ArtSway Xtra
Welcome to the November 2007 edition of ArtSway Xtra, our programme of additional events and activities to keep you in touch with the artists we work with, contemporary art events in the South East as well as upcoming events at the gallery. I should introduce myself. I'm Jack Lewis, the new Press & Marketing Officer. I've been in post for a couple of weeks now and look forward to seeing you at the gallery soon.
Current Exhibition
Nathaniel Mellors
6 October - 25 November 2007
We are really pleased with The Time Surgeon, the new installation from Nathaniel Mellors. This new work was created while Nathaniel Mellors was artist in residence at ArtSway this year, in a partnership with the Arts Institute at Bournemouth. The Time Surgeon, which is a co-commission with Biennale dÕArt Contemporain de Lyon, features a film-installation in which the central character, ÔThe Time SurgeonÕ, inflicts physical torture upon a tape machine to induce time travel. Nathaniel is know for his ad-hoc sculpture, psychedelic theatre and absurdist, satirical films which target the question of who controls language.
Gallery Talk: Art in Context (Film)Thursday 25 October 2007, 7pm
Jacqueline Furby, Film Lecturer at Southampton Solent University and editor of Screen Methods: Comparative Readings in Film Studies (with Karen Randell) will discuss the way film makers have approached the subject of time and time travelling in cinema. FREE. Booking Essential.
Gallery Talk: Sally O'Reilly and Nathaniel Mellors
Saturday 10 November 2007, 3pm
Nathaniel Mellors will discuss The Time Surgeon, his ArtSway residency and the new publication B.OK with Sally O'Reilly, freelance writer and critic and editor of Implacasphere. FREE. Booking Essential.
Next exhibition at ArtSway:
Nathaniel Mellors, The Time Surgeon, 2007.
8 December 2007- 9 February 2008
(Gallery closed: 20.12.07-07.01.2008)Our ever popular annual Open exhibition comes around again. It is a now nationally and internationally recognised event open to applications from all artists, regardless as to the current stage of their career.
Last yearÕs Open was won by Hampshire based sculptor Joel Papps. His exhibition, goodpastures, took place at ArtSway during the summer of 2007, to great acclaim. Many visitors commented that his work, which explored a debilitating illness that affected the artist in 2000, and after which his exhibition was named, was an intriguing success. JoelÕs exhibition was given a positive review in the October 2007 issue of Art Monthly.
Joel has been invited back to ArtSway as one of four members of the selection panel along with ArtSwayÕs Director, Mark Segal, and Curator of Exhibitions and Education, Peter Bonnell. Maintaining ArtSwayÕs strong links with the Milton Keynes Gallery, Director Michael Stanley is also present on the board.
Gallery Talk: Saturday 26 January, 2pm
Join ArtSway Director Mark Segal and Curator Peter Bonnell for a tour of the exhibition and the all important winner announcement. Free, All Welcome.Portfolio Day: Friday 14 December, 10am - 4pm
Ten half-hour slots for artists from all backgrounds for critiques, portfolio reviewsand career advice with Director Mark Segal and Curator Peter Bonnell. Contact Melinda on 01590 682260 x 11 or email melinda@artsway.org.uk to book your slot.
Cost: £5 per person, booking essential.Open Studios: Saturday 8 December, 12pm - 5pm
Come and visit ArtSway's studio artists, and talk to them about their work, or perhaps find a one of a kind gift for a loved-one. Free, All Welcome.The Open07 Exhibition is sponsored by Lasmars Accountants of Lymington.
Artist News:
Artist in Residence
Our new ArtSway artist in residence is Hannah Maybank. Hannah will be onsite for the next 2 months and will be working on a number of new pieces for her 2008 ArtSway exhibition. Hannah is a fine artist who works in a variety of mediums - arcylic and latex layered canvases combined to create subtle, naturalistic works. On closer investigation, these paintings reveal networks of patterns and textures, contrasting colours and moods individual to the piece.
Hannah was born in Stafford in 1974 and is a graduate of the Royal College of Art She has had a number of successful exhibitions across the UK, most recently at the Royal Academy Summer Show this year.
Hannah will be doing a meet and greet at ArtSway on Tuesday 30th October at 6:30pm. Please feel free to come along and learn more about the artist and her work.
For more information about Hannah and further images of her work please visit: www.gimpelfils.com/artists.php
Hannah Maybank
Dust Cover No.1
Image courtesy of Gimpel Fils
Simon Faithfull
Simon Faithfull is currently exhibiting at the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, Ireland as part of the ‘[C]artography: Map-Making as Artform’ show. Simon is one of a number of contributing artists, including Frank Bowling, Stephen Brandes and Turner-Prize winner, Grayson Perry.
The show seeks to explore the techniques and styles of early map-makers as well as focusing on contemporary artists who use mapping methodologies in their art practice. This is an extremely ambitious exhibition and sees numerous artists coming together to create a unique approach to a very-different artistic show. The earliest map in the exhibition is from 1842, sitting alongside computer digital maps, to produce a dichotomy of cartographic practice and a representation of an ever-changing world in a highly prevalent medium.
The exhibition is on until 10 November 2007 www.crawfordartgallery.com
Additionally, Simon's official website can be found at www.simonfaithfull.org
'Escape Vehicle No.6' Artist's Airshow, Farnborough, 2004
Alistair Gentry
Another ArtSway Associate, Alistair Gentry, is currently undertaking a residency programme at He Xiangning Art Museum's Contemporary Art Terminal (OCAT) in Shenzhen, China. Alistair is making a short-film strongly influenced by the setting and Chinese culture.
OCT Contemporary Art Terminal( OCAT) of He Xiangning Art Museum is founded in 2005. It is unique in being the first contemporary art institution to be established in association with, and administered by, a State-owned art museum in China and the first to be opened outside of Beijing.
The film, speculatively titled, 'Video with National Characteristics', is based around the city of Schenzen's equivalent of many of China's domestic attractions and replications that have ensued of neighbouring Hong Kong. Shenzhen is the Chinese government's attempt at making a copy of Hong Kong. Focusing on numerous elements of the corruption in China and the poor conditions many residents face, the film includes footage of the many amusement parks in Shenzen (based on a copy of Hong Kong's 'Disneyland) as well as the 'citadels' of the super-rich which seemlessly overlook the smoking factories and seas of workers inhabitating these industrial plants. The video aims to highlight the plight of China against it's more powerful, financially-superior neighbour and the nationalistic tendencies that are present. With the upcoming 2008 Olympics to be held in Beijing, China is a divided country in terms of wealth, living conditions and future opportunities. This film goes about shedding light on this known, but not often stated, fact.
Alistair is looking for places in Hong Kong to show the finished work as well as UK arena's on his return. We look forward to seeing the final result of this interesting and subversive piece.
For more information on Alistair's work please go to www.alistairgentry.demon.co.uk
Residency space at OCT Contemporary Art Terminal (OCAT) of He Xiangning Art Museum
Anna Best
London-based artist Anna Best has this year been involved with the Barbican Centre. As part of its 25th Birthday programme, Barbican Art Gallery commissioned Anna in June 2007 to work within the unique context of the Barbican Estate generating 'a project within a project'. Based around the collision of private, residential and public space that is very particular to the Barbican arena, Best based a number of images inspired by the landscape of this bustling estate.
'The Sticky Silver Track' can be seen at www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=5636 and on Anna's website www.annabest.info
Anna Best,
'The Sticky Silver Track' Barbican, June 2007
Charlie Murphy
Charlie has been working hard on the continuing progress of her 'Salute' project. Salute is a performance staged in the rigging of Tall Ships, which transforms a maritime peace gesture from the age of sail of 'Manning the Yards' into flamboyant visual theatre. The event is in development for presentation in Liverpool, London and Portsmouth and depending on success may be toured to other historic docks and quaysides in the UK and Internationally. The project is funded by ArtSway and numerous additional partners.
Please see Charlie's website for further details www.charliemurphy.co.uk
Charlie Murphy
'Salute' Live art event
2004- ongoing
Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva
Eplida is currently working on a residency at the Galerie Ateliers L'H Du Siege in Valenciennes, France. Some people may remember her Butter Wall here at ArtSway in 2000. She is now planning a work using Tripe, which is challenging the French organisers of her show. The exhibition is scheduled for early next year (12 January - 24 February 2008). More information here: www.hdusiege.org and here: www.elpihv.co.uk
Galerie Ateliers L'H Du Siege in Valenciennes, France.
Other News
We are really excited that Gayle Chong Kwan has just confirmed an ACE funded touring exhibition with ArtSway (along with mac, Birmingham; Adventure Ecology, London and Cittadellarte, Fondazione Pistoletto, Itlay) for early 2009. Gayle's practice features elements of photography, video, installation and performance and is often sited outside of conventional gallery spaces. This enables the audience to physically engage with the work and take upon themselves the undergo a 'unique experience'.
Gayle is a really exciting artist and more on her work can be found here: www.axisweb.org/artist/gaylechongkwan
Gayle Chong Kwan
'Babel', 2004.
Image courtesy of Autograph ABP.
If you have any questions about ArtSway Xtra, ArtSway, or the artists that we work with, please contact Jack Lewis on 01590 682260 x 16 or email jack.lewis@artsway.org.uk
Best wishes and look forward to seeing you in the gallery soon
Jack Lewis
Marketing & Press Officer
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