This is the Salvo's Press Release:
Imagine
the Town Hall in Leeds overrun with tropical palm trees and parrots,
rickshaws in Chapel Allerton or perhaps the University Parkinson
building with wild and exotic animals wandering down the steps.
Well, a
local artist from Calderdale just did; he imagined them as reality in
a series of images illustrating what global warming could do to the
region.
Photographer
and painter Jason Elliott’s quasi-psychedelic images have
transformed many landmark buildings in the Yorkshire region into a
tropical setting for a new Exhibition
in the new lounge of award winning restaurant Salvo's of Headingley,
Leeds.
The
exhibition opens on Tuesday 4th October between 4.30pm - 6.30pm upstairs
at Salvo's.
From
Hebden Bridge, the 46-year-old artist hopes the images will make
people think
about the consequences of energy use
"I
have been involved in many environmental projects for quite a while
and the
message is quite rightly serious," he said
"I
wanted to draw attention to the fact that climate change is happening,
but to get the message across in a more light-hearted way than we
are used to.
"It's
an extremely serious issue, particularly in areas like ours that can be
prone to flooding.
"But
it's good to engage people in a way that doesn't make them feel they are
being preached to. If you do that, quite a number of people will tune
it out."
After
working in the United States and Spain for many years, Mr Elliott
was inspired to blend his photographs of warm climates with images of
the Yorkshire town where he now lives.
"One
person did send me a letter saying the pictures undermine the seriousness
of climate change and I do understand where he is coming from, but
generally they have gone down extremely well. People say they are
very thought-provoking.
"I
got the idea after playing around with a Henri Rousseau painting of a tiger
in the jungle. Everybody said 'Wow, how amazing', so I started using
some of my own photographs I have taken around the world over the
years."
The exhibition will be open every day from 12 till 2.00pm and from
6.00pm every evening at Salvo’s and will run until January 2012.
Notes
to Editor:
• Salvo’s is celebrating
35 years of business. It is a family run business, owned and
operated by the same family since 1976. Currently run by Salvo’s
sons Gip & John Dammone.
• Salvo’s, voted the UK’s Best Neighbourhood Italian Restaurant
on Channel 4’s the F Word.
• Salvo’s, voted Leeds Best Restaurant Website
at the 2010 Leeds Restaurant Awards.
• John & Gip Dammone given Outstanding Achievement Award to the
Leeds Restaurant Scene at the 2010 Leeds Restaurant Awards.
• Salvo’s, awarded the 2010 Yorkshire Life Special Award for the
Outstanding Contribution to Yorkshire Restaurants.
• Salvo’s
received an AA Rosette in October 2010.
• Winner
of the Oliver Awards 2011 for Best Italian.
• The
Good Food Guide Restaurant of the Year 2012 Regional Winner
Salvo’s Restaurant
115 Otley Road
Leeds LS6 3PX
www.salvos.co.uk
