Visual Fragments

Merry Christmas Every Bodies/Thanks for following

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Winter Path

Winter Path

“Did I Love a dream?

My doubt, accumulation of a former night, ends up
As many a subtle branch, that having remained the true
Woods themselves, proves, alas! that I offered myself alone.”

Extract from “L’après-midi d’un faune”, The Afternoon of a Faun 1875 by Stéphane Mallarmé, quoted in The Poetics of Occasion, Mallarmé and the Poetry of Circumstance, Marian Zwerling Sugano, Stanford University Press, California, 1992:pp.38.

Image reproduced from http://muckmiremarsh.blogspot.co.uk/, accessed 22122013

Uncommon Ground > Land Art in Britain 1966-1979

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Susan Hiller, Addenda to Dedicated to the Unknown Artists: Addenda II, Section 6: A rock-bound coast 1977

Susan Hiller, Addenda to Dedicated to the Unknown Artists: Addenda II, Section 6: A rock-bound coast 1977

Following on from the last exhibition The World Turned Upside Down, Buster Keaton, Sculpture and the Absurd the next touring Exhibition at the Mead Gallery opening 17th Jan 2014, Warwick Arts Centre is Uncommon Ground, “the most comprehensive exhibition of British Land Art to date. Featuring the work of 24 of some of the most important artists and artist groups working in the UK between the mid-1960s and late-1970s, the exhibition demonstrates how the term ‘Landscape’ was questioned and transformed by artists during this period to become the ground for radical artistic experiment.” The exhibition has been curated  Joy Sleeman (Slade), Writer and Curator Ben Tuffnell (Author of Land Art), Nicholas Alfrey (University of Nottingham). Artists featured include Hamish Fulton, Richard Long and Ian Hamilton Finlay. This exhibition dovetails with current reading regarding Feminism, Sexuality and Gender in Literature, Alice Munro: Lives of Girls and Women, where the Landscape itself is character, backdrop and conduit, the route by which the narrative travels although of course women are almost conspicuously absent from this exhibition save one, Susan Hiller, whose incorporation could be perceived as curatorially problematic.

Text quoted from http://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/2014/uncommon-ground-land-art-in-britain-1966-1979/. Image reproduced from http://www.artnet.com, accessed 18122013.

Metamorphosis of the Feminine – The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter and Kiki Smith

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Kiki Smith, Rapture, 2001, Bronze, 67 1/4 x 62 x 26 1/2 inches Edition of 3

Kiki Smith, Rapture, 2001, Bronze, 67 1/4 x 62 x 26 1/2 inches
Edition of 3

“It’s a resurrection/birth story; ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ is a kind of resurrection/birth myth.”

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter is a collection of short stories in which Carter re-appropriates the fairy tale in the service of the feminine to re-work patriarchal constructions of gender from within the genre. Female protagonists constantly transgress the boundaries of the patriarchal and the received definition of the fairy tale moral in relation to the feminine (i.e the innocent female child and the sacrificial female). The primary story after which the collection is named is a re-working of Bluebeard by Charles Perrault and was influenced by Carter’s readings of the Marquis De Sade. Carter asserts that Sade “put pornography in the service of women, or, perhaps, allowed it to be invaded by an ideology not inimical to women …” [1]. This extremely brief presentation aims to highlights connections between the representation of female experience in Visual Art and The Bloody Chamber. Continue reading →

Multiplied: Contemporary Art in Editions Fair, October 18th-21st, London 2013

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Breath, Photo Lithography, Oak Frame, Anti-reflective glass, 64.9cm x 50cm

Breath, Photo Lithography, Oak Frame, Anti-reflective glass,
Framed 69.5cmW x 54.5cmH, © Denise Startin Show RCA 2013.

Multiplied 2013 hosted by Christie’s, 18th – 21st October, is a contemporary fair dedicated to showcasing editioned work across a range of disciplines including Printmaking, Photography and Publications from both established artists including Bob and Roberta Smith, William Kentridge and Adam Chodzco as well as work by emerging artists. You can find the work of recent graduates of the Royal College of Art, MA Printmaking 2013 on Stand 8. The Fine Art programme at the RCA is intensely rigorous, intellectually stimulating, technically and critically demanding. The Printmaking department reflects this combining conceptual rigour, technical proficiency and intense material engagement across print, installation, sound, film, performance, spoken and printed word. A Printmaking publication, Between Before and After, was also produced alongside the degree show by graduating students 2013 showcasing text and image work and featuring critical input from Dr Chantal Faust, artist Nicky Coutts, writer Rebecca Geldard and Professor of Printmaking, Jo Stockham.

A work entitled Breath, which formed part of my MA show will be available for purchase. Breath is a limited edition (1/15) photo-litho on Somerset, there are also 10 prints available unframed 64.9cm x 50cm. Details of artists works and statements from the Printmaking graduates can be found at Show RCA, 2013. A box set of limited edition prints (25cm x 25cm) produced by final year Printmaking students 2013 will also be available for purchase. Proceeds will support the growth and development of future RCA students. For more information about Multiplied please click here. The Multiplied Gallery Guide for 2013 can be found here. Information regarding Printmaking at the RCA is on page17 of the Guide. Other exhibitors at the fair include Riflemaker, Purdey Hicks Gallery, Paupers Press, Dundee Contemporary Arts and London Print Studio.