Sunday, 16 February 2014

Souvenirs de la Mer

"A Woman Speaks"
Audre Lourde

Moon marked and touched by Sun
my magic is unwritten
but when the sea turns back
it will leave my shape behind
...



"To One in Paradise"
Edgar Allan Poe 
 
...
No more—no more—no more—

   (Such language holds the solemn sea

To the sands upon the shore)

 ...
And all my days are trances,

   And all my nightly dreams

Are where thy grey eye glances,

   And where thy footstep gleams—

In what ethereal dances,

   By what eternal streams. 
Susan Hiller, Dedicated to the Unknown Artists, (1972-1976)
305 postcards, charts, maps, one book, one dossier, mounted on 14 panels





Carolee Schneemann,
Water Light/Water Needle, (1966)

'Venice dazzlingly situated the reversible figure and ground, water and sky, light and shadow, solidity and transparency. "This mirroring of water and sky introduced my visual concept of bodies moving within an anti-gravitational frame." A sensation of floating and suspension provoked Schneemann's imagery of layered ropes on which performers seemed to be 'rising out of' rather than 'being upon' actual space.



'Schneemann saw the ropes as "flesh extensions"...'


'Suspended above the audience, the arrangement of the ropes still mirrored that of Schneemanns visions in Venice, and on adjoining pulleys, were 'clouds'; large orbs of paper and plastic filled with lights...'


http://www.halesgallery.com/exhibitions/60/installation_shots/


Film still from  Beautiful Girl Montage: Singin' in the Rain




Shoes on the Danube Promenade Memorial, Budapest

Thursday, 13 February 2014

Silhouette


The arts of both painting and sculpture derived from one woman’s simple gesture in tracing a 
line around the shadow of another body


Sunday, 9 February 2014

Festival Series



I am currently working on a series of prints in response to my experiences at the Cambridge Folk Festival, which I have been going to for 23 years.

Flags

Flags, Screen Print (February 2014)

Flags, Three Colour Lino Cut Print (hand burnished), Edition of 10 (2013/14)


 Willow Weaving

Woven Heart, Lino Cut Print, Artists Proof (January 2014)


COMING UP: Watch this space for more prints inspired by CFF, including Diabolo devilry, wristbands through the ages and don't forget to check the message tree!

Interactive Project: Share your Memories of the Cambridge Folk Festival

Alongside a display of artwork inspired by my experiences of the folk festival, I want to hear your stories. This is a unique opportunity to have your stories illustrated and posted online to share with the CFF community.


08.03.2014
Work in Progress: Two colours done, one more to go...



 Artist Proof



Dreaming by the Duck Pond- pretty pleased with this one!





3D Drawing

'Cunning Stunt', Charcoal on paper with polymer varnish
Reece Jones

 'One-Second Drawing (17" 2002) (Time Signature 5:1)'
John Latham

'Float' (1950) Lithograph on Paper
Prunella Clough

'Linear Construction No.1', Perspex and Nylon
Naum Gabo


 
 Marta Lech


'Horizontal Movement' (1963)  
Oil paint on chipboard, nylon thread and iron rod
 Jesus Rafael Soto

'Light Trap' (1965)
Wood, nylon and printed paper
Jesus Rafael Soto

'Physichromie No. 123' (1964) 
Cellulose acetate and wood
Carlos Cruz-Diez
 
'From Drawing into Sculpture' Alina Szapocznikow


 'Hesitate' (1964) Oil paint on canvas
Bridget Riley 

'Untitled' (1963)
Screenprint on paper
 Victor Vasarely

'Untitled' (1971—1972)
Letraset with acrylic
 Mira Schendel

'Little Train'
114 sheets of rice paper and cotton thread
Mira Schendel