Bridget Moore RBA, NEAC, RWS Steven Hubbard Claire Loder
Showtime at The Circus 9 September - 1 October 2016
david simon
contemporary
Steven Hubbard, Curtain Up
Bridget Moore RBA, Up High, gouache on paper
Showtime at The Circus 9 September - 1 October 2016 Private View: Thursday 8th September 6 - 8pm RSVP: gallery@davidsimoncontemporary.com / 01225 460189
david simon
contemporary 4 Bartlett Street, Bath, BA1 2QZ T: 01225 460189 www.davidsimoncontemporary.com
Claire Loder, Spotted, ceramic
Contents Bridget Moore RBA NEAC RWS
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Steven Hubbard
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Claire Loder
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Just off Bath’s famous Georgian ‘Circus’ designed by John Wood the Elder, David Simon Contemporary is an appropriate setting for this aptly named exhibition of paintings, marquetry constructions and ceramics by three different artists. The award-winning painter Bridget Moore has long been attracted to the subject of circuses, fairgrounds and theatres. Sometimes dark and edgy, her work has an energy that captures the sense of faded grandeur and exciting atmosphere of performance, often based on her childhood memories. Bringing an enchanting feeling of nostalgia are the highly-skillful constructions by Steven Hubbard, whose ingenious work takes the viewer by surprise with paintings hidden behind doors and secret panels, all set off with finely finished frames and cabinetry. Every part the master of his oeuvre, Steven Hubbard is a true perfectionist and each piece is beautifully crafted with a variety of materials and techniques. Claire Loder’s work explores ideas of memory, contemplation and melancholy through the medium of clay. Her ceramic heads inspire humour and absurdity, but also carry an eerie realism through the fixed stare of their eyes, which suggests a real figure obscured with a mask. Intriguingly, as a child she spent a number of months in the close company of a group of circus clowns who were put up to stay with her family whilst the troupe were in town. The legacy of this experience is clear in her work. This exhibition delivers every bit of emotion to be had from the buzz of the circus coming to town – from the nostalgic excitement of our childhood memories to the anticipation of the stage once set and its sometimes sinister characters. Roll up, roll up – it’s showtime!
Bridget Moore RBA NEAC RWS Born in 1960 at Whitstable, Kent. Bridget Moore studied art at Medway College of Design, Epsom School of Art & Design, then the Royal Academy Schools, graduating in 1984 when she was awarded the prestigious Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award. Elected a member of The Royal Society of British Artists in 1989 and a member of The New English Art Club in 2005 she has exhibited continually since leaving art school. Her work has been seen in mixed and solo shows in many London galleries and across the UK including Royal Academy Summer Shows and also in the USA. Amongst some of the prizes awarded her she was a runner up in the Lynn Painter-Stainers prize for 2006. Married with two children she now lives in Dorking. Works mainly in gouache but also in oils and mixed media. Those viewing her paintings will not always find them easy to read at first sight. This is deliberate on Bridget’s part as she wants her audience to look deeper before realising the image.
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Bridget Moore Two Girls gouache 15.5 x 23cm £840 7
Bridget Moore Lady with a Bird in her Hair gouache 18 x 12.5cm £650
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Bridget Moore In the Wings gouache 17.5 x 22cm £850
Bridget Moore Lady with Dogs gouache 20 x 22.5cm £850 9
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Bridget Moore Up High gouache 19.5 x 22.5cm £850
Bridget Moore Street Circus gouache 19.5 x 21.5 £850
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Bridget Moore Training gouache 17 x 20cm £790
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Bridget Moore Getting Changed gouache 18 x 16.5cm £790
Bridget Moore Dancing Girls gouache 16.5 x 18cm £790
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Bridget Moore Girls on Horseback gouache 18.5 x 20.5cm £850 14
Bridget Moore Swinging Girl gouache 12 x 9.5cm £600
Bridget Moore Welcome gouache 19 x 19.5cm £790 15
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Bridget Moore Dog and Crow gouache 23 x 21.5cm £840
Bridget Moore I Would Rather Hear my Dog Bark at a Crow gouache 11.5 x 22.5cm £840
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Bridget Moore Pink Chair gouache 16 x 23.5cm £850
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Bridget Moore Big Bella gouache 24.5 x 24.5cm £850
Bridget Moore The Golden Feather gouache 18 x 14cm £730
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Bridget Moore Red Horse gouache 14.5 x 24cm £830
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Bridget Moore Sitting in the Ring gouache 21.5 x 25.5cm £850
Bridget Moore Larks Behind the Curtain gouache 19.5 x 10cm £650
Bridget Moore Exit Pursued by a Bear gouache 21 x 18.5cm £840
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Bridget Moore Practising gouache 17.5 x 28cm £850
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Bridget Moore Slinky Walk gouache 15 x 22cm £840
Bridget Moore Ooh La La! gouache 16.5 x 19.5cm £790
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Bridget Moore Little Fan Dancer gouache 20 x 22cm £850
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Bridget Moore Parasol Lady gouache 21 x 22cm £850
Bridget Moore Big Pink Ball gouache 21 x 21.5cm £840
Bridget Moore A Double Act gouache 15 x 21.5cm £840
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Steven Hubbard Steven Hubbard, born in London in 1954 studied fine art at Gloucestershire College of Art and Design. He has taught fine art for over 30 years and has held regular one-man exhibitions in London. He regularly exhibits at the Royal Academy Summer Show and the Royal West of England Academy, the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Hubbard has three different practices – linocut printmaking, painting and marquetry-based constructions. Hubbard was a finalist in the annual BP portrait exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. In 1989 he was short-listed as ‘best painter under 35’ by the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Work of his was also selected for BP Award exhibitions in 1991 and 1993. He has held several solo exhibitions in London.
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Steven Hubbard Curtain Up marquetry construction 30 x 36 x 12cm £4,950
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Steven Hubbard James Pryde’s Dream (closed) marquetry construction with oil on panel 68 x 49 x 19cm £3,750
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James Pryde’s Dream (open) marquetry construction 68 x 49 x 78cm
Steven Hubbard Tube Station marquetry construction with oil on canvas panel 30 x 40 x 8cm £5,350
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Steven Hubbard The Bookshop marquetry construction with oil on panel 104 x 58 x 23cm £5,950 30
Steven Hubbard The Fairey Swordfish marquetry construction 20 x 30cm (closed) £4,350
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Steven Hubbard The Bee carved lime wood in parquetry case 28 x 32 x 7cm £2,000
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Steven Hubbard The Spyglass marquetry construction with oil on panel 33 x 22 x 18cm £3,250
Steven Hubbard Exiles wood construction 35 x 49 x 13cm (closed) £3,750
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Steven Hubbard Giants of the Ocean marquetry construction with carved driftwood whale 67 x 43 x 7.5cm £5,350
Steven Hubbard High and Dry oil on panel with polychrome cast fish 56 x 56 x 9cm £3,750
Steven Hubbard The Game Box marquetry construction containing carved, cast and constructed objects 56 x 56cm £3,250
Steven Hubbard They’re Off marquetry construction with carved, cast and constructed objects 56 x 56cm £3,250 35
Claire Loder Claire Loder is an internationally exhibited graduate of Bath Spa University and University Wales Institute, Cardiff. Her ceramics can be found in a number of important public collections including the Crafts Council, Abertstwyth University and The House of Dreams Museum, London. Claire Loder is a published authority on contemporary ceramics and her book ‘The New Ceramics: Sculpting and Handbuilding’ perfectly sums up her passion and knowledge of ceramics as a fine art medium for exploring her conceptual ideas. All of the work in this latest collection are built in red and white clays, slip, underglazze, glaze and single-fired.
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Claire Loder Spotted ceramic 42 x 29 x 15.5cm ÂŁ1,500
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Claire Loder Guide I ceramic 36 x 33 x 15cm £1,000
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Claire Loder Guide II ceramic 30 x 22 x 11cm £800
Claire Loder Guide III ceramic 28 x 23 x 14cm £800
Claire Loder Face Down ceramic 38 x 34 x 14cm £1,200 39
Claire Loder Muffle ceramic 28 x 22 x 15.5cm £700 40
Claire Loder Round in Circles ceramic 26 x 20 x 11cm £700
Claire Loder Cracks Will Appear ceramic 42 x 34 x 18cm ÂŁ1,200
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Claire Loder Blur ceramic 18 x 14 x 11cm £400 42
Claire Loder Patchy ceramic 19 x 13 x 8.5cm £450
Claire Loder Boy ceramic 39 x 31 x 14cm £1,200
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Steven Hubbard House of Cards (closed) marquetry construction 38 x 26 x 4.5cm ÂŁ4,350
House of Cards (open) marquetry construction 38 x 53 x 2.25cm
david simon
contemporary 4 Bartlett Street, Bath, BA1 2QZ T: 01225 460189 www.davidsimoncontemporary.com