The preview evening for the shortlisted entrants of the Northern Future 10 Award look place within Barnsley's newly built Civic building which hosts a number of galleries and exhibition rooms adding to the status of the town as an up and coming place for the arts.
The exhibition featuring four categories under Fine Art, 3D design, Film, and Fashion. showed that not only does the North have a huge range of artistic talent but it has the facilities to do them justice.
It is not the purpose of this review to go into detail or extol the merits of any individual exhibitor but rather to comment on the fact that not all roads lead to London.
The exhibition runs until the 10th of September,
Monday 23 August 2010
Thursday 12 August 2010
Review of Mikk Murray Exhibition at Gallery 4'33"
Mikk Murray had the honour of being the opening exhibitor at the preview of the new gallery (4'33") FourThirtyThree on Mowbray Street, Sheffield
The brainchild of artist Mick Foster the gallery is situated within an industrial quarter creating and rejuvenating a new lease of life to premises in what would have been ignored and overlooked yet once again reflects what artists can see and do with nothing.
Mikk's exhibition is rather potent yet thought provoking in the message it is getting across.
For some time bees have been subjected to a mite which has decimated colonies across the world and whilst you may say "So what?" think on this, No bees=no pollination=no crop set=no crop=no food=starvation=extinction. Yet only £250.000 has been allocated to research in the UK from which a large cottage industry and food producers rely on bees.
Only a suggestion but perhaps Mikk's next bee themed exhibition in the not to far future may have to be called
"We know where the bees went but what did we do about it?"
The reviewer can see this gallery becoming a venue as the conscience of those who care about what we have, where we are going, and how we are getting there.
We look foreward to reviewing further exhibitions from 4'33"
The exhibition runs until the 20th August 2010
The brainchild of artist Mick Foster the gallery is situated within an industrial quarter creating and rejuvenating a new lease of life to premises in what would have been ignored and overlooked yet once again reflects what artists can see and do with nothing.
Mikk's exhibition is rather potent yet thought provoking in the message it is getting across.
For some time bees have been subjected to a mite which has decimated colonies across the world and whilst you may say "So what?" think on this, No bees=no pollination=no crop set=no crop=no food=starvation=extinction. Yet only £250.000 has been allocated to research in the UK from which a large cottage industry and food producers rely on bees.
Only a suggestion but perhaps Mikk's next bee themed exhibition in the not to far future may have to be called
"We know where the bees went but what did we do about it?"
The reviewer can see this gallery becoming a venue as the conscience of those who care about what we have, where we are going, and how we are getting there.
We look foreward to reviewing further exhibitions from 4'33"
The exhibition runs until the 20th August 2010
Sunday 1 August 2010
"Old Bones Dark Waters"
The photographic exhibition "Old Bones Dark Waters" by Alan Melling at the Coterie Gallery in Shefffield opened on the 16th July 2010 to a well received viewing from a cadre of interested patrons.
Taking a totally different outlook on what is there but not usually noticed be it animal vegetable or mineral the photographer has isolate a part or details of the whole and produced an image which illuminates parts of the subject matter yet giving it an appearance of being suspended in a fathomless void.
Whilst this may be sufficient for most photographers Melling takes it to an even further stage by catching the highlights of certain parts which pushes the background deeper whilst pulling parts of the subject foreword in such a manner as to be almost resembling an oil painting.
Some of the subject matter of old bones from where the exhibition obtains its titles may seem an unlikely subject matter but that is the whole point of the exhibition where coming across the unexpected and seeing shape and form within what nature and life casts aside and creating a new visual life form has produced an exhibition of photographic merit.
Whilst Melling embraces the use of digital photography he is still an exponent of the traditional film and many of the images have been created from an old 35 mm camera which has accompanied him on many of his journeys around the world where the light can produce stunning visual effect not seen in the UK which can give rise to presumptions that digital imagery has been employed to produce the effects.
Entry to the exhibition is free.
Prints are for sale from a little as £40 which are mounted and framed ready for hanging, or prints and mounts only.
All prints are produced using best quality inks and paper which carry a manufacturers guarantee of being fade free for 70+ years.
The Gallery is situated at the bottom of Pack Horse Lane, High Green, Sheffield S35 3HY, and is open Monday - Friday 9am-5pm directions can be found on the website www.coteriegallery.co.uk
It has free parking, full disabled access, craft shop, cafe' and backs onto the Westwood Country which combined with its next door neighbours indoor children's play area makes it a pleasant few hours for the individual or families. during the school holiday.
Taking a totally different outlook on what is there but not usually noticed be it animal vegetable or mineral the photographer has isolate a part or details of the whole and produced an image which illuminates parts of the subject matter yet giving it an appearance of being suspended in a fathomless void.
Whilst this may be sufficient for most photographers Melling takes it to an even further stage by catching the highlights of certain parts which pushes the background deeper whilst pulling parts of the subject foreword in such a manner as to be almost resembling an oil painting.
Some of the subject matter of old bones from where the exhibition obtains its titles may seem an unlikely subject matter but that is the whole point of the exhibition where coming across the unexpected and seeing shape and form within what nature and life casts aside and creating a new visual life form has produced an exhibition of photographic merit.
Whilst Melling embraces the use of digital photography he is still an exponent of the traditional film and many of the images have been created from an old 35 mm camera which has accompanied him on many of his journeys around the world where the light can produce stunning visual effect not seen in the UK which can give rise to presumptions that digital imagery has been employed to produce the effects.
Entry to the exhibition is free.
Prints are for sale from a little as £40 which are mounted and framed ready for hanging, or prints and mounts only.
All prints are produced using best quality inks and paper which carry a manufacturers guarantee of being fade free for 70+ years.
The Gallery is situated at the bottom of Pack Horse Lane, High Green, Sheffield S35 3HY, and is open Monday - Friday 9am-5pm directions can be found on the website www.coteriegallery.co.uk
It has free parking, full disabled access, craft shop, cafe' and backs onto the Westwood Country which combined with its next door neighbours indoor children's play area makes it a pleasant few hours for the individual or families. during the school holiday.
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