Welcome to the July issue of ArtSway Xtra, an e-newsletter containing information about the gallery, as well as the artists we work with and their activities. ArtSway Xtra offers you a deeper experience of contemporary visual arts, keeping you up-to-date with the artists we are working with on a regular basis as well as our ArtSway Xtra events and our own gallery exhibitions and events.
Dinu Li
Dinu Li's exhibition Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is Mystery, opens at QUAD, Derby, on 3rd July (3 July Ð 5 September 2010) and features past, recent as well as newly commissioned works by QUAD. Li’s new commission, Crescendo (2010), a performance-based video drawing attention to the tension between state-funded propaganda and self-initiated protests, will be shown alongside his new series of photographs, Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is Mystery (2010) and Family Village (2009). This exhibition is a continuation of Li’s research into the structures defining contemporary China’s cultural development.
Image right: Dinu Li, Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is Mystery, 2010, digital C-Type. Courtesy the artist.
Simon Faithfull
Simon Faithfull will be spending his summer taking part in an underwater residency at Sub-Art, a project located in Croatia developed by Ivan Dekovic which includes an underwater museum and residencies for international artist across the year. Simon is planning on experimenting and making underwater work. He is also participating in a couple of international group exhibitions, including Spatial City: An Architecture of Idealism, Hyde Park Art Centre, Chicago (2 May - 8 August 2010) and WEISS. Ice / White, Kunst im Schloss Untergršningen, Germany (9 May - 19 September 2010).
Image right: Simon Faithfull, 0 o 00 Navigation, 2008. Super 8/video. Courtesy the artist.
Emilia Telese
We’re delighted to announce that Emilia Telese’s proposal for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad’s Open Weekend has been accepted and will be taking place in Sway on Saturday 24 July 2010, 2pm - 4pm. Emilia will be leading a participatory sightless walk around the New Forest titled ‘Four Senses’, to explore the sounds and smells of the New Forest. Participants will be asked to wear a blindfold and will be accompanied by ornithologists, perfumers, food and plant experts taking them on a journey in the realm of the senses. If you would like to participate in this Cultural Olympiad event, please book your place by calling us on (01590) 682260. For detailed information on the project click here.
boredomresearch
boredomresearch are currently taking part in a number of different group shows across Europe, including the MAXXI National Museum in Rome and the Royal Botanic gardens in Edinburgh, where they recently delivered a presentation on their work as part of the British Council Symposium. The symposium formed part of the programme for the group exhibition On the Edge of the World (14 May Ð 18 July 2010), which is part of the British Council’s initiated Darwin Now program. You can view the presentation given by boredomresearch here and follow the exhibition’s blog here
Image right: boredomresearch, A Whirlygig Study, 2010. Courtesy the artists.
Charlie Murphy
Charlie Murphy’s evocative love story, To Kiss A Sailor, developed as a performance for Liverpool’s On the Waterfront Festival will be showcased during the weekend of 16 - 18 July 2010 in the form of a groundbreaking aerial spectacle performed on a Tall Ship, and will explore the romance and hardships experienced by those touched by life at sea. Charlie has spent the last few weeks choreographing, liaising with aerialists and riggers, and making costumes for this aerial spectacular! For more information please see Charlie's website.
New Exhibition Opening this Saturday!
3 July - 30 August 2010
Exhibiting Artists:
Emily Allchurch, Ronnie Close, Andrew Cross, Michelle Deignan,
Sarah Dobai, Rachel Goodyear, Jock Mooney, Kirk Palmer
ArtSway presents Based on a True Story, an exhibition featuring artists whose work explores the varying levels of reality and fiction that shapes and informs our collective experiences and shared histories.
Kirk Palmer, Hiroshima (film still), S16mm film, 2007.
Courtesy of the artist.
A common definition of the term ÔBased on a True StoryÕ is a cinematic one Ð a catchall subtitle that precedes the opening credits of, for example, a biographical film. It is a title that, although referring to Ôactual eventsÕ, subtly suggests that these so-called Ôbased onÕ events are being manipulated purely for enhanced dramatic effect. Similarly, in political circles and the media (particularly newspapers), an equivalent term to ÔBased on a True StoryÕ is the modern day concept and usage of ÔspinÕ Ð the perceived massaging of information and facts for political advantage.
Preview and Publication Launch
Saturday 3 July 2010, 2pm - 5pm
ArtSway Director Mark Segal will give an official welcome at 3pm, followed by the launch of a publication featuring works by all the artists in the Based on a True Story. FREE: All Welcome.
More information and a full list of events can be found here
Emily Allchurch, Urban Chiaroscuro No.2, London
(after Piranesi), 2008. Courtesy of the artist.
Dolly Thompsett
New Paintings
11 September - 7 November 2010
Dolly Thompsett was the winner of ArtSway Open 09. She creates intricate, tablet-like paintings by building up layers of paint interspersed with glassy resin laminates that allow the image to weave through the surface. Her detailed rendering, mysterious atmospheres and glistening textures allude to the high-gloss of Hollywood movies coupled with the traditions of Romantic painting.
By taking as their starting point photographs of both historical and recent events where ordinary people are overcome by extraordinary circumstances, her epic paintings articulate a moment of transformation or transcendence filtered through the artistÕs reflective subjectivity. Layering together special effects to express a sense of epiphany, each of ThompsettÕs works is rendered intimate through her use of paint, and seductive through her sampling of popular visual culture.
Further information on this exhibition and a full biography of Dolly Thompsett can be found here.
Private View and Gallery Talk: Dolly Thompsett in Conversation with Peter Bonnell
Saturday 11 September 2010 at 3pm
Dolly Thompsett, winner of ArtSway Open 09, will discuss her new series of paintings and inspirations - such as Hollywood film and Romantic art, with ArtSway Curator Peter Bonnell.
FREE: All Welcome.
Dolly Thompsett, Star Flow, 2010, oil, acrylic, spray paint, pencil, onyx powder, glitter, gel on linen. Courtesy of the artist.
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