Just doing a little Artist research for my degree file and found a link to Trent Bell's Reflect project. Really striking portraits that go beyond the surface.
You might also be interested in this link to vimeo which explains the project a little better than I can:
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I had a really interesting morning visiting exhibitions around Park Street in Bristol. Its a really good and manageable route. Started at the RWA which has a few exhibitions on at the moment but my vote definitely went to their 'Oneself as Another' exhibition especially Brook and Black's video installation 'Self Portrait'. I sometime struggle to engage with video installations but I was mesmerised by the two faces interacting as they painted around their image on the camera lens (there is a photo below). After this I went into Bristol Museum's 'City Lives' which unfortunately finishes this weekend. Once again another really interesting video installation by Akram Zaatari, there is a photo but it was really difficult to get a good angle on the installation which has two videos, cabinets and a projector.
Had a really good day today teaching memory drawings to Severnside Art Club with my friend Clare Thatcher.
Quite a few people turned up and we had an enjoyable afternoon. Surprisingly I hadn't realised how much this workshop would be linked to my current animation project (more on that soon), its made me think of all those precious memories as pieces of social history that need to be saved. I don't know about a degree project I think this could be a life's work. I am hoping to get permission from Severnside Art Club to post a few pictures here soon. I was very kindly invited to Thornbury Art Club today to give a little talk about my practice and teach a memory drawing workshop with my friend and painter Clare Thatcher.
Thornbury Art Club were very welcoming and I feel we all learnt something from the day. Clare and I will be going to Severnside Art Club next month so we will see how Memory Drawings II is received Preview night of the 'Pause in the Noise' Exhibition at the Grant Bradley Gallery in Bedminster, Bristol. I was lucky enough to be asked to join the Uphill Artists which was a great experience. Here is a photo of some of my prints. I am very pleased to tell you that I have had one of my mezzotint prints 'Woods' selected for the Royal West of England Academy's 161st Open Exhibition, a real privilege. Here is a photo of the very wall where my print is hanging although its hard to get much detail when there are so many amazing works and so many visitors as you can see from the photo below. |
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