Greig Burgoyne in Residence at The Centre for Recent Drawing London

As mentioned in my previous post, the Centre for Recent Drawing (C4RD) functions not only as a gallery and resource for contemporary drawing practice, but also supports practitioners through residencies and exhibitions. One such artist is Greig Burgoyne who teaches on the BA Fine Art course at UCA Farnham. Burgoyne has exhibited internationally, developing renown for his wall drawing installations. Vast constellations of drawn images cover entire gallery spaces, creating vectors, tensions, and disturbances as viewers may venture to construct meaning. His residency took place this summer (July and August) accumulating in an exhibition entitled The Thule.

‘The drawing installations have offered me great scope for expression and reflection, but have become perhaps a signature approach. I fear they have allowed my practice to wander too deeply into a semiotic mindset, decapitating concerns of imagery from materiality or how they may exist as drawing. For this residency, I want to be less in the position of stylistic scavenging, composing and reconfiguring imagery, and get closer to a sort of tabular rasa of drawing – the relationship to line. Of course line measures, confines, contains, extends, envelopes and this will be the starting point. So I’m revisiting line, but also, making a mark, making more marks, that shift between confirming and disrupting the territory of wall or at this stage, the territory of the paper in the relaying of mental processes.’

Greig Burgoyne – drawings from C4RD residency 2012

There’s a visual poetry to Burgoyne’s drawings from the residency, with his scattered yet structural marks. Almost as if you’re reading sheet music. They remind me of John Cage’s drawings….

Bit naughty of me, but I can’t seem to find much information about this particular piece (above) but thought it was relevant with its organised chaotic feel. Returning to Burgoyne’s work, his drawings suggest a strongly developed visual language. Often his drawings function as installations, encasing the viewer in a storm of bold line and colour. For more of his work check out:

www.greigburgoyne.com

Centre for Recent Drawing London

There are several interesting galleries in London that specialise in drawing as contemporary practice. One such space is the Centre for Recent Drawing; tucked around the corner from Highbury Islington station. Since 2004 C4RD has provided a public exhibition space and exhibition series that is independent and non-commercial, and is a member of the Museum Association of the UK

It exhibits a broad variety of drawing practice throughout the year and also hosts residencies specifically designed for those for whom drawing is a core part of their practice. Interestingly, a recent resident artist was Greig Burgoyne, who teaches on the BA Fine Course at UCA Farnham (I shall talk more about his residency in my next post).

C4RD is directed by Andrew Hewish who has a clear vision on the role of drawing within the creative disciplines:

‘Drawing as an approach is regaining the importance it once had as a way of thinking or acting that is fundamental to the human experience. It is being considered less as a particular use of materials or sub-activity of a particular discipline, and more as an approach discrete in itself. Drawing defined as the exercise of the imagination or mind on line reinforces drawing’s capacity as a performed analogy (mentally/manually) of the continuum that is human consciousness; two marks, as in mathematics, necessarily make a line. Drawing is essentially a connective understanding; between the eye, the hand, and the mind.’

‘C4RD’s purpose is to make space for drawing –  to maintain the visibility of a characteristically humanist approach that is drawing – in the encouragement and refinement of understanding of drawing, the arts and society at large can benefit. C4RD seeks to facilitate access and dialogue for current drawing practice independent of structural forces in commercial and institutional settings.’

For more information on the space and their exhibition program visit their website: www.c4rd.org.uk

Their next exhibition showcases a group of ten drawings by Carmel Buckley under the title of Double Takes. Buckley’s drawings are based on the illustrators Harry Clarke, Kay Nielson and J-J. Grandville. Exhibition runs from 4^th – 28^th October with the opening reception on 3^rd October 6-9pm.

Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012 – Winners Announced

Winner of the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2011
Gary Lawrence
Homage to Anonymous (detail), 2011Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012

12 SEPTEMBER – 28 OCTOBER 2012

The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012 is the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK. Judged by an independent panel of selectors:

Stephen Coppel – Curator of the Modern Collection, Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum
Kate Macfarlane – Co-Director of The Drawing Room, London
Lisa Milroy – Artist and Head of Graduate Painting, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL

The prize aims to explore and celebrate the diversity, excellence and range of current drawing practice in the UK. This year Jerwood Visual Arts (JVA) and Drawing Projects UK have increased the total prize fund, from £11,000 to £17,000 – as a response to the difficult financial climate artists currently find themselves in.

From a submission of almost 3,000 entries, the selectors have brought together an exhibition of 78 works from 73 artists. The shortlist includes established artists as well as relative newcomers and students fresh from art college.

The prizes, were awarded to the winning artists at a ceremony on Tuesday 11 September 2012, and are a first prize of £8,000, second prize of £5,000 and two student awards of £2,000 each:

First Prize: Karolina Gluseic

Second Prize: Bada Song

Student Prize: Katie Aggett

Student Prize: Min Kim

Highly Commended: Jane Dixon

The artists short-listed for the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012 are:

Three works selected

• Alexander Costello 

Two works selected

• Simon Parish 
• Sarah Pettitt 
• Kasper Pincis 

One work selected

• Katie Aggett 
• Judith Alder
• Linda Antalova
• Aglae Bassens
• Meghana Bisineer
• Matthew Burrows 
• Malina Busch 
• Jane Bustin
• Elizabeth Butterworth
• Heeseung Choi
• Toni Davey
• Jeffrey Dennis
• Jane Dixon 
• Paul Eachus
• Mark Evans
• Marisa Futernick
• Matteo Fuzzi
• Richard Galloway
• Stefan Gant
• Pippa Gatty
• Albert Geere
• Karolina Glusiec
• Margarita Gluzberg
• Thomas Gosebruch
• Beatrice Haines
• Susie Hamilton  also selected for The Threadneedle Prize 2012
• Tom Hammick
• Jane Harris also prizewinner at the RA Summer Exhibition 2012
• Oona Hassim
• Greg Hayman
• Jefford Horrigan
• Joanne Hummel-Newell
• Abigail Hunt
• Robin Jones
• Kerstin Kartscher
• Min Kim
• Rebecca Kunzi
• Nadine Mahoney
• Sam Mould
• Kyounghee
• Nengi Omuku
• Kathy Prendergast 
• Carl Randall won the BP Travel Award 2012
• Howard Read 
• Frances Richardson
• Ishai Rimmer
• Fiona Robinson
• Daniela Sarigu
• Katy Shepherd
• Ruth Simons
• Simson & Volley Henrietta Simson won the Threadneedle Prize 2011
• Eiko Soga
• Bada Song
• Sarah Spackman
• Jennifer Steele
• Maaike Anne
• Rebecca Swindell
• Eleanor Taylor 
• Shelley Theodore
• Amikam Toren
• Felicity Truscott
• Andrew Vass
• Julia Vogl
• Sarah Kate Wilson
• Ching Wong
• Tanya Wood
• William Wright
• Aishan Yu

Polemically Small Exhibition

Orleans House Gallery – Richmond

Polemically Small Exhibition

23 June – 23 September

Polemically Small, curated by Zavier Ellis and Edward Lucie-Smith, is based on the idea that small works of art are often more powerful in their effect than big ones. Certainly they require a different, more focused attention from the spectator. The exhibition consists of paintings and works on paper by 50 British artists, and offers a panorama of the current London art scene, currently the liveliest in the world.

Artists:

Henny Acloque – Alexander Adams – Dale Adcock – Dominic Allan – Iain Andrews  Emma Bennett – Kiera Bennett – Gabriella Boyd – Jemima Brown – Gordon Cheung  Jake Clark – Dan Coombs – Tom Doran – Katie Elder – Nadine Feinson – Rose Gibbs  David Hancock – Justin Hibbs – Sigrid Holmwood – Alex Hudson –  Luke Jackson  Sam Jackson – James Jessop – Chris Jones – Benjamin Kustow – Peter Lamb   Cathy Lomax – Robert Luzar – Joe Machine – Jasmine Maddock – Maslen & Mehra  Robin Mason – Hugh Mendes – Alexis Milne – Richard Moon – Alex Gene Morrison            Gavin Nolan  – Tom Ormond – Tim Parr – Claire Pestaille – Harry Pye                Dominic Shepherd – John Stark – Kate Street – Charles Thomson                Covadonga Valdes – Stephen Walter – Hannah Wooll

Big Screen at Latitude 2012

Curated and produced by Louise Colbourne with assistance from Paul Burgess, Jim Hobbs, DJ Harry K, Kate Street, Jenny Baines and in association with LUX film archive, Cine-city film festival and No.W.Here film recourse.

The Big Screen and Film Gallery will run through-out the three days of the Latitude Festival from 13-15th July 2012.

The Big Screen will feature a selection of different artist’s film and video work eachevening, and will then go on to show-case experimental film, alternative sound-tracks and re-workings of classic cinema footage. Also there will be late night VJ’s and DJ’s. The Film Gallery will focus on artist’s 16mm and 8mm film work and will include curated programmes by Jim Hobbs and Jenny Baines to include a wide variety of artists work from classic early experimental film to contemporary artists, who also work with printed film. Each day will have a loose theme to anchor the selected works in sequence and bring a focus on the possible relationship between the various and varied works on show.

Friday will be entitled CUT-UP and will present montage, collage, and the experimental clash of ‘alternative’ sound-track with moving image. Artists such as Malcolm Le Grice, Jeff Keen, Laure Prouvost, David Blandy and Mordant Music’s re-soundtracking of a selection of BBC information films will be among those selected for the programme. There will also be a live set by People Like Us and a section from ‘Old Films New Music’ by DJ Harry K to include a re-sound-tracking of Appocalypse Now. Plus an appearance by Jonny Trunk of Trunk Records

Saturday will be entitled OUT OF THIS WORLD and will include the surreal, abstracted, ethereal and other-worldly within moving image. From the work of olderexperimental film makers such as Brunuel & Dali, Stan Brackage and Len Lye, through to contemporary artists selected from an open call (TBC). We will also include screenings in this programme by Semiconductor, Saskia Olde Wolbers, Emma Hart, Kevin Gaffney, Ian Helliwell, Rosa Barba, and many others.

Vj by David Wilson and DJ by Phil Hartnol (Orbital) and DJ Harry K

Sunday will be entitled Big Screen SHEBEEN and will include a selection of artist’s film and video that have a connection to music and/or dance. This programme will include animated work by artists selected by Kate Street. There will also feature a compilation of interesting and experimental music promos selected by Squint. Luke Losey’s Orbital video promo The Box, Tracey Emin’s Riding For a Fall, Jayne Parker’s the Whirlpool and Zoe Brown’s ‘Dad’ will also feature amongst others. A selection by Don Letts and Paul Burgess will showcase rare footage of Punk/Reggae archive film and video to include footage of The Clash.

Plus a DJ set with Donn Letts

My first post!

This is my first post – if we’re expecting students to have a blog then it seems just for me to also have one! I will be using this page to post information on exhibitions, artists, designers and other information that might be of interest.

Happy blogging!