COLOUR AND OTHER VIBRATIONS, WE RESONATE AT THE SAME FREQUENCY by Hywel Livingstone

COLOUR AND OTHER VIBRATIONS

WE RESONATE AT THE SAME FREQUENCY

An exhibition of sculpture by Hywel Livingstone

13 June - 30 September 2024

ArtMoorHouse, Moor House building 120 London Wall EC2Y5ET London, UK

presented by ArtMoorHouse

Raft/Rift, 2022, 30x62x50 cm

ArtMoorHouse is pleased to present: We Resonate At The Same Frequency, an exhibition of sculpture by Hywel Livingstone. We Resonate At The Same Frequency runs at Moor House, from 13 June to 30 September 2024.

In keeping with ArtMoorHouse’s overall curatorial theme for 2024

– “Colour and Other Vibrations” - We Resonate On The Same Frequency by Hywel Livingstone is a thought provoking and truly captivating exhibition that explores how sculpture interacts with space and engages with our senses.

Sculpture has indeed a unique ability to occupy, share and create space influencing the atmosphere around it. It communicates with us on a deep and instinctive level evoking a sense of shape, volume, colour and balance.

The notion that we resonate on the same frequency as sculpture suggests a profound connection between the viewer and the artwork where both are attuned to each others energy and presence. This exhibition offers an exploration of the relationship between human beings and sculptural forms inviting the viewer to engage with the artworks as well on a more intuitive level.

Colour and other vibrations.

“Sculpture occupies space, it shares space, and it creates space. It disrupts and displaces the air around it with a subtle vibration, while the colours and textures stimulate our vision. Our bodies understand this - we know what it is to have volume, weight, balance and shape. We have a connection with sculpture on a deep and instinctive level whether we like it or not. We resonate on the same frequency. “

Hywel Livingstone, 10th June 20204

Hywel Livingstone is a sculptor based in London and the Cotswolds. His primary material is steel, specifically stainless steel. His work is widely collected both in London and throughout Europe, adorning private houses and businesses alike. The sculptures he produces come from a meticulous and labour intensive studio process, combining accumulated craft with a rigorous and uncompromising questioning. He has positioned himself as part of a progressive 20th Century sculptural lineage, with his previous mentor Sir Anthony Caro playing a significant role. Through teaching, exhibiting and studying he has created a sculptural practice that engages many influences, form topical political events to literature, history and social observations. These unspecific themes proliferate the sculpture not through a concerted aim with an endpoint in mind, but rather as accompanying presences in the studio. The sculptures have a detailed formal beauty that underpins a rich and engaging content, rewarding contemplation and study with fresh and often surprising revelations.

for the exhibitions. Our aim is to chose a topic we think reflects a cultural shift that is happening or that is about to happen. With the topic of COLOUR AND OTHER VIBRATIONS we wish to explore the the dynamic relationship between colour, perception, and the vibrational essence of existence through the very unique point of view of each of the artists or project selected.

We believe that this theme not only offers basis to explores the profound relationship between humanity and the universe but it also encourages viewers to reflect on the very subjective nature of perception and on the impact that social and geopolitical culture may have on our way of understanding it.

For us Colour and other vibrations theme fosters an interdisciplinary exploration that transcends boundaries and opens the door to creative, thought-provoking conversations about the essence of color and vibrations in our lives. It's a theme that promises to offer an extraordinary and intellectually enriching experience for both artists and viewers.

ArtMoorHouse aim is to establish a unique platform for promoting an unsurpassed synergy between creativity and business. We create curated visual experiences and presentations, working with emerging and internationally acclaimed artists. We strive to engage, inspire and provide a talking point and an ice breaker in the banking and commercial environment. Currently collaborating with Savills and CBRE for the art exhibition program in a number of commercial buildings in London, UK

Still Life with Cube

An exercise in composition where I try and (literally) balance the dented cube within a formal space.

Hywel Livingstone

Still life with white cube, 2015 Mild steel, paint

100 x 65 x 70 cm

Blue Sleep, Blue Dream

This early work came out of a series of larger scale sculptures, exploring the movement of objects through architectural space. It was painted several different colours until I was satisfied with this blue.

Blue Sleep, Blue Dream 2013

108x208x58 cm

Mild steel, paint

Hywel Livingstone

Artist Window

Many of my sculptures begin with a simple form (in this case the box) and grow from that until the sculpture gains its own pace and personality

Artist Window, 2015

Stainless steel, acrylic 73x113x41 cm

Hywel Livingstone

Hywel Livingstone

After the Flagellation

This sculpture was inspired by Velásquez’s painting, Christ after the Flagellation contemplated by the Christian Soul (1628-9) I would frequently visit it at the National Gallery in London, and became fascinated not only by its content, but its strong linear composition.

Hywel Livingstone

After the flagellation, 2016 Stainless steel, paint 220x32x208 cm

Moonshine

I often collect cardboard packaging for ideas and inspiration. I find the functionality of the cardboard has an inherent and recognisable beauty, and this is how this sculpture was made. I began by reproducing a complicated cardboard package in stainless steel, until I felt that the sculpture was beginning to take on a life of its own.

Hywel Livingstone

Stainless steel, acrylic 29x11.5x13.5 cm

Moonshine, 2023

Capel

I had recently returned from Crete when I was making this sculpture, and had been thinking about the small, simple chapels dotted around the island, in particular the calm serenity of the buildings, and how such small spaces can contain powerful energy. Capel is Welsh for chapel.

Hywel Livingstone

22.5 x 18.5 x 18 cm

Capel, 2022

Stainless steel, acrylic

Hywel Livingstone

Another work inspired by detailed cardboard packaging. I had noticed that a snooker ball fitted perfectly inside. I find that the most rewarding sculptures begin from the simplest of places, and my role is to simply guide the sculpture to its completion.

Atom, 2023

Stainless steel, acrylic, snooker ball, paint

32 x 15 x 23 cm

Raft/Rift

Using mild steel and an oxy-propane torch, I forged lines as if I was drawing. With each line the structure became more complicated, and the engineering became more challenging. I wanted to create two ‘drawings’ that interacted with each other but did not become entangled, creating a charged space between them

Raft/Rift, 2022

Stainless steel, mild steel powder coated 30 x 62 x 50 cm

Mask #8 Sunrise

This work is the last of a series of masks I made during and after the pandemic. I had acquired some beautifully shaped stainless steel with organic curves, which I heated and forged into mask or face shapes. Each preceding mask had a particular character or personality, and this last one, I hope, has a sense of hope and positivity

Hywel

Stainless steel, acrylic paint

161x118x100 cm

Mask #8, 2021

Wall Piece Swatch

Sometimes, the most interesting parts in making a sculpture are the pieces that are discarded or cut away whilst sculpting. This sculpture was inspired by discarded parts around the studio

Wall Piece Swatch, 2020

Stainless steel, acrylic 14 x 31 x 12 cm

Wall Piece Candy Drop

I like to think of this sculpture as describing some alchemical process. There is movement and sequence, resulting in something that is about to fall…

Wall Piece Candy Drop, 2024

Stainless steel, acrylic 104x32x9 cm

Breath

A sculpture that has figurative elements, exploring interiority and containment. The title alludes to an intake of breath, a pause before release.

Breath, 2020

Stainless steel, cast steel, acrylic, pain

89 x 20.5 x 35 cm

Mask #1 Zap

The First in the series of pandemic mask works, suggesting movement and restriction

87 x 37 x 30 cm

Mask #1 (Zap), 2021

Stainless steel

Blue Genny

This sculpture grew from the beauty and weight of the solid stainless-steel cylinder. I wanted to bring movement and activity to the dense, static object. The Title refers to the nickname often given to electric generators

Hywel Livingstone

32 x 38 x 32 cm

Blue Genny, 2021

Stainless steel, acrylic, paint

Mask #3 Red Eye

A larger mask, with the use of red and its connotations of alarm confronting the viewer.

83 x 29 x 28

Mask #3 (Flame Eye), 2021

Stainless steel, Perspex

cm

Mask #2 Martyr

With its connection to Saint Sebastian and the many depictions of his martyrdom in painting, this mask from the pandemic series will I hope, speak for itself

Mask #2 (Martyr), 2021 Stainless steel

67 x 40 x 24 cm

Wall Piece Portrait

A sculptor’s (self?) portrait, this wall piece brings together small examples or moments of sculptures, like individual character traits that make a complex whole

Wall Piece Portrait, 2020

Stainless steel, acrylic

Diameter 28.5 or 19.5 cm

Midnight

This sculpture was created out of a desire to use the heavy steel block which had been in my studio for a long time. The sculptures that preceded Midnight had been intricate and complicated, with open linearity. Very often as in this case, a sculpture is made in direct response to the previous one –either inspired by it, or as an antidote

Hywel Livingstone

Midnight, 2023

Mild steel, acrylic, paint

34 x 28 x 21 cm

Hywel Livingstone

Black drop

I had been reading a novel by Leonora Nattrass, from which I took the title of this sculpture. My sculptures are often influenced by the novels I read, sometimes overtly, and sometimes more subtly. Black Drop refers to the use of opium by the protagonist of the novel, based in 1794 London, and the inevitable consequences

Hywel Livingstone

Black Drop, 2022

Cast steel, stainless steel, acrylic, paint

47.5 x 52.5 x 19 cm

Hywel Livingstone

Hywel grew up in West Wales as a first language Welsh speaker, and now lives in Cheltenham. He works in London and the Cotswolds

EDUCATION:

2009-2011: MA Art History, University of Bristol

2000-2003: BA (Hons) Fine Art – Sculpture, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

10 – 26 Nov 2023: The London Group Open 2023, Copeland Gallery, London.

17 – 26 Nov 2023: ING Discerning Eye 2023, Mall Galleries, London.

Nov 2022 – July 2023: Sculptor’s Drawing Exhibition, Latymer Upper School, King St, Hammersmith, London.

June 2021: Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Exhibition, Dora House, 108 Old Brompton Rd, London.

November 2021: Ing Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London.

July – Nov 2020: identity: Art Moorhouse, St Botolph’s, 138/139 Houndsditch, London.

July 2019: Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Exhibition, Dora House, 108 Old Brompton Rd, London.

Hywel Livingstone

October 2018: Wells Art Contemporary, The Bishop’s Palace, Wells, Somerset.

November – December 2017: The London Group Open 2017, The Cello Factory, London.

December 2016 – January 2017: Artist Boss Bath Spa, Sion Hill Gallery, Bath Spa University, Bath.

August – October 2016: Pool Artist Boss at The Cut, The New Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk.

January 2016: Hywel Livingstone Sculpture, Line Gallery, Stroud Valley Arts, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

October – November 2015: The London Group Open, The Cello Factory, Waterloo, London.

April – June 2014: Oriel Davies Open 2014, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown.

Acknowledgements:

Special thanks to all Moor House’s building management team who, for the past ten years of collaboration, have been directly involved in the development of ArtMoorHouse thanks to their precious help and great support for our Art Program.

Elisa Martinelli, director at ArtMoorHouse

Colour And Other Vibrations:

We Resonate At The Same Frequency

13 June 2024 – 30 September 2024

ArtMoorHouse - Moor House Building 120 London Wall, EC2Y 5ET, London UK

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