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The Grand Plasto-Baader-Books
I am honored that FUEL and COMFORT were selected to be a part of this exhibition first: a group show dedicated to unique artists’ books.
The exhibition will bring to life ‘the aftermath of an accident between a trolley car and a newspaper kiosk', recalling Maud Lavin’s description of Johannes Baader’s original exhibition Das Grosse Plasto-Dio-Dada-Drama. Drawing inspiration from Baader’s original architectural feat, fifty pieces have been selected for their originality and conceptual response to the traditional book form. KALEID curator Deeqa Ismail challenges the viewer to consider not what a book is but what a book can be.
Press release (including exhibition highlights) here
Private View: Tuesday 1st December, 6-9pm
Show runs: 2-24 December 2009
KALEID editions
Unit 2, 23-25 Redchurch Street
Shoreditch, London E2 7DH
Wednesday to Saturday 12-7pm
Late night Thursdays and informal Sundays
www.kaleideditions.com
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I'm lucky enough to be rubbing shoulders with the likes of Don Binney and Don Driver in the end of year group show at the Arthouse: Festive
Make sure you stop by if you missed out on seeing Late Night Litho last month.
Exhibition runs: 25 November - 22 December 2009
The Arthouse
62 Gloucester Street
Christchurch, New Zealand
Monday to Friday 12 - 6pm
Saturday and Sunday 12 - 5pm
www.thearthouse.co.nz
The medium for this year's Christmas show at Seed is a 90mm wooden hoop. I decided to work with a mixture of acrylic, printed fabric additions and just a touch of resin. The result: 'Pfaffing Around' (an ode to the stunning work of Judy Pfaff)
Hoopla!
30 artists, 300 artworks, priced at $60 each.
Preview: 26 November 6-8pm
Exhibition runs: 27 November - 13 December 2009
To view all 300 works on the Seed Gallery website, click here
Seed Gallery
13A Crowhurst Street, Newmarket
Auckland, New Zealand
Tuesday to Friday 10 - 5pm
Saturday and Sunday 10 - 4pm
www.seedgallery.co.nz
Finally, a show in my hometown! Don't miss out on your chance to see my latest body of work created in Amsterdam and Belgium at the Arthouse.
View all works on the Arthouse website here
I'm sharing the gallery with Caroline McQuarrie who is showing photographic pieces mixed with intricate crochet work: Kindle
Late Night Litho
Opening Wednesday 14 October, 5:30pm
Show runs: 14 October - 1 November 2009
The Arthouse
62 Gloucester Street
Christchurch, New Zealand
www.thearthouse.co.nz
I am super excited to have the SAHT selected as a finalist in the 2009 Wallace Art Awards. After a long journey across the world from Amsterdam to Auckland, I just hope it’s still fresh and tasty!
The exhibition details are as follows:
Salon des Refusés
The James Wallace Arts Trust Gallery
305 Queen Street, Auckland
8 September - 2 October 2009
10 – 4 Monday - Saturday
For more information about the awards including the winners, check out the James Wallace Trust website.
Image kindly courtesy of Arjan van Hasselt (touring photographer)
My third residency at theFrans Masereel Centrum has sadly come to an end. After three weeks of intense printing and sewing (with the odd forest jog and pony-feeding session thrown in), I have completed two books as well as a last-minute experimental litho project! Check out recent work for images and descriptions. Enjoy!
I'm back in Kasterlee soaking up the glorious sounds and smells of summer in the Belgian countryside.
This is my third residency at the Frans Masereel Centrum after visiting in 2005 and 2008. I'm certainly making the most of their top-notch facilities as well as the chance to work uninterupted for three weeks. Time in the studio is broken only by meals and the occasional evening jog amongst the cornfields. Pure bliss!
I've set myself the goal of creating 2 artist books during my stay - heavy going to say the least! But, you know me - I'm only happy when I'm fully absorbed in an intense project ;-)
As you can see, I'm not giving too much away regarding content or materials - just these two words: Disco Paper! Watch this space for the results in September.
Did you know there are 7 different kinds of grains in Euro Shopper muesli? Not forgetting those tasty banana flakes and pesky raisons...
I'm literally a whingeing mess if I miss my daily museli fix. Sad, I know. I like mine microwaved with soya milk, sliced granny smith apple and orange and lastly, just a wee dollop of yoghurt. How bout you?
Our morning muesli preparation routine is an art form in itself and it was high time this extreme fibre dependence warranted closer inspection.
As a natural development from my SAHT soft sculpture, it made sense to create an over-sized bowl of muesli (just the way I like it!)
The scale is 30:1, so we're talking MASSIVE muesli grains. The printing is done, and this is just a wee taster for now. Time for me to get munching...er....sewing ;-)
My latest work goes on show this month at Seed Gallery.
Expect to enjoy some Flat-Packed Tomatoes not to mention some seriously tasty Comfort Food.
20 May - 7 June 2009
preview Tuesday 19 May 6-8pm
Seed Gallery
23 Crowhurst Street
Newmarket
Auckland, NZ
For more information on the show check out www.seedgallery.co.nz
I am absolutely chuffed to have Zaterdag selected from close to 400 entries as a finalist in the 2009 COCA Anthony Harper Contemporary Art Award.
The winner will be announced at the exhibition opening Tuesday 12th May at 5.30pm at COCA Gallery in Christchurch, New Zealand. The judge is arts consultant, author and ‘cultural curmudgeon’ Hamish Keith.
All friends and whanau are welcome at the opening, so please feel free pop by and check it out!
Warwick Brown's latest book profiles his favourite 100 New Zealand artists who have come to notice since 2000. It is written as a guide for art collectors and investors and includes four pages on each artist.
I am honored to be featured in seen this century which is being launched by Random House on April 16, 2009.
I'm currently finishing off a large piece of soft sculpture as well as a printed silk double-sided screen for this group show in Amsterdam...
"Wie is dat?" / “Who is that?”
Group Exhibition Showcasing Printmaking from Outside the Netherlands
Featuring:
Karen Anthony (UK): etching + aquatint
Janna van Hasselt (NZ): silkscreen + lithography
Masha Trebukova (Russia): carborundum printing
Susan Corke (UK): monoprint + silkscreen
Christina Hallström (Sweden): video + silkscreen
Bianca de Góes (Brazil): woodcut + tarlatan embroidery
Open Afternoon: Friday 24 April, 1-5pm
Opening: Friday 24 April, 5-8pm
Show Dates: 24 April until 22 May
Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier (AGA)
Laurierstraat 109
1016 PL Amsterdam
www.amsterdamsgrafischatelier.nl
info@amsterdamsgrafischatelier.nl
+31 (0)20 6252186
If you're in London or Dublin, check out my latest work in these fabulous galleries who specialise in printmaking:
Printroom
16 Perrins Court, Hampstead
London NW3 1QS, UK
www.printroomlondon.com
Original Print Gallery
4 Temple Bar
Dublin 2, Ireland
www.originalprint.ie
The 7th British International Mini Print Exhibition (featuring my Printje: Speculaasje) opens at London Print Studio Thursday March 26 at 6:30pm.
The show will then tour through various venues in the UK throughout 2009.
24th April to 24th May 2009: Ropewalk Gallery, Barton on Humber
13th June to 25th July 2009: Melton Library Art Gallery, Leicestershire
8th August to 26th September 2009: Aberystwyth Arts Centre
9th October to 6th November 2009: Grampian Hospital Arts Trust, Aberdeen
13th November to 24th December 2009: Gracefields Arts Centre, Dumfries
Pop by if you're in the area :)
Bertha has had her 3 weeks in the spotlight in the AGA passage. Big thanks to all those who have visited and commented on her colossal length and intensity of colour and imagery.
For more images of the installation and opening, check out Recent Work. Special mention to Paul Stephenson who has provided some superb photographs - thanks Paul!
Big Bertha is almost ready to be installed!
She is printed on cotton bought in Antwerpen and worked on intermittently over the course of a year in: Kasterlee (Frans Masereel Centrum), Amsterdam (Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier) and London (East London Printmakers)
If you're in or near Amsterdam I'd love to see you!
De Passage van het AGA
Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier
Laurierstraat 109, 1016 PL Amsterdam
20/02 – 12/03
Opening Vrijdag 20/02 om 16:00
Expositie open 9:00 – 17:00 op werkdagen
Big Bertha is getting some special attention once again. This time she's being treated to a 'sticky' textile printing table and nice new inks.
I have just under a month to complete this 15m work which was started in Belgium a year ago. It will be installed in 'de passage van het AGA' (otherwise known as the long gallery space at AGA) for three weeks from February 20.
The show is appropriately entitled: "Is this big enough Simon?" referencing my fine art lecturer. Nothing was ever big enough for Simon Ogden!
Time for me to get printing....hope you've enjoyed the sneak preview :)
My latest series of prints on paper are now ready! They were printed at AGA using a mixture of lithography and silkscreen. Each print is part of an edition of 4-6 and features 10 or more layers in intensely tasty hues.
Some say they look good enough to eat...you be the judge! Check out the 6 new Delushious prints here
I submitted three prints for the 7th British International Mini Print Exhibition, and Speculaasje has been selected!
200 prints have been chosen from over 1000 submitted by 420 artists representing 25 countries. The exhibition will begin its UK and European tour at the London Print Studio in March 2009.
I'm super excited to have my favourite of three Printjes selected! Good ole Speculaasje...heel lekker :)
That's right - Big Bertha has made the move from London to Amsterdam and she's ready to be completed, stretched and exhibited.
Anyone interested in purchasing a 15 metre work of art?!
She got a brief airing when we had some London friends over one evening...
I have found a job in Amsterdam which is on the same straat as AGA (my printing atelier) This means I am able to keep my creative juices flowing whilst working full time...These past weeks I've been spending my hour-long lunch break printing!
These mini prints, or ''printjes'' are for the 7th British International Mini Print Exhibition which will begn its tour in early 2009. Fingers crossed I am selected!
I've enjoyed working on a much smaller scale and have pushed the limits of lithography with a slow build up of 6-7 layers of colour on each image.
Working on paper again had its challenges, but I thoroughly enjoyed the change of scale not to mention the ''speed printing'' sessions :)
Check the printjes out for yourself here
Harley and I spent an hour on an autumnal Zaterdag morning arranging een euro cent pieces according to Stefan Sagmeister's florally embellished typographic plan.
For more images and information about the design project, check out the Urban Play blog here
I have just started my year long membership at Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier!
It is a joy to be drawing on stones again - and the mechanical grinder here shaves hours off stone preparation time. Talk about a lithographers heaven!
Currently I'm creating a series of works on paper using heavily layered silkscreen and litho printing. Its a new step for me to be printing on paper, and also editioning (edition size :8)
I'm also experimenting with printing on the silk I bought in Thailand recently....
Watch this space for updates!
I have just spent a week at Hovinkartano Art Centre (near Hauho in Finland) for an Artist's Symposium. Harley and I worked and lived together with 13 artists from across the globe, and produced three works for exhibition in the Centre.
The pressure was on to complete 3 large paintings in just one week, with many gallery outings, social events and sauna visits thrown into the mix! It was inspiring to be surrounded by such a diverse range of techniques and working methods, not to mention a variety of European languages and styles of hilarity
I won't miss the huge Finnish mosquitoes and lack of flushing toilets but I am already missing Riita's home cooking and the beautiful Hauho evenings.
Kiitos!!
If you're in Auckland, don't forget to check out my third annual solo show: Make Yourself at Home
Seed Gallery
23A Crowhurst Street
Newmarket
Preview 22 July 6-8pm
Exhibition Runs 23 July - 10 August
go to www.seedgallery.co.nz for more details
After years of planning and hard work...my web designer Harley has come up with the goods - and wasn't it worth waiting for?!! We're both very excited about it (as you can see!)
Enjoy navigating and let me know what you think :)
Click here for more examples of Harley's work.
I have been awarded a residency at East London Printmakers in Hackney till mid-July and am working on an ambitious 15 metre print project lovingly coined 'Big Bertha'.
I have access to a wonderful silkscreen fabric printing table and am meeting a diverse group of London Printmakers.