Over the past 2 months I have visited some fantastic exhibitions: 'Buy Art Fair', Manchester, 'Great Northern Contemporaray Craft Fair', Manchester, 'Artist & Designer Fair', Buxton, 'Handmade - Contemporary Craft Fair', Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford, 'Contemporary Open, 'Unit Twelve, Tixall & 'The First Cut', Manchester.
Below are some of my favourite pieces from the work seen and links to some of the artists in the shows...just in case you want to investigate further!
The First Cut
Manchester Art Gallery.
Friday 5 October 2012 - Sunday 27 January 2013
This is a fantastic exhibition; 31 international artists who cut, sculpt and manipulate paper. the work is so varied in scale from a piece that is barely 2 cm's in height to a piece that you walk through. Its incredible the range of work the artists have produced from a humble piece of paper...in its purest form to using books, paper bags, printed materials...really exciting and experimental work.
There are giant sculptures inspired by far away galaxies that spiral from the wall, you can explore a walk-through forest of paper trees and marvel at miniature worlds that explode from vintage staple boxes or emerge from the page of a book.
Flocks of birds and butterflies cut from maps appear alongside artworks that feature dark fairytale imagery. Guns and grenades fashioned from paper currency and sinister silhouettes comment on social, political and economic issues. Would recommend anyone to go to visit this exhibition.
There are giant sculptures inspired by far away galaxies that spiral from the wall, you can explore a walk-through forest of paper trees and marvel at miniature worlds that explode from vintage staple boxes or emerge from the page of a book.
Flocks of birds and butterflies cut from maps appear alongside artworks that feature dark fairytale imagery. Guns and grenades fashioned from paper currency and sinister silhouettes comment on social, political and economic issues. Would recommend anyone to go to visit this exhibition.
www.manchestergalleries.org/whats-on/exhibitions/index.php?itemID=92
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| Claire Brewster Any one who is interested in working with paper or in just seeing what can be done to be inspired follow the links below to discover the exhibiting artists websites. |
www.poppysebire.com/artists/James_Aldridge.htm
www.davidrisleygallery.com/aldridgecv.htm
Noriko Ambe
www.norikoambe.com/index.html
Andersen M Studiowww.andersenm.com
www.itsnicethat.com/articles/andersen-m-studio-and-ddb-london-star-alliance
Su Blackwell
www.sublackwell.co.uk
Sarah Bridgland
www.sarahbridgland.com
Claire Brewster
clairebrewster.co.uk
Peter Callesen
www.petercallesen.com/
Laura Cooperman
lauracooperman.com/gallery/index.php?page=list-image&album=17
Béatrice Coron
www.beatricecoron.com
Susan Cutts
www.susancutts.com
Nicola Dale
nicoladale.wordpress.com
Andrea Dezsö
www.andreadezso.com
www.andreadezso.com
Tom Gallant
www.tom-gallant.com
Manabu Hangai
www.gallerygen.com/index.html
www.hangais.com/art_web/eng/e_frame/f_set.htm
Chris Jones
http://chrisandrewjones.com
www.marcstraus.com/artist/chrisjones/index.html
www.galerie8.co.uk/cat/artists/gallery-artists/artists/gallery-artists/jones-chris/
Chris Kenny www.englandgallery.com/artist_group.php?mainId=51
Andreas Kocks
www.andreaskocks.com/
info@fath-contemporary.de
Elisabeth Lecourt
www.elisabethlecourt.com/
www.fairfaxgallery.com/Elisabeth%20Lecourt.htm
Emma Van Leest
www.emmavanleest.com/home
Long-Bin Chen
long-bin.com
Violise Lunn
www.violise.dk
Andrea Mastrovito
www.andreamastrovito.com
Mia Pearlmanmiapearlman.com
momaps1.org/studio-visit/artist/mia-pearlman
Abigail Reynolds
www.abigailreynolds.com/
www.seventeengallery.com/?p=2&id=84
Georgia Russellwww.englandgallery.com/artist_bio.php?mainId=32
Rob Ryan
www.misterrob.co.uk
rob-ryan.blogspot.co.uk
Andrew Singleton andysingleton.co.uk/
Justine Smithwww.justinesmith.net/
Susan Stockwell
www.susanstockwell.co.uk
Yuken Teruya
www.yukenteruyastudio.com/
www.houldsworth.co.uk/artists
Kara Walkersikkemajenkinsco.com/karawalker.html
learn.walkerart.org/karawalker
www.moma.org/interactives/projects/1999/conversations/kw_f.html
HANDMADE
SHIREHALL GALLERY, STAFFORD
I visited this exhibition at the Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford with a dual purpose, one to look at the work and two to hopefully find designers for our own Contemporary Artist & Designer fair. The work was really professional, a wide range of disciplines, some amazing pieces. I spoke to lots of designers about their work. My favourites were onmypinna, beautiful stitched textiles using old fabrics and linens, even bought a piece of work, sadly not for me but a friend in Australia. Also really liked the work of Alys Power, jewellery made out of old watch faces. Found many designers to contact for our Contemporary Artist & Designer fair.
....take at look at the work of the exhibitors to inspire you
2012 Exhibitors
Helen Russell - Ceramics
Diana Morrison - Contemporary Fashion accessories
Hollie Caley - Fine Art embroidered textiles
Alice Gow - Silver & Aluminium Jewellery
Alys Power - Recycled Jewellery
Jo Hearn - Ceramic wall pieces & jewellery
Kirsty Shaw - Lighting
Kim Bramley - Kiln formed Glass
Susan Hill - Handcrafted Silver Jewellery
Alix Swan - Textiles/Paper
Lauren Crawford - Handwoven Textiles
Jennifer Kidd - Jewellery & Silverware
Lisa Henderson - Painting & photography
Dilyana Evtimova - Contemporary Silver Jewellery
Mark Uttley - Handcrafted Wooden toys
John Cruttenden - Contemporary Photography
Janet Wass - Contemporary Jewellery
Lyn Cooke - Silver & Silk Jewellery
Danielle Taylor - Handmade textiles and gifts
Julia Ann Davenport - Jewellery
Judith Brown - Handstitched wire Jewellery with vintage haberdashery
Contemporary Craft Open Exhibition
1st Nov - 25th Nov 2012
After the 'Handmade' exhibition at Shirehall I went straight on to another great exhibition of work at 'Unit Twelve', Jennifer Colliers wonderful gallery. The exhibition showcased the best in contemporary craft, from both amateur and professional, and was selected by Madebyhandonline and Craftspace. Again found more designers to contact for our fair...hope they can be part of ours!
The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Spinningfields, Manchester
4th - 7th October
This is one of my favourite shows of the year to visit. Its wonderful to have a show as this in 'the North' rivalling 'Origin', London. We took the Foundation Degree in Contemporary Art Practice year 1 students and they were overwhelmed by the work. There's so much to see you don't know where to begin and then when youve finally worked out a plan of action and start to look you just wish you had loads of money so you could actually buy the work rather than just covet it...one day, one day!
The GNCCF showcases cutting edge contemporary craft to buy from over 150 selected designer-makers in ceramics, glass, jewellery, interior and fashion textiles, wood, paper, silver, metal, product design, print-making and more.
My favourites were Julia Jowletts metal work, Ruth Greens prints and Katherine Richmonds jewellery
Ruth Green Julia Jowlett Katherine Richmond
BUY ART FAIR,
Spinningfields, Manchester
27 - 30 September
The Buy Art fair is a fantastic show at Spinningfields in Manchester. An amazing collection of inspirational work really making you want to buy loads of work and then go home and start being creative yourself! So many talented artists were there. I spoke to several gallery owners & artists who said selling was difficult now with the financial situation at present in the UK but that people do still buy art which was good to hear as we continue to encourage our students to become artists & designers.
Some favourite artists:
Elizabeth Magill
www.atelierrosegray.co.uk/blue-hold/
www.artnet.com/artists/elizabeth-magill/
If I could have left the Buy Art Fair with one piece of work it would have been this piece 'Blue Hold' by Elizabeth Magill, so beautiful (was £1,080 so just a smidge out of my budget!) A lithograph consisting of 9 colour plates, the layers and marks were fantastic.
Anna Marrow
www.gasgallery.co.uk/collections/anna-marrow
Beautiful prints with bold splashes of colour & delicate hand-drawn lines, scraps of text and collages of photographic imagery. Her works are hand-printed screen prints- which are often hand finished with delicate touches of glitter, water colour, acrylic and freehand drawing.
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Freya Cummings www.freyacumming.co.uk/ & freyajanecumming.blogspot.co.uk/ I love her quirky prints and the use of colour and imagery in her screen prints   | |
Charlotte Cornish www.charlottecornish.co.uk/ Really exciting and vibrant paintings and hand-made prints which are bold, vibrant abstract works, exploring the relationship between colour and emotion. Her work is greatly influenced by her travels around the world to places such as Macau and Mexico.    |
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