better out than in

Here are some images from the show, anyone around Barcelona before 12th December should check it out... ( sorry for the poor quality, too excitable to take steady hand snaps)

the MasART Galeria is located at:

San Eusebi 4008006 Barcelona

Opening times:

Monday to Friday from 16h to 20h
Saturday, by appointment

For more information:

info@mas-art.net
www.mas-art.net

lovely things i've acquired today...

...paperchase treasures and more lisa petrucci postcards to add to my collection ♥♥♥

my 2nd ever solo show!!! - 'better out than in'

....the end of this month at the MasART Galeria in Barcelona - WOO!!!

'better out than in' will be showing from 28th October - 12th December 2010

there will be abit of this...

there will also be some of this...

I will be hanging out in Barcelona for a few days, so come and see my work and me!!! (even if you aren't one of the buddy posse who are flying out with me)

the MasART Galeria is located at:

San Eusebi 4008006 Barcelona

Opening times:

Monday to Friday from 16h to 20h
Saturday, by appointment

For more information:

info@mas-art.net
www.mas-art.net

being choice of the week!!!

well, last week's choice artists of the week, on www.axisweb.org. The curatorial team at Axis (the online resource for contemporary art) chose me as one of two artists for the position from their 2000 strong profile directory.

what a privilege and great big compliment! I'm only sorry that I didn't brag about it sooner...

smotherland

my first ever solo show

Smotherland

A solo exhibition by Alison Erika Forde

Alison Erika Forde, 'them bones', 2010, acrylic and emulsion on board, 50cm x 50cm. Courtesy the artist and The International 3

PRIVATE VIEW : THURSDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER 6pm – 8pm
Exhibition Continues: Friday 24th September – Sunday 31st October.
Opening Times: Weds – Sat 12pm – 5pm and Sunday 31st October 12pm-5pm

The International 3 is pleased to announce Smotherland, Alison Erika Forde’s first solo exhibition.

Forde draws on her dreams and memories of past experiences to produce fantastical images that acknowledge the capacity of daydream to allow us to consider the complexity of the everyday. Her imagery and illustrative style is influenced as much by graphic novels, comic strips, street art and kitsch as it is by fine art’s history and whilst initial viewing suggests a disarming playfulness, her work is imbued with a vital mischief and dark humour. Wide-eyed characters frequently face impending doom and uncomfortable scenarios are enacted on the picture’s periphery.

Moving away from a previously exclusive use of 2D, Smotherland will see Forde expanding this charmingly malevolent world to encompass 3D. Giant painted figures will provide a menacing backdrop to a group of intricately painted wooden peg people and a new collection of paintings on charity shop sourced pictures and donated second hand materials.

Smotherland will be accompanied by texts written by freelance curator Bryony Bond and D.I.Y craftster and writer Seleena Daye.

- being referred to as Forde never fails to amuse me

love smellison

OH YEAY! OH YEAY! OH YEAY!

make a big fat note in your diaries folks......... it's my first EVER solo exhibition, on 24th September at The International 3 gallery, Manchester!!!!! (..so important a red font was required for emphasis..)

'Smotherland' - the first solo exhibition of work by Alison Erika Forde

24th Sep - 31st Oct

more details to follow shortly,

visit http://www.international3.com/exhibition.php for gallery information

all friendships with no-shows will be discontinued...

muchos love,

smellison x