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Monday, May 19, 2014

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 24th May 2014. 2 – 4pm.
Exhibition Dates Thursday 22nd May – Sunday 1st 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-
Or contact Gerard Young-
Tel- 07958 305885


Saturday, May 03, 2014

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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