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.
