Translation and transference

Incidence

Delighted to have my work ‘Incidence’ selected for the ArtLacuna Prize.

The selection panel included Julia Alvarez, Sonia Boyce and Jamie Shovlin so that made it even more special to be included.

ArtLacuna is an artist collective space set up by Wimbledon College of Art MA alumni.

The lacuna, or lexical gap, represents a gap in translation, a place where multiple meanings are applied, where meanings shift and new interpretations can be made.

Great spot by the window. Also next to Jess Littlewood’s work which I am a big fan of.

ArtLacuna Prize Exhibition

Nice to meet up with old friends from previous exhibitions together – one of Euan G, Stewart’ s giant skulls here and also one of Hannah Williamson’s delicious tiny paintings.

ArtLacuna Prize exhibition

The photograph ‘Moss’ is by Gina Soden who I recently saw in Natural Selection at the Fine Art Contemporary Society.

Hannah Williamson Pieta

Loved this static projection by Laura Marker.

Laura Marker ‘The Order of Things’

Another favourite was the installation of 16 postcards by Holly Stevenson.

Holly Stevenson ‘Naturally We Are All Going To Have A Palmy Time’

Tracey Payne’s installation in the back yard caused a lot of interest as it inflated and deflated (in the rain).

Tracey Payne ‘Wishful Thinking (Falcon Road)’

A familiar face from SHOW 2013 – Nicola Thomas had a couple of her black on black etched prints here.

A new graduate from the RCA Printmaking course, was really nice to meet her.

Nicola Thomas – Carole #3
etched print

The Private View was really busy despite the awful weather and hidden gallery location.

ArtLacuna Private View

After a couple of hours the announcement was finally made for the winner of the residency and solo show.

Congratulations to Noemi Niederhauser who’s work appeared quite a quiet participant of the show, looking at her website I think she will put on a really interesting exhibition.

Prize Winner Noemi Niederhauser ‘A sense of place’

I have had a fabulous three weeks of inductions at the RCA. This was all about learning processes, getting to know the technicians and finding our way around the workshops.

First week was screenprinting.

Screenprinting

Then a week of etching.

Etching

Followed by a week of lithography.

Lithography

The technicians are amazing, approachable and enthusiastic, we couldn’t have asked for a better team to support us.

As the indomitable Alan Smith summed up – it was all about the transference of knowledge.

There was a lot of knowledge to transfer.

So we have had a feast laid out before us and now we must eat as much as we can before it is all taken away again.