Andrew Bracey begins his residency at Standpoint
Andrew began on Monday, and is the sixth and final artist for the 2011 programme.
During his residency Andrew will be meeting:
Robin Klassnik
Kate MacGarry
Sacha Craddock
Dave Hoyland
Cathy Lomax
Events:
27 October 2011 12-6pm – presentation of work in progress at Gallery
27 October 6.30-8pm – Andrew Bracey in discussion with guest TBA at Standpoint Gallery
28 October 2011 12-6pm – presentation of work in progress at Standpoint Gallery
Andrew Bracey’s practice hovers on the fringes of painting as it crosses over and expands into installation, sculpture, drawing and animation. He often employs existing material and the readymade as alternatives to the traditional canvas support for painting, to explore contrasting relationships of characteristics found in a variation of medium.
Bracey is intrigued by the visual saturation of contemporary life which is explored through a variety of separate subjects ranging from zoology, cinema and tegestology. His work often reflects how society has re-configured ways of viewing and processing mass-information in a variety of contexts, whilst questioning the role of the individual and the crowd within such changing structures.
During his five week residency at Standpoint Bracey plans to spend time in the National Gallery to develop a new series of gouache paintings on posters that replace the orginal subject with intricate geometric structures.
Bracey graduated with an MA in Fine Art from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2001 and has since exhibited widely in the UK and Europe. He is currently a Senior lecturer in Fine Art at the University of Lincoln and a member of Suite Studio Group in Manchester. Recent solo exhibitions include Animalation, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, 2009; Frames, Mid Pennine Gallery, Burnley, 2007; Freianlage in Supernature, Transition gallery, London, 2007; Freianlage, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, 2007. Recent group exhibitions include Creekside Open selected by Dexter Dalwood, APT Gallery, London, 2011; We Are All in This Together,Bureau, Manchester, 2011; 6 Degrees,The Monks Gallery, Lincoln, 2011; All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy,Burlington Club, Manchester, 2011; A Horse Walks into a Bar, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, 2010; Meanwhile in Manchester, Lombard Method & Grand Union, Birmingham, 2010; Interventions Part 2:Pallet;Palette, The outside walls of Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, The Collection, Lincoln, Cornerhouse, Manchester, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, 2010; Unrealised Potential, Cornerhouse, Manchester, NGCA, Sunderland & Void, Derry, 2010; Global Studio, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, 2010.
Website: www.andrewbracey.co.uk Blog: www.andrewbracey.blogspot.com
Andrew Bracey will also be taking part in The Manchester Contemporary Art Fair with Castlefield Gallery during his residency at Standpoint, on 27-30 October 2011 http://www.themanchestercontemporary.com/node/52
