Thursday 23 July 2015

Paul Thirkell at The R.K. Burt Gallery 

from Weds 19th to Thurs 27th August.



Ex Machina, Paul Thirkell, photo etching, drypoint, collagraph and monoprint, 2015 © Paul Thirkell

Winner of the R.K. Burt prize at the 2014 National Original Print Competition, Paul Thirkell will be exhibiting his prints this August at the R.K. Burt Gallery for Ex-Machina (from the machine). 
Over twenty works by Thirkell will be shown across the two-floor gallery, displaying the artist’s wide range of printmaking techniques, from collotypes to etchings to inkjet prints.
What unites these different forms of printmaking is Thirkell’s imagery, which is based upon scientific and natural history illustrations sourced from old encyclopaedias and journals, which he avidly collects. Thirkell brings these illustrations in to the modern world by manipulating them through new digital processes, before printing them again, often using traditional printmaking methods, such as the collotype, to retain the look and feel of their original source. 
By merging both old and new techniques, Thirkell describes how his Ex-Machina prints evoke ‘a dream-like quality that would no longer make sense as scientific illustrations.’ Rather, Thirkell’s prints work like the subconscious – bringing together memories and present-day events all at once.

Ex-Machina – from Wednesday 19th to Thursday 27th August, 0900 until 1700 Monday to Friday, R.K. Burt Gallery, 57-61 Union Street, London, SE1 1SG. 
www.paulthirkell.com

Monday 9 February 2015

Conjugating now! PRINT AS A VERB curated by Chris Mercier and Peter Driver at OHOS in Reading, Berkshire UK. - Call for entries: openhandopenspace.blogspot.co.uk
or download PDF www.printmaker.co.uk/print-as-a-verb.pdf



Monday 6 August 2012

Paul Flannery 

Where the technical support or (medium) for  artists working with "print" has historically been the combination of matrix, ink, paper and a desire to replicate appropriate and disseminate, Paul Flannery has successfully transposed these alchemic practices to the platform of the internet.
The grammar and artifacts of the web browser are his material and substrate:
See his web site at http://www.paulflannery.co.uk/

Monday 24 May 2010

Helen Murgatroyd drawing/painting multiples.....

See Helen's work at the RCA Summer Show 1 - 28th May - 6th June - Kensington Gore London.
Helen's Website: www.helenmurgatroyd.co.uk
Emma Roberts has created this interesting listing....

HTMLpress - Chris Mercier
Can be seen at the PLEASE TOUCH! show at the CoExist Galleries & Studios @ TAP The Old Water Works North Road, Southend on Sea, Essex, SS0 7AB - 3 - 25 June 2010

Thursday 15 October 2009

Anyone Know who the artist is?

I saw this at last years Frieze Art Fair and cannot remember who its by...... Can anyone tell me?
Frieze is on again this year from today until Sunday 18th October.
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