FATE
New work by Lindsay Cottam Barbara Tinsley Stephen Martin & Jemma Merritt
Fantasy bicycle world by Lindsay Cottam
I started cycling to save on transport costs and get fit. As I cycled more and more I found that I had become addicted to the sense of freedom gained from cycling .Far from taking up a practical hobby. I realised that I had found a new way of living. A far more desirable one. I have always been committed to the idea of dropping out of society through non participatory pursuits as a form of subversion, escapism and passive anarchy. I found that I could add cycling to my list of refusal to engage activities. I found myself increasingly drawn to cycling down back lanes, bridle paths and through fields to disengage and zone out from the all systems go society that we unfortunately live in .My work this year focuses on my bicycle travels and the clarity of thought that is gained from solitude and introspection. I will be sharing my observations on life in audio form to try and encourage more people to disengage with society and try and remember what they dreamt of being when they were younger.
Stephen Martin: Hulk
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Paintings of continued research into expressionist figurative observations contrived from spontaneous life sketches. Contorted faces and hulking forms appear from twisted shapes, the minimization of colour focuses the importance of narrative mark making. Texture and material are essential to the description of the works.
Barbara Tinsley The Iridescent Memory.
This painting, of the clowns on their wedding day is meant to
accompany my narrative series of paintings ‘The Vase of Clowns’
which tells the story of the doomed love affair between an older woman
and a much younger man. The older woman, abandoned by her young lover,
imagines her wedding day . She kneels at his feet obviously besotted
but he is nonchalantly blowing bubbles which symbolise the transience
of their relationship. There are three strange figures which could be
bridesmaids but when we look closely we see that they are holding a
golden rope which has broken in the middle. They are the fates which
have determined that the relationship will end.
Jemma Merritt
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HOPE
New works by Leanne Collins, Joe Gilchrist, Naoko Shohi and Jane Sutcliffe
Joe Gilchrist
There’s this saying, ‘You can only cross the same river once.’ and i believe you can only cross the same street once because all the elements are constantly changing.
These works are a series of experiments influenced by cities i have visited all over the world. What I see as a city is not necessarily the buildings or the people but all different elements, whether that be light, text, sound, texture or the over all atmosphere of these cities. I have been trying to recreate these elements by experimenting with different materials and surfaces on found objects and canvas, in a sense bringing part of the city into the gallery space.
Leanne Collins
For the past three years I have based my work upon found objects and the way we interpret these in our everyday lives. These objects are undervalued and seen as useless, and the desire to own them has become less. My aim is to transform them into valued pieces, and to regain the desire that was lost, and achieve a level of appreciation for the materials that are sometimes overlooked.
The three pieces I have chosen for the exhibition are objects I have deconstructed and reconstructed into new objects. Each piece has inherited part of each other and together their similarities and differences become clear. They have developed into characters that share human qualities, and should be seen as a series.
Jane Sutcliffe
Sprouting
Roots
Force
Stretched
Translucent
Crossing over
Twisted
Passages, Paths
Expansion
Manipulation
Boundaries
Interlocking
Division
Still
Regeneration
Core
Protection
Compact
Reflection
Change
Entrance, exit ,opening
Develop
Transformation
Breakaway
Delicate
Strong, resilient
Life.
The work is based on the content of growth, primarily a holistic image
of growth which encompasses all living matter, mineral substances and
spiritual influences. The image is then broken down and focuses on
the similarities we hold as human beings.
Naoko Shohi
For Hope I have made two portrait collages of women’s faces and a one collage of yellow chrysanthemums. Both female portraits and yellow Chrysanthemums are motifs or symbols which are quite familiar subjects for me. I am interested in nature and humanity . I particularly like observing human faces, I like the challenge of attempting to describe the familiar and the paradox of Describing something so familiar as the human visage yet is so complicated to visualize in paper. I wish to further consider the structure and shadow on my face , as well as the materials I use to describe it .
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Bodies
New work by Jessica Hogg, Rebecca Errington, Kevin Kelly & Hayley Marshall
Rebecca Errington
Today’s society is extremely judgemental in relation to beauty and often enforced upon us through the media and celebrity culture. The media especially regularly becomes a vehicle of reinforcement towards personal attitudes of our own appearance and can soon destroy self-confidence. My current project is generally about the notions of female beauty. I have chosen to use a selection of masks that can instantly disguise or immediately alter the female features of my model. The mask can act as a barrier to either protect her natural beauty from the harsh airbrushed, thin, perfect female society or either to hide features that make her beautiful. I have altered the images via photoshop to become digital prints. The colours are vivid and bright that can highlight certain characteristics and can relate to the females personality which makes beauty more than skin deep.
Jessica Hogg
The body has a huge number of functions that if looked at in depth can be very intimidating and can confuse the onlookers mind.
I like to work in a simple way, using uncomplicated materials to give an easier way to look at the human form.
By taking away parts of the body I hope to turn them into objects that are no longer personal, but are objects that now cannot function.
By taking the body apart and placing an individual portion of it elsewhere I hope to give the viewer an easier look of how the body can be seen.
My work is displayed simply as I see this to also cloud judgement over the idea and what is actually being shown.
Kevin Kelly & Hayley Marshall
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FOREVER YOUNG
New works by Sophie Everett, Stephanie (the glitter gang) Hunter, Faye Magnus & Daniel Tulip
Sophie Everett 10th November Shaun Project Space
Hollywood Sweethearts is a set of three painted portraits based on three Hollywood models. (The three models aren’t famous)
I have worked with portraits and figurative paintings for the past 3 years, and distortion has been a huge part in my work.
I first, researched Hollywood portraits from 1930 and onwards, when all women had, was beauty which made me want to work with distortion. Hollywood models, actresses and pin-up models had such beauty and perfection to their make up, hair and outfits I decided this would be the prefect theme for me to start at. I wanted to distort someone who was beautiful and see if my technique would still create a beauty.
In the three portraits I painted, two of the paintings are full length portraits showing shoulders and outfit and on the third one is a close up portrait. I choose to do one close up portrait only because I wanted to show the detail in the face which was distorted, in the full length portraits I wanted to show the glamorous side to the audience so they could connect the title to the paintings.
To get to the stage I am at now, I mainly was interested in Francis Bacon’s art and studied his work a lot in the beginning of my work and do have work linked to his technique. I am happier with my work now because it is my own style and technique.
Other artists I have researched are, Richard Moon and Tamara De Lempicka. I did relate to Richard Moon’s work because like myself he shows the ‘ugly’ spots on his portraits e.g. dark circles around the eyes, but with my work I do distort all the facial features. Tamara De Lempicka was suggested, and I can see a similarly but I believe I work in a different technique.
I am happy with my final outcome.
Bits and Bobs
Bits and Bobs is my studio practice which a lot of people took an interest in. Before my painting project I did start a personal piece where I was starting to work in sculpture. Bits and Bobs is a section from my studio where my personal bits are placed and also a few added touches from people within my studio.
The only reason why I put this piece into the Shaun Project Space is because I was asked “Why isn’t it Art?”
Stephanie (the glitter gang) Hunter presents three new works:
Cold Copy – comments on the ephemera of modern life by transforming an outdated, mass produced object into a work of art. This printer, once at the cutting edge of technology and marketed as a valuable ‘must have’ has quickly become obsolete. Now decorated with faux icing it has been given a new lease of life, a new meaning and value.
Walk, Stand, Shit – aims to make a satirical statement which challenges the viewers’ perception of objects, their function and their meaning.
Cadaver – raises questions about life as commodity and reflects upon the emphasis placed on value in the everyday world.
Faye Magnus Shaun Gallery Space 10th November
Untitled is a piece of work that is an installation of materials that have a fragile quality, that gives a delicate impression. This was created with materials such as floral netting, MDF wood and canvas. My piece was a collection of individual pieces which have been brought to together.
The piece hanging from the ceiling is floral netting on canvas held up with gold wire, showing light shining through. I wanted to do this to achieve a transparency to the work.
The piece on the floor is of two MDF wood pieces, that the floral pieces have been stenciled onto the wood. This is a bi-product of the hanging work. The wood that is placed on the floor is painted with black gloss to see the reflection of the piece on the ceiling and the piece against the wall.
My future plan is to create one large installation which involves plastics and more materials.
Daniel Tulip
The work explores the over consumption of a universally recognizable character and how Mickey Mouse is used as a tool to sell products to the consumer. The work uses a variety of ways in which to show this, some intentionally more apparent than others. Different materials have been explored using collage, acrylic and gloss paint; I have every intention of exploring more materials in future work. The work is in its first stages of development and not yet complete, I have more plans to overwork the paintings and collage to gain more ideas about how to display my work.
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Collection
New work by Paul Thompson Rebecca Bell Michelle Wall and Sarah Brandon
Michelle Wall
A box in the attic or a space in a drawer, it seems all of us have somewhere to keep those precious mementos from our past. Often seemingly ordinary objects; ticket stubs, scribbled notes, a melted candle, to anyone else would mean nothing. Yet, give it a history, a connection with a person, event or place and it takes on a new identity, a vessel of sentiment; a tangible memory.
These keepsakes remain tucked away, perhaps too precious or too personal to display. Instead we fill our homes with ornaments, vases and frames; aesthetically pleasing but meaningless.
With this work I have explored my own mementos, displaying snippets of my most significant memories; school, relationships, marriage and motherhood. The keepsakes become a visual record of my past, displayed within the decorative items with which we adorn our homes and lives.
I hope to further explore this idea by collecting the mementos and memories of others to display as a collective keepsake of our most treasured possessions and moments from our pasts.
To take part in this project, send a picture of your memento including an explanation of the memory it holds to mementosandmemories@live.co.uk or visit the Facebook Group: Mementos and Memories – An Online Art Project.
Paul Thompson text to follow
Rebecca Bell
In these pictures I have tried to create an energetic and atmospheric scene with my camera using movement and light. After looking at some of Wolfgang Tillmans photography I decided to edit some of these images on Photoshop and use effects to emphasize the dreamy and surreal effects in them already. I intend to produce more prints with figures in them to recreate the atmosphere felt in the images at the time.
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Daft Punk
New works by Peter Gill Gabby Nelson, Neil Armstrong and Stephanie Sutherland Bramley
Peter Gill
My work is inspired by my love of cartoons and comic book art, by artists like Ralph Steadman and Robert Crumb I have made my characters life size in order to experiment with placing them in different contexts
Gabby Nelson
Neil Armstrong
In this work I tried to engage with the idea of negative emotions. Fear, depression, anxiety etc. Whilst thinking of how nostalgia and childhood memories can become distorted blurred and exaggerated . Overall I was trying to achieve a sense of melancholy and unease, whilst also creating a strange sense of comfort brought forward through nostalgia.
Stephanie Sutherland Bramley
“My work charts the beginnings of what will be an expansive project about culture. As a starting point I have decided to look at the American hipster and British indie subcultures documenting their attitudes towards music and fashion through painting, quotation and mixed media.”
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Ways of Seeing
New work By Matt Taylor Helen Shaw & Chris Tinkler
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