"Challenging Perceptions of the Visual Arts" Majority Under Division - We are an artist collective who are coming together to exhibit our work. We work in a range of different mediums including painting, installation, animation and 3D sculpture. See more about us and our work on this blog.
Sunday 28 June 2015
How "Buried Treasure" was made
Skeak Peak 2
Sneak Peak
A sneak peak at the work of Lewis Latham which can be seen in full at the M.U.D exhibition until Thursday.
Tuesday 23 June 2015
The Work is Up
The Exhibition is now live, so come down and see our work in the flesh. I have taken a number of photographs to show you what work is being shown in the exhibition. A lot of the work is also for sale so pop down and grab yourself a beautiful piece of art with a real story behind it.
Leanne Shipley 'Unsettled' |
William Hughes 'Buried Treasure' |
Leanne Freeman a collection of bowls |
Lewis Latham ''Life to the max |
Jill Warsop 'Bird men of Grantham' |
Tony Halstead up-cycled insects |
Andrew Stewart 'A selection of bowls' |
Martin Owen ''Under Everything' |
Mauro Ganhao 'Selfie Portraits' |
Urszula Sobczak 'What lies beneath' |
Jasmine Storey 'FEAR = Fuck Everything and Run' |
Tuesday 9 June 2015
Urszula Painting
Urszula Painting her final piece |
You will be able to see the finished painting at the exhibition which starts on the 23rd of June and finishes on the 2nd July 2015 all details of opening times can be found on the blog.
Wednesday 3 June 2015
Painting and Editing
So this is our second look at some of the artists at work and today we are taking a look at two video artists and a painter. Our two video artists are Jazz and Lewis, Jazz can be seen working on her film that will be displayed within an instillation. Lewis is doing a light trails stock motion video that will be displayed on a flat screen TV. Mauro can be seen here working on one of his "Selfie" series where he explores in Painting the selfie culture.
Here is a sneak peak of their work
Jazz working on here video
Lewis on his mac book
Mauro working on his selfie painting series
Here is a sneak peak of their work
Jazz working on here video
Lewis on his mac book
Mauro working on his selfie painting series
Sunday 31 May 2015
Artists at work
We have all been busy creating our work for the exhibition and i have caught up with 2 other artists to show you some of the work we have been creating. I have received some images of work in progress from Leanne Freeman and Tony Halstead. Freeman has been creating porcelain turned bowls and Halstead has been creating insects from found objects. Their work is diverse and eclectic and i look forward to seeing their creations at the M.U.D exhibition. I have also been working on my ceramic pieces for the exhibition and have recently done some larger batch runs.
William Hughes Work in progress "Buried Treasure" |
Tony Halstead Work in progress "Dragonfly" |
Leanne Freeman Work in progress Porcelain bowl |
Sunday 24 May 2015
Lewis Latham
Lewis Latham
Life To The Max
Latham’s
work ‘Life To The Max’ is inspired by
his childhood adventures. The
brightness and
the energy of the character in his light art animation represents
this. Latham’s
work involves a character exploring the world as it consciously
knows that it has
a short time to live. We often work through our days, weeks,
months wishing
and waiting for the next break. Max rejects this and tries to
pack in as many
adventures as possible just as Lewis did when he was younger;
there was nothing
more exciting than this.
Saturday 23 May 2015
Martin Owen
Martin Owen
Under Everything
A1 Canvas, Photography
Owen’s artwork takes a look at portraiture and how people disguise
themselves and act differently, especially when they are in public. He
combines the practice of painting with a photographic outcome to
document the action.
Owen wants to share with the audience the multiple personalities
that one often hides when in face-to-face situations. He exposes this
by physically painting onto people’s faces using only black and white
media. The monochromatic hues depicts light and dark, with the
dark side emulating ones more sinister and mysterious side. He
questions what is ‘acting normally’ in the public sphere? What is
accepted or not? Each portrait holds a different emotion of a singular
person, depicting the multiple personalities we can all camouflage.
Destination.
Employment in Photography
Friday 22 May 2015
Mauro Ganhao
Mauro Ganhao
“Selfie-Portrait”
(2015) Acrylic on canvas.
“Selfie-Portrait”
(2015) Acrylic on canvas.
The younger generation use technology with unlimited
self-realisation of much they rely on it. How times have change?
Ganhao explores the idea of the traditional self-portrait in
painting history to a more contemporary version known as ‘the
selfie’. Taking himself s a starting point and the subject of ‘the
selfie’, he combines this notion of the historic and contemporary
portrait by analysing his position as a youth and being stuck in
these times. Where is the skill of representing oneself; not
through painting but by a click of a button on a mobile phone?
He represents himself through colours, which depict different
moods. His paintings, when looked up close show the mistakes
he has made. They are undeleted as oppose to deleting a digital
‘selfie’ until one looks perfect and presentable.
Destination: Fine Art at De Montfort University.
Leanne Shipley
Leanne Shipley'Unsettled' 2015
Shipley is a photographic artist with a keen interest in Fine Art.Inspired by artists such as Roger Ballen and Joshua Hoffine, Shipley has been exploring the realms of fear, phobia and night terrors. Shipley is fascinated by the extreme and overwhelming emotions provoked by the anxiety created by these phenomena.
Interested in the psychology behind fear, and feeling that when portrayed as an art form, fear stems from the subconscious, the artist has created a two piece installation to house a series of images designed to awaken dormant childhood memories and create a feeling of instinctive unease from within the viewer. The first stage of the piece is intended to gain the interest of the viewer and generate certain emotions, leaving unanswered questions about the intention of the piece. Curiosity will naturally evoke an urge to return to view the second stage which will present the images in a contextual environment, re-awakening the emotional responses.
Destination: Life is an adventure.
Shipley is a photographic artist with a keen interest in Fine Art.Inspired by artists such as Roger Ballen and Joshua Hoffine, Shipley has been exploring the realms of fear, phobia and night terrors. Shipley is fascinated by the extreme and overwhelming emotions provoked by the anxiety created by these phenomena.
Interested in the psychology behind fear, and feeling that when portrayed as an art form, fear stems from the subconscious, the artist has created a two piece installation to house a series of images designed to awaken dormant childhood memories and create a feeling of instinctive unease from within the viewer. The first stage of the piece is intended to gain the interest of the viewer and generate certain emotions, leaving unanswered questions about the intention of the piece. Curiosity will naturally evoke an urge to return to view the second stage which will present the images in a contextual environment, re-awakening the emotional responses.
Destination: Life is an adventure.
Wednesday 20 May 2015
Jasmine Storey
Jasmine Storey
"FEAR = F**k Everything And Run" (2015)
Video Art/Installation
Storey's video art and installation allows the viewer to have an insight and enter the mind and
world of a Social Anxiety sufferer. Each video allows a display of different portions across the
anxiety spectrum varying from depressing, distressing and anger. However, the video produced
can be relatable to a variation of mentality if the viewer's interpretation allowed this. The
arrangement and presentation of the installation plays with the curiosity of the audience almost
teasing and inviting them to walk into her artwork. By experimenting with the light of her
surroundings, Storey's influence of German Expressionist Cinema is exposed. She often
associates this with herself and her perception of her deteriorating mentality in comparison to a
sleek and smooth view produced by a contemporary DSLR camera.
Tuesday 19 May 2015
JILL WARSOP
JILL WARSOP – ARTIST’S STATEMENT
JILL WARSOP
‘Birdmen of Grantham’ 2015
Intaglio prints 30cm x 20cm (series of 4)
Warsop explores alternative photography processes such as photograms, cyanotypes and
photopolymer prints to create images inspired by the living world. She is drawn to
innovative processes and is seeking unique ways to link her love of traditional printing
techniques, such as linocuts, collagraphs and intaglio prints with photography. Warsop
captures images on black and white film to use as a starting point for painting on acetate
using Indian ink and salt as media. The pictures are etched onto photopolymer plates,
which are then inked and printed.
The portraits ‘Birdmen of Grantham’ depict members of Grantham Cage Bird Society. They
are influenced by Jasper Johns’ ink paintings based on a photograph of Lucian Freud, and
the photography and drawings of Henri Cartier Bresson. They seek to express the wealth
of character found in the mature male human face.
Destination: HND Y2 Grantham College
Sunday 17 May 2015
Tony Halstead
Tony Halstead
‘Seeing the Unknown’ (2015)
Wood, Paint, Ink, Coins, Projection, Magazine Cutouts, Metal (Copper)
Halstead’s work is mix media painting and three-dimensional structures with a twist. He
uses untraditional materials, such as, coins. He is interested in wanting the audience to
stop, contemplate and generate their own narratives within the work and to evoke
mystery.
Halstead uses specific patterns and shapes to draw the audiences’ attention to certain
elements of his artwork, such as egg shaped eyes and textural marks in his expressive
two-dimensional piece. This is repeated in his three-dimensional work with more
emphasis on curves and rounded shapes. Halstead is questioning how the audience
identifies an image, in particular, a portrait and how they are first drawn towards the
eyes. The eyes are the most important part of a portrait as they portray feelings of the
character. His work extends a personal approach to more universal themes such as
emotions and humanity.
Destination:
HND at Grantham College
Facebook page
‘Seeing the Unknown’ (2015)
Wood, Paint, Ink, Coins, Projection, Magazine Cutouts, Metal (Copper)
Halstead’s work is mix media painting and three-dimensional structures with a twist. He
uses untraditional materials, such as, coins. He is interested in wanting the audience to
stop, contemplate and generate their own narratives within the work and to evoke
mystery.
Halstead uses specific patterns and shapes to draw the audiences’ attention to certain
elements of his artwork, such as egg shaped eyes and textural marks in his expressive
two-dimensional piece. This is repeated in his three-dimensional work with more
emphasis on curves and rounded shapes. Halstead is questioning how the audience
identifies an image, in particular, a portrait and how they are first drawn towards the
eyes. The eyes are the most important part of a portrait as they portray feelings of the
character. His work extends a personal approach to more universal themes such as
emotions and humanity.
Destination:
HND at Grantham College
Facebook page
Leanne Freeman
Leanne Freeman
‘Feeling is seeing’
Ceramics, glass and wood
Freeman creates work that the audience are able to pick up and feel the texture
of the marks made by the tools form the grittiness of the industrial crank clay
to the smoothness of polished porcelain. She wants to allow access to all
viewers to touch the range of textures so they could be understood more than
merely seeing them.
Freeman’s inspiration comes from having dyslexia and feeling excluded from
certain activities, therefore when she creates art she wants everyone with
different abilities and ages to experience and interact with the work not just by
sight but also by touch.
Destination HND Art and Design at Grantham College
Facebook page
‘Feeling is seeing’
Ceramics, glass and wood
Freeman creates work that the audience are able to pick up and feel the texture
of the marks made by the tools form the grittiness of the industrial crank clay
to the smoothness of polished porcelain. She wants to allow access to all
viewers to touch the range of textures so they could be understood more than
merely seeing them.
Freeman’s inspiration comes from having dyslexia and feeling excluded from
certain activities, therefore when she creates art she wants everyone with
different abilities and ages to experience and interact with the work not just by
sight but also by touch.
Destination HND Art and Design at Grantham College
Facebook page
William Hughes
William Hughes
Of One Soul Design
“Buried Treasure” (2015)
1m X 1m
Multimedia piece made
using recycled disposable objects, ceramics and spray paint
William Hughes works under
the title of One Soul Design; this makes him more identifiable in the art industry
and in the public domain. Hughes works in mediums including multimedia, 3D,
Animation, photography and drawing, to create work that engages the audience
and encourages them to ask questions of the subject matter. His work shines a
light on social, political or environmental issues, as Hughes feels strongly
that the visual arts should be used as a way to involve people with themes that
affect them. In this piece he encourages the audience to think about disposable
objects and their effects on the landscape His work is not confined to the
gallery environment and can be found on many other platforms including; outdoor
spaces, YouTube and on Stickers, making art accessible to a mass audience rather
than a select few. Hughes was inspired to go outside the traditional settings
by artists such as Barbra Kruger and Jenny Holzer whose work appears on
billboards or large screens in public spaces.
Destination
HND art and design
Grantham College
Website
Urszula Sobczak
Urszula Sobczak
‘What Lies Beneath’ (2015)
Acrylic on canvas.
Sobczak is interested in creating paintings that present ordinary children either smiling or feeling
anxious. Many people judge others just by glancing at them but dismiss what is under the cover.
Even a child can have hands soaked with blood; their main weapon is a dreadful imagination which,
if used incorrectly could leave us speechless. Children might not know that their actions are wrong
and maybe they do not realize that people can die. However, some of these young souls may
understand it and regret it as they grow older. They may appear to be innocent because we do not
know of their crime but once we do know, the title of ‘killer’ will always remain.
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