International Print Exchange

This is the first year I've taken part in this exchange and it has been a very worthwhile and positive experience - last week I received 8 prints from artists across the world - thank you to all the artists who took part and made this happen and particularly to those whose prints I received John Pindar, David Symonds, Barbara Follette Adams, Kelley Folger, Caroline Masterson, Faith Chevannes, Maureen McAdams and Cynthia Lessard

 

 

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'Home from Home' exhibition in Leeds

'With ideas ranging from the domestic to displacement, over 80 artists from 7 different countries have contributed to this years Artist Book Collective exhibition around the theme of Home.

153 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds is the setting for Home from Home, to be shown alongside the 14th Leeds International Artist Book Fair. As a spacious Victorian terrace situated over three floors, it provides the perfect backdrop for this site-specific exhibition.

Artists have responded to the brief through exploring and expanding on the book as a time-based medium, whilst incorporating the notion of the everyday. Traditional book works as well as sculptural objects, text, narrative, video, furniture, audio and performance are represented throughout the show.

The concept of Home evokes various associations, including our experience of domestic spaces in relation to their designated public/private status, as well as the collection and curation of personal possessions within those spaces. Often our sense of self and security is linked to feeling ‘at home’, insinuating that this sensation is not always related to a particular place or building.

At first glance, Home from Home gives an impression of family, refuge and sanctuary, but upon closer inspection, it also begins to uncover associated feelings of anxiety and uncertainty relating to superstition, illness and transience'. (ABC Archive)

I am showing slide transparencies of a family photo archive on an old projector - these will eventually be made into an artist's book of images - this is my statement for the exhibition and an image of one of the slides

















My interest is in how memory is constructed; the fragility of memory and the passing of time; memories that have an uncertain relationship with reality. My focus is on the transitory and fragmentary nature of existence, human identity and mortality, and in exploring the tension between the concrete and the abstract - for this exhibition the focus has been on family memories of the home

The exhibition opens on Friday 11th March and runs until 18th - if you are in Leeds do visit and leave your comments. For more information on the other artists taking part go here

Exhibition visit

I have just been to Leeds Art Gallery and seen a powerful and exciting exhibition 'Between Kismet and Karma - South Asian Women Artists respond to conflict' One of my favorite pieces was 'Elastic Dress' in knitted elastic and red dye by the Columbian artist Anoli Perera

Nazia H Khan from Pakistan had exhibited some amazing metal bodices - click on her name to go to her website and see some of her beautiful work . I was also very inspired by a film 'The Last Rites' a heartbreaking and beautiful film about the Chittagong shipbreaking yards in Bangladesh. Yasmine Kabir is an internationally aclaimed and independent filmmaker based in Bangladesh. You can see some great stills and a synopsis of the film HERE. Part of my interest in this film was because I have visited the country and found it a fascinating place. One of my daughters has lived in Dhaka for the last 3 years and if she stays another year I hope to have the opportunity to go back there!
The exhibition is on until 9 May so if you are anywhere near Leeds do go and see it!

Wonderful exhibition

I was passing Leeds Art Gallery and popped in on the advice of my daughter to see the current exhibition - I was completely knocked out by this painter's work (which is rare for me with painting) and just by chance noticed that he was giving a talk on his work that evening - so I went to it - last night. I am fascinated by the processes of other artists and this was not a disappointment. I bought the catalogue and even had it signed by the artist - Hughie O'Donoghue - I have struggled to find anything about this painter's work on the internet - the best I could come up with is HERE - he works in Southern Ireland and has been painting for 30 years! Although I am not a painter I felt such a connection between what we were both trying to say in our work. I can't understand why his work is not more recognized in the world! I wish I could share more of his beautiful paintings which incorporate photography.

It is rare indeed to find someone who has been working for so long and is a Royal Academy artist with virtually no information or images on the internet!

It has started me wondering...............wandering.............. !!!

THIS IS THE FIRST POST WITHOUT AN IMAGE.