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Posts tagged ‘mixed media’

the return of the relics

January 3rd, 2012

broken relic fragment, mixed media art

[looking in, from the outside]

fragments relics, mixed media art

[stacked fragments]

fragments, relics, mixed media art

[wall fragments]

mixed media collagraph print on paper

[intaglio print]

intaglio collagraph print on paper

[intaglio print]

mixed media intaglio collagraph print- blind embossing

[blind embossing on paper]

[intaglio collagraph prints]

from the imperfect/circle project: liminal, on the brink, success, failure, beautiful, ugly, perfect, flawed, incomplete, whole, insignificant, valued, sacred, discarded, lost, saved, broken, mended. strange relics

on a broken art

August 27th, 2011

this is one of a new series (small relics). there were originally twelve relics but now only eleven remain (this may be significant). these are close-up views of one fragmental, encrusted relic in greyscale, which reflects my concerns in the making of them…

relic fragment art

this is part of the imperfect circle project idea begun sometime in 2010, as one means of breaking away from the format of the square.

art relic fragment - mixed media art

this circle project was resurrected at easter. one could call this work quite sculptural, but it is not a sculpture, it is an object, or the fractured remains of one. i have enjoyed my virtual visits to the british museum. if i have the good fortune of selling this piece then maybe i should actually go to london for a day out, as ruralism is slowly getting to me…

broken relic fragment - art

a relic is an object or fragment from the past which has significance, meaning or value, sometimes religious. finding or unearthing fragments implies something was hidden or perhaps abandoned. fragments are retrieved and they can sometimes be pieced together to be viewed as nearly whole again in a new context – but the complete story might never be revealed. so, one might be tempted to create new stories to fill in the gaps…

art relic fragment

these relics have come to symbolise many things, the significant events which influenced my thoughts at the time, and the unique circumstances which the passage of time had offered them. they have become small reminders of the actions of the past, rediscovered and re-evaluated in the present. if i am the original creator then i am at liberty to validate them as meaningful objects – but perhaps i am being intentionally reticent here as a means of defence…

broken relic art circle - mixed media art

there are some material & ecological resonances with the series of small papier mache vessels i created earlier this year…

alongside the circle prints/experiments from last year, i have also unearthed some (possibly) related sketchbook drawings, doodles and even some etchings (connecting the past to the present)…

here are some related words that started off the imperfect circle project: liminality, on the brink, breaking point, success, failure, something, nothing, beautiful, ugly, perfect, flawed, forgotten, remembered, incomplete, whole, insignificant, valued, sacred, discarded, lost, saved, broken, mended…

broken relic fragment

detail of (a) broken (relic), mixed media, 2011

broken relic fragment

broken

artworks exhibition, blackthorpe barn, rougham, suffolk, 10 september to 2 october 2011 (10am – 5pm, open daily)

Artworks is a professional art group of thirty contemporary East Anglian artists. Each September we have an annual exhibition at Blackthorpe Barn in the heart of rural Suffolk.

some new work also currently on show at Reunion Gallery’s ‘Refresh’ tenth anniversary exhibition on now and until 22 Oct 2011

farmscapes, in focus

February 13th, 2011

farmscape i - abstract painting - mixed media on canvas - by jazz green
[farmscape i 2010, mixed media on canvas]

farmscape ii - abstract painting - mixed media on canvas
[farmscape ii 2010, mixed media on canvas]

farmscape iii - abstract painting - mixed media on canvas
[farmscape iii 2010, mixed media on canvas]

farmscape iv - abstract painting - mixed media on canvas
[farmscape iv 2010, mixed media on canvas]

farmscape v - abstract painting - mixed media on canvas - by jazz green
[farmscape v 2010, mixed media on canvas]

farmscape vi - abstract painting - mixed media on canvas
[farmscape vi 2010, mixed media on canvas]

farmscape vii - abstract painting - mixed media on canvas
[farmscape vii 2010, mixed media on canvas]

these paintings are all 60cm x 60cm, unframed…

it was time to see some of the abstract farmscape paintings in the altogether – and some words, quoted from previous entries in my online journal…

the broad idea behind the farmscape paintings?  that they remodulate, within a very reductionist format, both the farmyard and the fieldscape, a mathematical sense of order with an organic surface, as a means to challenge or recontextualise ideas of a pastoral vision of the rural landscape. i actually view them as another form of blind paintings, the images that a blind person might perhaps conjure up in a touchy-feely world devoid of spatial perspective…

the farmscapes are meant to be very cool, sparse paintings, hinting at enclosure, mechanisation, rural industral landscapes, reducing the pattern and structure of agricultural land and its outbuildings to an economic geometry…[03.08.09]

another farmscape [working title].. there is no reason to hurry.. like the mould and decay they portray, it takes time.. and i am a slow painter.. [18.08.09]

the farmscapes are developing slowly, as i will wait for the cooler hues of autumn and winter to pervade my colouristic senses.. at present they look bereft of true colour – dark olive green, slate grey, ashen blue, taupe.. [25.08.09]

with a cooler palette of metallic greys, bronzes and blues… [18.02.10]

agriculture depends upon the seasons, and nature through its cyclical changes imparts its own identity on an otherwise structured landscape… [18.02.10]

there is a reference to landscape in colour and format, a modulation of stripes hint at the structures of agriculture – a farm (buildings) and its landscape (fields) distilled into one work, when viewed in both the horizontal and the vertical… [28.02.10]

the farmscapes have their obvious mechanical, minimalist geometry, but on some days I question their formality, they seem too detached from their source…. [08.02.10]

this led me to research the origin of the word farm, which as a verb has only been in use since the 19th century, the noun farm derives from the Latin firma meaning ‘fixed payment’ (from the Latin firmare) denoting a lease of land, later specific to agriculture… firmare also leads to the word firmament, a tangible expression of the skies or heavens above… [03.08.09]

the landscape of East Anglia, broadly-speaking, with its patchwork pattern of arable fields and reclaimed fenland, especially when seen from above,  has all the obvious markings of a rural landscape shaped by man – a factory without a roof… [18.02.10]

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