Lovely Lovely
24/03/07 - 08/04/07
Ellie Nicholls
As a student at Brighton University I spent the last term of my second year on an exchange visit to Nagoya University of Arts in Japan.
The prints displayed in this exhibition are part of a series made during this period.
Shot from above the images are unedited photographs of collages I assembled.
Inevitably I felt quite isolated being in a foreign environment for a prolonged amount of time and I wanted to make work that reflected an introspective time in a fascinating country.
I found collage-making to be an accessible and thoroughly dynamic process as it allowed me the flexibility to rapidly modify the composition and scale of an image.
The use of readymade materials such as leather, fur and linoleum are a vital component of the collages as they give a direct reference to reality, meaning that I am able to strike a balance between the possible and the imagined in my work.
I wanted the prints to have an exotic appeal that was simultaneously attractive and repellent.
I also hoped to evoke a subtle sense of unease by incorporating curious scenes and inhabitants.
The final process of photographing the collage was a practical solution to binding the image together, reproducing the mechanically also lent the work the jarring sterile quality in opposition to the human touch found in painting, cutting and drawing.
I am currently working on some larger scale collages in preparation for my degree show in June, and hope to return to Japan next year having been so enamored by my initial encounter with the country.
Oliver Bedeman
These paintings are part of a recent series exploring the historically resonant motif of the window, and through this other ideas within painting.
I draw on religious format and symbols to explore the cultural influence of paintings and the potential power they have.
Light always dictates my work, and through it I aim to find a balance of intensity and intimacy, spirituality and physicality.
These works are drawings on oil on board, with thick resin, I consider them to be both paintings and drawings.
Claire Dorsett
Colour is integral to my practice. Through my research I concoct, steal and stumble upon unusual colour combinations which I use to strengthen the composition.
The work thrives on juxtaposition; refusing to commit and lingering between.
A sense of adventure pervades, of discovering new territory or simply reassessing an already well trodden path.
Things one passes everyday, the outcast of the urban landscape be come the wanted: forceful in their presence, suggesting their source, yet denying narrative.
All of my work is based on reality: nothing is born purely out of the imagination.
I am primarily a visual person, fed by the wealth of exciting and intriguing imagery that surrounds us everyday.
I an attracted to sturdy structures, fenced off spaces, sideways glimpse and rundown grubby looking areas.
The restricted access and sense of a captured moment, sparks my curiosity. Closer inspection reveals genuine beauty.
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