Satellite Portflio 2011
Selected by Aid and Abet
On sale at Aid and Abet from 30th September 2011 http://aidandabet.co.uk/
Participating members featured in the first Satellite Portfolio are Dominic Allen, Jo Chapman, Polly Cruse, Nicola Naismith, Kate Parrott, Dominique Rey.
Kate Parrott:
River Bed
A3 screen print with drawing and collage
My works are an exploration of material qualities and the processes involved in making sculpture. The use of the everyday, an element of comedy, and the suggestion of people and figuration (real or otherwise) are all aspects of my work. I enjoy creating works that combine pathos and humour. Longevity, permanence and preciousness are challenged with ideas of collapse, carelessness, and the accidental. Latest works explore the application of colour and the siting of coloured objects, as well as the humanized and theatrical quality of certain objects and compositions. I am also using drawing to inform and develop my sculpture.
This particular drawing is in homage to The River Ouse as it runs through Bedford, and in particular a small island in the middle of it. The island is inaccessible to people and is treated as a wilderness/nature area, and yet at Christmas one year there was a mysterious appearance of a lion, a leopard, and a tiger on the island (sadly, just life-size stuffed toys). This drawing aims to capture some of that surreal magic, minus the animals.
Satellite Portflio 2011
Selected by Aid and Abet
On sale at Aid and Abet from 30th September 2011 http://aidandabet.co.uk/
Participating members featured in the first Satellite Portfolio are Dominic Allen, Jo Chapman, Polly Cruse, Nicola Naismith, Kate Parrott, Dominique Rey.
Nicola Naismith:
Old Mill
A3 hand drawn ink on graph paper
Explorations of hand and digital modes of production, work and manufacturing repeatedly feature in the work of Nicola Naismith as she presents ideas about the changing nature of making and working lives. Most recently she completed a residency at Hethel Engineering Centre where she explored and mapped some of the changes and developments in contemporary engineering from an artist perspective. Naismith views process as practice and integrates contextual research into her projects, she works to commission and self initiated projects.
In this edition Naismith has taken time to reproduce an image thirty seven times by hand using the inconsistencies of pen and ink. Presented on graph paper the work makes reference to precision, only here it is of the hand drawn kind. The Old Miill is an image from the Hethel residency, the machine is situated in the workshop and shares a space with a Computer Numerically Controlled mill which is designed to eliminate human error and the occurrence of variability.
Satellite Portflio 2011
Selected by Aid and Abet
On sale at Aid and Abet from 30th September 2011 http://aidandabet.co.uk/
Participating members featured in the first Satellite Portfolio are Dominic Allen, Jo Chapman, Polly Cruse, Nicola Naismith, Kate Parrott, Dominique Rey.
Polly Cruse:
Dusk Chorus
A3 laser prints of photograph
Polly Cruse articulates the relief of escaping the banality of everyday life through fantasy and daydream. She employs everyday items as a substitute for personal identity, re-constructing and re-contextualising objects and ornaments into hybrid forms. Her photographs capture their moment of dreamt freedom. Cruse references child hood fiction and fantasy for her constructions and her photographs are akin to family snapshots of memorable moments. They use humour to communicate and engage with the imagination of the viewer.
I placed my assembled black music stands in a wide expanse of the Norfolk landscape to photograph their moment of liberty. When placed in a wide rural setting, devoid of people and in the half light of dusk, the stands and their music became crow like, sinister and noisy. The stillness of the evening became menacing. It was at that point that I was told by the land owner that the land was reputed to be inhabited by witches. The resulting image is a curious one which aims to raise questions for the viewer to consider and indulge their fantastical thoughts.
Satellite Portflio 2011
Selected by Aid and Abet
On sale at Aid and Abet from 30th September 2011 http://aidandabet.co.uk/
Participating members featured in the first Satellite Portfolio are Dominic Allen, Jo Chapman, Polly Cruse, Nicola Naismith, Kate Parrott, Dominique Rey.
Jo Chapman:
Lost + Found
A3 monoprint on paper
Jo Chapman is a visual artist who works primarily within the public domain on projects that include public commissions, residencies, collaborative projects, temporary installations and exhibitions. Jo has undertaken public commissions for both external and internal sites, the common denominator in her work is a relevance to the site either physically or contextually and use of use of imagery that explores the effects of time and abandonment. She is interested in the unexpected, the findings on a walk and the discovery of beauty within in the ordinary and the commonplace.
The monoprint drawing is taken from a series of sketches of scenes around the port area of Great Yarmouth. The drawings formed part of the research for a public commission that Jo was undertaking for Brett’s warehouse, a center for young homeless people in Great Yarmouth. The commission was a response to the maritime history of Great Yarmouth which was once a wealthy and thriving port. The drawings explore the theme of loss, a prevalent experience of the time when there were many shipwrecks and sailors going away for a long time maybe never to return.
Satellite Portflio 2011
Selected by Aid and Abet
On sale at Aid and Abet from 30th September 2011 http://aidandabet.co.uk/
Participating members featured in the first Satellite Portfolio are Dominic Allen, Jo Chapman, Polly Cruse, Nicola Naismith, Kate Parrott, Dominique Rey.
Dominic Allan:
The Irresistable Lure of Fatty Gingo
A3 Laser Jet on Paper
My work is about coming from Britain’s crappest town, Luton, but wanting to come from somewhere else. The artwork over the last 12 years ranges from the performative to the hand stitched, from customising dodgem cars (touring archetypal British seaside resorts in costume) to market trader tourette style banners. Lighbox’s advertising the everyman and no-one. A ‘Wankers’ list. LU1 to E1 (Kenilworth Road to Whitechapel Road). Where Britishness is explored then thrown away, pissed on then thrown back up as art. But forever autobiographical. Forever ‘Dominic From Luton.’
2006 and to now. Nothing. No texts. Silence. Chris. Chris to me. Endearment. Grown-up love. Friendship. Unfriendship. Foe. Why? Over a bike. Valuation. ‘YOUR MATES STUPID”. Look at the website and give me a call. For her, not me. A girls bike. Stolen. Lost, left, unloved. Brown wrapping. A big fuck-off bow. Gathering dust. Too big for a one-bed. Too big for a fatty. For her. Not me. Try again. Voicemail. Place of work. Site of worship. Growth. Try again. Text. Try again. Through friends. Why? ‘I DON”T WANT HIM TO DO TO DOM WHAT HE”S DONE TO ALL HIS OTHER FRIENDS’. To her. Silence. Silence. Ignorance is bliss. Cockroaches. Stick insects. Boilers you shouldn’t use. Dirty sleeping-bags. A library to die for. Buddha hair-do’s and naughty pictures of Nicky. A beautiful man. Jasper, Friday nights and gorgeous Gary. Diamond life.
