New work...

Images courtesy of The International 3.

New work from me will be at this...

THE MANCHESTER CONTEMPORARY 2011
Quay House, Spinningfields, Manchester.
register now for complimentary tickets for free entrance 28th- 30th October
www.themanchestercontemporary.co.uk

Pat Flynn, Untitled (arrow), 2011, archival inkjet on paper, mounted on dibond, 61cm x 46cm. Edition of 5 + 1 AP
Courtesy the artist and The International 3

The Manchester Contemporary provides an opportunity for audiences to engage with and purchase high calibre contemporary art by internationally exhibiting artists alongside those that are new and emerging. 

Acting as curatorial coordinator for a second year, The International 3 has brought together by invitation 10 of the UK’s leading commercial galleries. In addition, a series of information and project spaces will include presentations from 
artist-led spaces, artists’ agencies and partners of The Manchester Contemporary whilst a tour and talks programme will provide audiences with opportunities to find out more about the artists, their work and on starting or developing a collection.

A new development for the 2011 edition is The Print Room. Here visitors will be able to view and purchase a wide range of limited edition prints. Works by artists from The Manchester Contemporary’s exhibitors will be complemented with prints from a selection of other invited organisations.

For further information about participating galleries, artists, organisations and the talks / tour programme and to register for complimentary tickets please go to www.themanchestercontemporary.co.uk

'Trace' print box print

Here it is in all it's glory! They are very limited edition, only 30 hand screen printed copies.  Get in touch with MMU if you are interested in purchasing one, I think there are several available as individual prints, not just bart of the whole 'Trace' print box x

Mural

So, I became an aunty last month.  Here's what Aunty Al painted in her little nephew Isaac's bedroom...
Really enjoyed working large scale again, looking forward to doing it again whenever I can!!!

NEW STUDIO!!!

Guess who has a shiny new studio at Islington Mill in Salford, yep me, and that's a pic of me at home in it there.  I've made it very cosy and been super productive so far.  Guests can come sit on my swish comfy sofa, watch a VHS and have a cuppa camomile tea, might even offer a pot noodle if you're lucky.

I'd love to have some visits, so get in touch if you'd like to come for a look round to see what I'm up to

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Trace printbox and ting...

Howdy do, 
the printbox exhibition that I'm included in is going to be taking place this Friday, here are tsome more details....
'Trace', a print box bringing together the work of invited artists and graduating students from Manchester Metropolitan University. The print box will be launched at Manchester Metropolitan University on 17th June 6pm - 8pm and prints from the box will be also on display.
'Trace' comprises of 21 prints that between them incorporate silkscreen, woodcut, lithography, etching and digital inkjet techniques. The dimensions of each print are 25cm x 35cm.  5 box sets including all 21 prints will be available for sale through Manchester Metropolitan University and 4 box sets will be split for individual sales. Proceeds from sales of the print box will be used to benefit future students of print.
Included in the print box are prints by:
Amy Allen, Andrew Bracey, Leighton Bohl, Lois Davenport, Richard Deloughry, Eleri Ellis-Williams,Alison Erika Forde, Howard Goody, John Hewitt, Mike HItchens, Laurence Lane, Chara Lewis, Jennifer McIntyre, Chris O’Neill, Oran O’Reilly, Reza Ostad-Saffari, Rima Salem, Michael Sheridan, Lorene Simpson, Sean Titcombe, Sam Wild.(italics indicate invited artists)


For futher details please contact:
Oran O'Reilley. O.Oreilly@mmu.ac.uk


On another note, if you didn't make it to see the 'Housework' exhibition over with The International 3, here are some installations shots courtesy of my fellow exhibitor, Daniel Taylor.  

I like screenprinting...

I hadn't ever tried it before until yesterday, and now I really want to do more MORE!!! The opportunity arose as I am taking part in a Print Box project entitled 'Trace' with Manchester Metropolitan University. I will give details of the exhibition soon, but here is a little preview of the rejects from yesterday, that I still really love!!!

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Sugar Paper 7: toadstools, dancing and bears - OH MY!

Check out the SUPER ACES latest 70s stylee issue of my pals Seleena and Kandy's craftacular zine!!!

p.s. I painted the 2-page spread cover! x

Housework

Come to The International 3 this Friday to see new art from me in this exciting group show:

House Work
Hannah Dargavel-Leafe, Alison Erika Forde, Erin Javes, Jo Lansley + Neeta Madahar, Amy Poole, Charlotte Squire,
Daniel Taylor, Matt Wand.

PREVIEW : FRIDAY 20th MAY 2011 6pm - 8pm

EXHIBITION CONTINUES: Saturday 21st May - Friday 17th June 2011.
OPENING TIMES: Wednesday - Saturday 12pm - 5pm

Combining drawing, painting, sculpture, sound works and video, House Work brings together nine artists whose works variously use the domestic setting as both the content and context for making art.

Sound works Kitchen Trio and Door Device by Hannah Dargavel - Leafe use recordings of chance occurrences to create new rhythmic compositions from common household activities.

Alison Erika Forde and Charlotte Squire recycle and reconfigure domestic objects to create new structures. Made from discarded cardboard boxes painted to resemble a fairytale cartoon roof, Forde’s 2010 piece Shelter provides comforting if somewhat inadequate protection whilst Charlotte Squire playfully constructs luminous towers from salvaged lampshades, light fittings and furniture for her ongoing series, Strange Fruit.

The video works of Erin Javes and Amy Poole use the domestic setting as playground and backdrop respectively. Through task-based activities, Erin Javes physically investigates the domestic space around her whilst Amy Poole uses it to set the scene for her performances to camera. In their individual practices, each expresses anxiety and uncertainty in every day surroundings allowing the viewer to eavesdrop on the private activity of one home alone.

In Scape, their first collaboration, Jo Lansley + Neeta Madahar construct a photographic diptych that uses the language of landscape, both interior and exterior. These images charge the common space of the bedroom with ideas of escape, fantasy and longing.

Daniel Taylor uses his extraordinary draughtsmanship to create coloured pencil drawings of his family’s reaction to the death of his Grandmother and of the spaces and objects left behind. These images, mostly rendered from snapshots taken on mobile phones, capture the poignancy inherent in the end of life.

Matt Wand’s 2002, 7” single, Blow Down : Inside & Out presents the sound recording of a block of empty flats, ready for demolition, as it is blown up. This double A side comprises of the audio collected by the artist from placing specially reinforced microphones inside the block of flats juxtaposed with the reaction of a watching crowd; creating a real time document of the final five minutes of a domestic building’s existence.

Hopefully catch yer there!

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little

some installation snaps from my show at greenroom. it's on until 12th Feb, go along for a look

website updated!!!!

Howdy,

Just a quick note to say, check out all the new work now uploaded to my lovely website! There are lots of new paintings on there from 2010, and images of 3D work in the miscellaneous section.

Also, don't forget to come down to greenroom tonight if you're out and about in Manchester. It is the exhibition launch, and includes several pieces not to have been exhibited before and a couple making their UK debut.

woo - fun times...

'little' at greenroom

This time next week my new exhibition little, will be opening at greenroom in Manchester.

There is the possibility of a couple of new paintings being included in the display, so that is definitive enticement to come along.

Plus there is the opportunity to view several oldie but goodies again, up close and personal.

greenroom:

located at 54-56 Whitworth St West Manchester M1 5WW

Opening hours Wed 19th January to Sat 12th February, from 5pm Weds-Fri, 6pm Sat

FREE in the openspace

Exhibition Launch Night – Wednesday 19 January (6pm-9pm)

For further info visit: http://www.greenroomarts.org/archive/events/little/

laters gaters x