Archive 2009
Thursday 25 February Artist Ellen Bell will talk about her practice and recent research project that will culminate in an installation at The Chapel Row Gallery, Bath 4 -11 March 2010. Bell’s current work involves the manipulation and re-writing of texts to form drawings and sculptures that trigger thoughts around intimate conversations between men and women. Having studied for degrees in both Theatre Design and Illustration and a Masters in Fine Art, Bell is currently undertaking a practice-based PhD at Dartington College of Arts. Image: Recollections of Marriage (detail) by Ellen Bell. Photograph: Peter Stone This talk takes place in the School Room Silent Conversations
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12 Nov
A talk by Lucy Ward
Pattern Construction, Symmetry and Drawing
Lucy Ward discusses pattern construction in art from a mathematical perspective and in relation to her own work.
Lucy is an associate lecturer at the School of Creative Arts, UWE, Bristol and assistant administrator at Bath Artists' Studios. She has an MA in Drawing from Camberwell College of Art, London, and a BSc(Hons) in Maths and Physics from Bristol University.
2 talks by Karen Wallis as part of selected & rejected (see gallery section)
8 Oct
Part 1 - Personal Choice
How much freedom do people experience when deciding what art they like? How much does received information influence choice? Can you make a choice in front of the artist? These and other questions will form the basis of the first of two open discussions in the gallery, on issues related to the exhibition. In this part of the retrospective of Karen’s work, members of the public are invited to view and curate their personal selection, by deselecting the exhibits they do not wish to include. Bring your opinions and be prepared to argue.
15 Oct
Part 2 - Institutional Choice
How do artists manage the submission process? What is the institutional point of view? What are people’s perceptions of institutional decisions? The second of two discussions in the gallery, on issues related to the exhibition - in which Karen will be displaying recent work, which has been submitted to various institutions, for exhibitions, competitions, residencies and funding opportunities. Alongside her artworks will be documentation of the submission process, including the selection and rejection result plus any costs incurred. Whichever side you are on, come along and have your say.
14 May 2009
Life's Ripped Tapestry - Textile Language in Fine Art Practice
Nicola Donovan will talk through her recent works as well as other practitioners working with textiles or referencing the medium. In particular she will focus on using textiles as ‘mark making' and its relationship to drawing.
Nicola has a BA & MA in Fine Art from Falmouth College of Arts. Her background in Fashion is now used along with visual and cultural language of textiles and dress within her Fine Art Practice. Recent residencies include ‘Addressing Baby' Leamington Spa Museum and Art Gallery and ‘Constraint' Christchurch Mansion Museum, Ipswich. She is also a P/T lecturer in interdisciplinary Textile Design BA level at the University of the West of England.
Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East: A response to the recent exhibition at The Saatchi Gallery by Brian Elwell
Thursday 9 April 2009
Brian Elwell will respond to the recent exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery, which is a major survey of contemporary Middle Eastern painting, sculpture and installation. Using images and the exhibition essay he will intersect with his own thoughts about the show to provide an introduction to the exhibition.
Brian Elwell is a painter at Widcombe Studios. He was formerly employed as a senior lecturer in fine art at Southampton Institute until 1987, and has devoted himself to his painting full time for the past twenty years. Artist Talk: Peter Burke
Thursday 12th March
Peter Burke has been nominated by Caroline Waterlow to speak about his large-scale sculptural works. In particular he will focus on 'HOST' an investigation into possibility of introducing an element of chance into an industrial process, and studio based works.
Central to my work is the idea of a human presence. I feel we have a predisposition to recognise and read the human form with more intensity than any other visual activity. My current work grew out of a desire to make contact with the Western Figurative Tradition but to use means that reflect my environment and experience.
Peter Burke has exhibited at the New Art Centre, Salisbury; Flowers East, London; The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; Cartwright Hall Bradford; Spectrum Gallery, London; ACA Gallery, Munich; and at art fairs in Madrid, Chicago, Basel, and London.
Large scale installations are at the Cass Foundation, Chichester; Woolwich Arsenal, London; the collection of the late Anita Roddick; the collection of Mr and Mrs Douglas, California; the Dyson Research Establishment; The Berardo Collection, Lisbon.
Artist Talk: Paul Brason
Thursday 12th February
"And now for something completely indifferent?"
Paul Brason talked about the rise and the rise of period architecture in and around Bath. His personal journey with an artist's eye view. Paul Brason is a practising artist, member of the RWA and past president of the Royal Society of portrait painters.