One of the strands of the Scion programme has been an accumulation of artworks under the banner of Artwork of the Month. After each artwork is added the artist is invited to give a talk about their practice.
October Artwork of the Month
October Artwork of the Month
LOUISE K. WILSON
Weep O Mine Eyes 2005
This video of a solo singer is from a recent project entitled 'A Record of Fear' the artist made for Orford Ness once a top secret military testing site now looked after by the National Trust.
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September Artwork of the Month
GERARD WILLIAMS
Arundel 1993
The starting points of Gerard Williams’ work are varied but are very much part of our everyday world. This sculpture is an enlarged standard British moulding profile used in mass produced wooden skirtings, architraves, picture rails etc. that adorn our homes. It has been meticulously crafted using wood, veneer and fabric. One of a series of sculptures, all the titles used are the names of historic British towns: Dover, York, Chepstow, Monmouth, Caernarfon. The fabrics used in the series range from cheap nylon to hand woven silk.
Sited in the spartan surroundings of the kitchen Arundel Offers us an unusual perspective upon these common architectural features, inviting us to look at the world afresh.
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July Artwork of the Month
ANDREW BRACEY
Clout
Clout
July’s Artwork of the Month was ‘Clout’ 2003-2006 by Manchester based artistAndrew Bracey. ‘Clout’ is a collection of miniature paintings, each painted onto the heads of roofing nails. Consisting of a vast range of images culled from the internet, holiday snaps and newspapers. The collection consists of over 5000 paintings. A selection of these paintings will be discreetly displayed on the walls of the rooms and corridors of Barrington Court. As you walk around expect to encounter these paintings in unexpected places and spaces.
Andrew Bracey was born in Bristol (1978). He studied at Plymouth College of Art (1996 - 1997), Liverpool John Moores University (1997 - 2000) and Manchester Metropolitan University (2000 2001). His exhibitions include Frienlage (Firstsite, Colchester 2006), Social Work (Cornerhouse Projects, Manchester 2006), Post notes(ICA, London 2005), The Rudiments of Ornamental Composition (LOT, Bristol 2005), and John Moores 23 (Liverpool Biennial, The Walker Art Gallery 2004). He is a lecturer at Lincoln University and a visiting lecturer at Wolverhampton and Salford University. Future projects include Small Mischiefs (Pumphouse Gallery, London) and solo shows at Transition Gallery (London) and Wolverhapmton Art Gallery (2007). He currently lives and works in Manchester.
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June Artwork of the Month
LYNDALL PHELPS
Gently Enticing
Lyndall Phelps’ Gently Enticing is a re-working of Drift, 2005, a site specific installation for the rotunda of the Great Eastern Hotel, London, commissioned by Commissions East.
Lyndall Phelps worked with Cole & Son to produce white flocked wallpaper in 12 background colours. The floral design of the wallpaper echoes the common plants favoured by Jekyll and the graduation of colour replicated the drifts of colour used in her planting schemes.
The title is a quote from Jekyll's Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden first published 1908. Isolated from its original text, the quotation becomes sexually suggestive, hinting at out of sight activities. The selection of this artwork introduces the feminine, the decorative and the nature already present in Barrington’s Jekyll inspired gardens into the masculinity of the paneled interior.
Lyndall Phelps is an Australian artist living and working in Ely, Cambridgeshire. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including recently The Pigeon Archive 2010 a commission by Milton Keynes Gallery touring to the Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool and King’s Lynn Arts Centre and a residency at the Natural History Museum, London.
