Exhibition 2: 30th September - 16th October
Progress Progress Progress / The Happy Valley
The collection of works proposes the existence of a social group or order. Orchestrated from what seem like disparate sources, the author has arranged what appear to be artefacts from a once active society. The characteristics of this society ranges from harmless brotherhoods to specific financial and political objectives. The works operate at various tiers of this social structure from aspiration and indoctrination to exportation and exploration. Conjuring notions of clandestine rites, converted knowledge and exclusivity of members, the collection offers a glimpse of and an engagement with the mechanisms for social order.
From Left to Right: 'With Form becomes Meaning / The Happy Valley', 'For it is the Young that will continue the Progress', 'The Bearers', 'Sun Charmer' and 'The Ambassadors' .
From Left to Right: 'For it is the Young that will continue the Progress', 'The Bearers' and 'The Ambassadors' .
From Left to Right: 'For it is the Young that will continue the Progress', 'The Bearers', 'The Ambassadors', 'Sun Charmer' and 'For all that is Worthy, We Stand For This'
From Left to Right: 'With Form becomes Meaning / The Happy Valley', 'The Bearers', 'For it is the Young that will continue the Progress', 'The Ambassadors' and
'For all that is Worthy, We Stand For This'
Through Form Becomes Meaning/ The Happy Valley
Leaves, Butterflies, acrylic, metal fixings, varnish, plastic, glass
2011
For It Is The Young that will continue The Progress
Wood, paper, acrylic and metal fixings
2011
The Ambassadors
Wood, metal fixings, plaster, acrylic, varnish, felt, flagons
2011
For All that is Worthy, We Stand for This
Chrome, enamel, wood, acrylic and metal fixings
2011
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List of Works: Progress Progress Progress / The Happy Valley
Through Form Becomes Meaning/ The Happy Valley
Leaves, Butterflies, acrylic, metal fixings, varnish, plastic, glass
2011
For It Is The Young that will continue The Progress
Wood, paper, acrylic and metal fixings
2011
The Ambassadors
Wood, metal fixings, plaster, acrylic, varnish, felt, flagons
2011
For All that is Worthy, We Stand for This
Chrome, enamel, wood, acrylic and metal fixings
2011
For the Bearers
Copper, plastic, bakelite, Iron, wood, ceramic and metal fixings
2011
Sun Charmer
Copper, plastic, wood, acrylic and metal fixings
2011
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Exhibition 1: 12th August - 18th September
Tondi
Acrylic, wood stain, varnish, metal on barrel ends
2011
Tondi the plural of Tondo refers to the shape of the work, a term used to denote a circular work of art. A common characteristic of all Tondi being that the background is largely omitted allowing the foreground to be the main subject of interest. The centres or foregrounds in both works transform the structures or backgrounds from which they have originated. One alludes to heraldic imagery taking the form of a shield, the other a scroll taking the form of a trophy. Both surfaces are worn and split but looked after suggesting a utility. There function now sits somewhere between a communitive role and the symbolic.
For Those Who Are Our Greatest
Acrylic, enamel, varnish, metal fixings and plastic
2011
The work takes the form of an empty worn plaque or registrar. Using symbolic imagery specific to the area a gilded header and surround frame the work. The colour and design allude to a sense of grandeur and importance. Its title and text conjure notions of persistence and endurance, perhaps withstanding some great feat. Although empty it acts as a proposition for qualifying what is deemed worthy.
