Contemporary Visual & Applied Art
EXHIBITORS: REBECCA APPLEBY JANE CAIRNS MICHAEL CRAIK TA N YA G O M E Z JAMES LUMSDEN ANDREW MACKENZIE
Image: Michael Craik Vestige 2018_37 Acrylic on Aluminium, 60 x 50cm Additional works for each artist are available view via our website and our Artsy profile.
Contemporary Visual & Applied Art
16-20 January 2019 Stand G25
&Gallery, 17 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6QG www.andgallery.co.uk :: info@andgallery.co.uk
REBECCA APPLEBY Examining the ever-present cohabitation and conflict between industry and nature, the work of artist Rebecca Appleby is a continual exploration of the contemporary urban landscape. Her paintings and sculptures are strongly defined by deft mark making and surface contusions, mimicking both the manufactured process of industry and the seemingly sporadic, yet calculated occurrences found in nature. Her works explore both the ephemeral and established solidity of her surroundings, offering the viewer thought provoking works that echo our everyday.
Linear Affix, Ceramic Sculpture, 60 x 60 x H 70cm Right: A Fractured Harmony III, Mixed Media on Board, 126 x 126cm
JANE CAIRNS Jane Cairns works in response to her surroundings, the ordinary and everyday of urban life, where she finds an accidental poetry that is often overlooked. The hope is to translate some of what is seen and to allow others to share the quiet beauty found in these humble things. Jane takes an experimental approach to ceramic processes and materials to create objects with surfaces that apparently carry the traces of time or reflect the colours and textures of neglect.
Potlatch Vessels & Architectural Forms
MICHAEL CRAIK Michael Craik’s practice explores the interplay of colour and repetition as a method of producing quiet, contemplative work concerned with colour, material quality and process. Craik creates paintings by repeatedly applying paint and removing it again. This process of reduction features throughout his work, alluding to forces of erosion that form our landscape. He allows the elemental qualities of the paint to determine the appearance of each work, creating contemplative, minimal paintings. The focus of these works often lies at the edges, where sanding reveals strata of paint, exposing layers of alternating colour that have been built up by brushing, pouring or spreading. In this sense, his work shares a relationship with geology, to the laying down and erosion of rock. Living in Scotland, one is constantly reminded of the forces that sculpt the land. Craik’s studio in Kinghorn, Fife, stands on a cliff overlooking the River Forth estuary. Surrounded by this expanse of water and the endless ebb and flow of the tide, Craik is aware that these processes have, over time, permeated his artistic practice.
Veil 2018_8, Veil 2018_4 & Veil 2018_2, Acrylic on Wooden Panel, 30 x 25cm Right: Vestige 2018_25 Acrylic on Aluminium, 40 x 40cm
TA N YA G O M E Z Working in porcelain, Tanya uses a range of approaches in throwing to create forms that capture the qualities of fluidity and movement and evoke a sense of space. Her work evolves from observations of natural phenomena, dramatic landscapes and the shifting qualities of the sea. This inspiration is drawn from experience of coastal living, and working on private yachts travelling round the globe, encountering diverse cultures, and absorbing the abstract qualities of colour and shape while at sea. Tanya’s practice is process led. Through experimenting with energetic making and rigorous selection she has learnt how clay works and found new ways of making. She creates forms using dynamic throwing, cutting and assembling techniques. Porcelain Vessels: Lilac/Grey and Autumn Series
JAMES LUMSDEN Edinburgh based artist James Lumsden creates paintings which are primarily concerned with process – building translucent glazes of paint until an illusion of light and depth are achieved. The process involves the application of multiple (up to 40 or more) thin glazes of acrylic paint and gloss medium. Each layer is dragged, pulled or manipulated with various implements – this being repeated layer upon layer until the painting begins to emerge. Arrived at by both chance and deliberation, the final painting reveals varying chromatic strata, which can be seen through the translucence and depth of the work. The aim is to make paintings, which are luminous, seductive, sensual and atmospheric. Lumsden is fascinated in how the raw materials innate to the medium can be turned into something poetic – an object filled with light, feeling, atmosphere and emotion.
Echoes (1/18) 2018, Reflex (10/18) 2018 & Echoes (3/18) 2018, Acrylic on Canvas, 50 x 40cm Right: Contrapuntal (1/18) 2018, Acrylic on Canvas, 120 x 120cm
ANDREW MACKENZIE Andrew Mackenzie is a Scottish artist. He graduated with an MFA from Edinburgh College of Art in 1993, and lives and works in the Scottish Borders. His work has been exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally, and is represented in many collections. He is currently president of Visual Arts Scotland. Andrew Mackenzie’s work responds to the relationship between the built environment and nature, focusing often on rivers, lochs and reservoirs. Water is a recurring theme, alongside a fascination with architecture and abandoned structures in the landscape.
Frozen Pond 1, Oil on Linen on Panel 40 x 68cm Right: Street View (detail), Oil on Panel 87 x 144cm
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