works and the artist\u2019s private collection on display at the Market Place Gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entry to the exhibition is free, and the works will be on display from 20 November 2021 until 15 January 2022. Further information is available from the Box Office on [028] 3752 1821, or online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitarmagh.com\/marketplacetheatre\">www.visitarmagh.com\/marketplacetheatre<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vallely at 80\u2019 is a major retrospective by international and award-winning artist JB Vallely. The artist will revisit drawings and oil paintings spanning almost 63 years as well as showcase new work completed during his 80th year. This is Vallely\u2019s most extensive solo exhibition since his major retrospective at the Market Place Gallery, in his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2021\/11\/j-b-vallely-major-exhibition-at-armaghs-market-place-gallery\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19899,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19897\/revisions\/19899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}