\n A new exhibition is capturing the colour and character of life by the sea.\n<\/p>\n
\n The show, called Beside the Sea – Photography and Seaside Souvenirs, is currently open at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery on Bohemia Road until April 5 and runs every day except Mondays.\n<\/p>\n
\n The exhibition is by Brighton-based photographer JJ Waller and follows his 2025 collaboration with the late Martin Parr on a similar show at the Hove Museum of Creativity.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Waller has dedicated the Hastings exhibition to Mr Parr, who he described as a mentor and friend.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Waller said: “Hastings is a unique town that punches far above its weight in the realms of music and arts.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It is my favourite place in Britain to photograph. I love the museum and am chuffed to be showing there.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The artist has photographed in Hastings and St Leonards since 2008 and features large-scale images from Blackpool, Brighton and Benidorm in the show.\n<\/p>\n
\n The exhibition also includes work by invited artists exploring the theme of seaside souvenirs.\n<\/p>\n
\n A bizarre visitor to Birling Gap. (Image: JJ Waller)\n<\/p>\n
\n These include ceramics artist Alice Mara from Worthing, Margate\u2019s Memphis Hennessy, and Modern Toss.\n<\/p>\n
\n Peter Quinnell, a fellow artist, said Mr Waller’s work was full of humour and affection.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “JJ Waller has become a local treasure. His photography will become a lasting record of the time and place.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new exhibition is capturing the colour and character of life by the sea. The show, called Beside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-453145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}