Inktober ( Delayed)

So it was Inktober last month, but after moving house no internet to help share my drawing a day with the world!

Better late than never is a compilation of the 31 days of October.  Not sure whether most people will be aware but I absolutely very much dislike(d) drawing.  Love painting of course, but preparatory drawings/ sketches and planning have not been part of my remit for years.  When a pal challenged me to partake in Inktober I have to admit I wasn't really looking forward to it.  I'm pleased to say, it has re-kindled something in me and ended with a pleasing complete sketchbook, others have even commented that they find these new drawings my best work.  Not sure how I feel about that hahahhahaha

Since around 2007 I've been heckled as an Illustrator and not an artist, so this will only add fuel to that fire, and to be honest, I love it and play on it.  Boundary blurring is my thing yo.  This is a light hearted daily diary over a one month period represented in sketches, and I love Halloween so there was bound to be kitsch Halloween imagery galore, I'm not sorry!!!

All of the drawings I made below were using a trusty Pentel paintbrush pen, with no pencil planning, strictly free hand!

Enjoy! (Hopefully) xx

Men Who Like Women Who Smell Of Their Jobs - OPENS TOMORROW!!!

It's finally here!!! At the wonderful John Ryland's library!

'Men Who Like Women Who Smell Of Their Jobs'
1st October until 31st January 2015
Launch Party 9th October 6 - 8.30

The exhibition itself is displayed at two sites within the John Ryland's library, as part of the Manchester Literature Festival.  Shared between the Map Room (which is attached to the Historic Reading Room) and the Cloist area.

The launch event will see David perform some of his micro fiction, I will introduce my pieces, and O>L>A present their new work. Authors Anneliese Mackintosh and Socrates Adams will also be reading, and all this will take place, for free, in the beautiful John Rylands Library, with wine.

Installation day with a winning team of David Gaffney, Paulette Terry Brien ( International 3) and Neil Dymond-Green at John Ryland's, here are some shots of the process:

 Here are a few details to tempt you over for a visit...

And as if that wasn't exciting enough, the fantastic O>L>A guys have released a preview snippet of one of their commissioned pieces for this project, which they will be performing at the launch on Thursday 9th October  GO TAKE A LOOK/LISTEN HERE!!!

Just one more thing....

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SOON - Men who like women who smell of their jobs: A collaborative project at John Ryland's library!!!

It's less than a month away (1st October ) until I'll be exhibiting at the John Ryland's library in Manchester and it really is too exciting.

Men who like women who smell of their jobs is a collaborative project where I have made paintings in response to the brilliant David Gaffney's short stories.  The wonderful O>L>A  have in turn created musical pieces in response to both the stories and my work.

Check out David's site HERE and have a listen to O>L>A  HERE

It's one big collaborative loop of sound, written word and visual art, I flippin' love it!!!

Here are some details of two of the new pieces I've made for this exhibition to wet your appetite...

For more information about the project please go take a look at the manchester literature festival  and the John Ryland's library websites.

Finding the Value video!!!

Some of you may be aware how I prefer to let my work speak for itself.

Here is a rare (excruciating) moment of me on camera if you are curious!  It is a lovely insightful video though, and a great explanation of what the whole project was about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO1bGWoojUM&feature=youtu.be

Finding the Value: York St Mary's

I am so So SO excited about this group exhibition, it should be an absolute treat at a stunning venue, preview glimpses below.

Finding the Value -  Contemporary artists explore aspects of the Madsen Collection

4 July – 2 November 2014

Andrew Bracey, Alison Erika Forde, Yvette Hawkins, Susie MacMurray and Simon Venus

In 2011 Peter Madsen left his estate, including his art collection, to York Museums Trust.  Five artists have made new work for this exhibition, using objects from his collection.

We can never know what drew Peter Madsen to collect and keep these things but each artist has found new ways to value them.

York Art Gallery is currently undergoing an £8 million redevelopment. This ambitious project was made possible by the bequest of £2 million by Peter Emil Madsen and his sister Karen Madsen, both from York. Their gift also included Peter’s diverse collection of paintings, books, prints, small sculptures and ethnographic objects.  York Art Gallery has been allowed to sell any pieces not taken into the City’s art collections.

Of course, the historical importance and artistic quality of some works meant they had to be kept. Other works were sold at auction, happily passing into the care of other collectors whilst adding to the monetary value of the gift.

To honour the Madsens’ generosity in a creative and innovative way, York Art Gallery invited five artists to make completely new artworks in response to what was left of the Madsen collection.

Andrew Bracey, Alison Erika Forde, Yvette Hawkins, Susie MacMurray and Simon Venus have taken items from the collection, both images and objects, as the raw material for their work.

Finding the Value questions the concept of value; considering human values in relation to calculations of financial worth.

For more information please visit yorkstmarys.org.uk and keep checking my blog for more installation shots over the coming weeks!

(detail) : exhibition!!!

Here you go, a wonderful installation shot of the (detail) exhibition currently in Bangkok, down to much hard graft from it's curator Andrew Bracey!

Incase you can't spot it, mine is the bottom right image of a toad's head and a flatulent skunk!

There's a great website to accompany the exhibition which you can find HERE featuring a time-lapse video of the installation process, check it out!

NEXT UP Part 2: (detail)

This summer I'm also lucky enough to be a part of this exciting traveling project (detail) curated by Andrew Bracey, it's a privilege to be included in such an exhibition with such a mix of incredible artists!!!

(detail) is an innovative new exhibition that features the work of 118

international artists, who have each selected a close-up from one of

their paintings. These details will be printed and displayed together to

give both a tantalising glimpse into the artworks, and create a huge

collage of images. The exhibition will launch at H-Project Space in

Bangkok this summer, before touring to Transition Gallery and The

Usher Gallery in the UK later this year.

At H-Project Space the exhibition will respond to the unique setting of the

gallery, a traditionally constructed Thai house. The 118 artworks will fit into

the distinctive wooden framework of the walls, completely filling and

transforming the space. Seen on mass, the different artworks will become a

form of collage. Connections between the painting details are deliberately

made by the curator in the display, as well as being formed serendipitously.

Viewers are encouraged to make their own associations and interpretations of

the juxtaposition of images.

The show will be re-presented and re-imagined as it moves from H-Project 

Space, Bangkok to the more conventional exhibition spaces of Transition 

Gallery, London and The Usher Gallery, Lincoln, creating a show that is 

responsive to each venue.(detail) features a wide range of painters, from 

the well‐established to recent graduates. Their work encompasses abstraction, 

landscape, figuration and conceptually driven practices and employs a wide 

variety of mediums.

The reproduced close-up allows us to focus on the brush strokes, surface and

minutiae of the painting. It is most commonly used in the art world in the

pages of the exhibition catalogues or monographs. The idea of the detail is

also something that is particular to the painters’ approach to both making a

painting and viewing work in the gallery.

The exhibition’s curator Andrew Bracey explains:

“In the studio I have found my own relationship to working on a painting is up

close to it, with only occasional glimpses of the whole as I step back. This

focus on this particular painter’s viewpoint of the painting provoked the idea

for this exhibition. This exhibition is an attempt to bring this studio mentality to

the gallery. There is a power in the detail, it offers up fresh possibilities for

viewing painting.”

Featured artists include:

David Reed, Fiona Rae, Sigrid Holmwood, Stefan Sehler, Neal Rock, Shirley

Kaneda, Pavel Buchler, Yelena Popova, Clem Crosby, Daniel Sturgis, Clyde

Hopkins, Michael Fullerton, Gordon Cheung, Katie Pratt, Fabian Marcaccio,

Jamie Shovlin, Sarah Pickstone, Dan Hays, Alexis Harding, Robert Holyhead,

Mimei Thompson, Miho Sato, Andrew Stahl and many more.

For more information and press images contact:

Thailand - hgallerythailand@gmail.com tel: 085 021 5508

UK – Charlotte Pedley – charlotte_pedley@hotmail.com

Note for editors

A catalogue to accompany the exhibition will be published by Transition Editions to coincide

with the exhibition’s opening at Transition Gallery on September 19th 2014

About the curator

Andrew Bracey (b.1978) is an artist and curator, based in Lincolnshire, England. Solo

exhibitions include Nottingham Castle (2014), Manchester Art Gallery (2009), Wolverhampton

Art Gallery (2007) and firstsite, Colchester (2006). Recent group exhibitions include A

Machine Aesthetic (2013/4), Gallery North, Newcastle and touring, The Ends of Art (2013),

Beton7, Athens and Possession (I) (2013), BACC, Bangkok. Curated exhibitions include

Misdirect Movies (2013), Royal Standard, Liverpool, and touring, Crocodiles With a Second

Skin Thrash (2011) Over+Out, Lincoln, Unspooling: Artists & Cinema (2010), Cornerhouse,

Manchester. He is Programme Leader of MA Fine Art and MA Contemporary Curatorial

Practice at The University of Lincoln, England.

Venues:

H-Project Space, Bangkok, Thailand - www.hgallerybkk.com

Transition Gallery, London - www.transitiongallery.co.uk

The Usher Gallery, Lincoln - www.thecollectionmuseum.com

Event

H Project Space, Bangkok, Saturday 7th June – 2-4pm

The curator will be in attendance on Saturday, June 7 from 2-4pm to discuss the installation

with Brian Curtin and Prof. Steve Dutton, one of the exhibiting artists.

Full list of artists in show:

Alec Shepley, Alexis Harding, Alison Erika Forde, Alastair Payne, Alli Sharma, Alun Williams,

Andrea Guiseppe Corciulo, Andrew Bick, Andrew Bracey, Andrew Graves, Andrew Seto,

Andrew Stahl, Andy Harper, Annabel Dover, Annabel Tilley, Annabelle Sheldon, Anthony

Frost, Bartosz Beda, Ben Cove, Benet Spencer, Cathy Lomax, Christopher Bagnal, Clem

Crosby, Clyde Hopkins, Corrina Spencer, Craig Barber, Damien Meade, Dan Hays, Dan

Perfect, Daniel Sturgis, David Dipre, David Manley, David Reed, David Ryan, Dominic

Shepherd, Eleanor Moreton, Emma Talbot, Enzo Marra, Eric Butcher, Estelle Thompson,

Euripides Altintzoglou, Eve Ackroyd, Evi Grigoropoulou, Fabian Marcaccio, Fiona Curran,

Fiona Macdonald. Fiona Rae, G L Brierley, Geraint Evans, Gordon Cheung, Gordon Dalton,

Graham Crowley, Hamish McLain, Hannah Knox, Hanneline Visnes, Henny Acloque,

Henrietta Simson, Iain Andrews, Isabel Young, Jamie Shovlin, Jay Oliver, Jennifer Maidment,

John Rimmer, Julia Schwadron, Julie Heffernan, Julie Langsam, Karin Davie, Katie Pratt,

Katrina Blannin, Laura Lancaster, Lesley Halliwell, Lindsay Bull, Louisa Chambers, Louise

Bristow, Luke Frost, Maggie Ayliffe, Magnus Quaife, Mark Fairnington, Mark Kennard, Mark

Wright, Medina Hammad, Michael Fullerton, Michael Roberts, Mick Finch, Miho Sato, Mik

Godley, Mimei Thompson, Narbi Price, Natasha Kidd, Neal Rock, Olivia Notaro, Paul

Edwards, Paul Winstanley, Pavel Büchler, Phoebe Mitchell, Rachel Lumsden, Rafal

Topolewski, Rick Copsey, Robert Holyhead, Rosalind Davis, Roger Wilson, Ruth Solomons,

Sarah R Key, Sarah Pickstone, Sharon Hall, Shirley Kaneda, Sigrid Holmwood, Simón

Granell, Soichiro Shimizu, Stefan Sehler, Steve Dutton, Steve Ingman, Terry Shave, Thomas

M Wright, Tom Hackney, Tony Smith, Tristram J Aver, Yelena Popova

The exhibition is supported by Arts Council England and The University of Lincoln.

H PROJECT

NEXT UP Part 1: Hydra

So, the lovely WIRE collective invited me to exhibit a piece at their Hydra exhibition, along with a hoard of excellent artists.  The project is a great concept and it is a pleasure to be a part of it.

My painting 'fledgling' is there for your viewing pleasure, so be sure to head over to Bolton for this treat.

Hydra curated by WIRE collective.

Exhibiting artists -Dana Ariel, Donna Dowd, Alison Erika Forde, Hilary Jack, Thaleia Kavvada, Lisa Milroy, Sean Penlington, Narbi Price, Jason Simpson, Alison Timmins, Gerard Young.

Preview Saturday 24^th May 2014. 2 – 4pm.

Exhibition Dates Thursday 22^nd May – Sunday 1^st June 2014. 11am-5pm

Unit53, Upper Ground Floor, The Market Place, Bolton, BL1 2AL.

Trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort due to its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality.

The collective WIRE has curated the exhibition titled Hydra.

The aim of the exhibition is to present examples of the diversity of approaches within contemporary art and foster connective strands between art and society. We have very strong views regarding the importance of art within culture and we believe that to truly progress we must learn from the past, in both art and life.

WIRE is a collective founded by a group of four postgraduates undertaking MA Fine Art at the University of Bolton. The inclusion of invited artists within the exhibition is centred on the inspiration WIRE has gained throughout their journey.

The process of art making has also become an important aspect to negate the high speed nature of our current time and the multi faceted problems we all face in life.

Regardless of the influx of digital information in our culture, communication is still routed through wire and experienced on a physical level. In this respect, contemporary art feeds from its connectivity to arts valuable history, both physical and theoretical processes carry knowledge towards engagement and to inspire self reflection and human connection.

For more details and updates please go to-

https://www.facebook.com/getwiredart

https://twitter.com/getWIREDart

Or contact Gerard Young-

gedd33@googlemail.com

Tel- 07958 305885

BAD UNCLE TV @ SFTOC Yiiikes! installation

*SPOILER ALERT* 
Tomorrow if you're a lucky ducky you'll be coming to Sounds From the Other City's 10th anniversary, and especially over to the Mill for the Bad Uncle mega TV Partayyy where us Yiiikes! have constructed a special lounging installation to host all the TV Gold fantasies in. 

For those unable to attend, we present...the upside down room of our dreams

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