Archive | November 22, 2009
Shit We’re Diggin’: The Art of Jen Grant
Artist Statement:
“SWING was created from discarded items of clothing collected from the back alleys and bin areas of tenements in Glasgow. The clothes were then laundered and dried, cut into strips, and woven together to fashion ropes, to which parts of chairs (also found on the streets) were attached to form swings. These were hung from the guardrails on the Botanic Gardens Bridge that crosses the river Kelvin and forms part of the busy Kelvin Walkway.
The clothes that were collected and used for this project were imbued with a personality and invoked very powerfully notions of the abject, each piece telling a story of sorts, albeit ambiguously, about its previous owners and their lives and experiences. The cutting and braiding together of these items seemed almost like weaving together small fragments of narratives from the lives of a myriad of unknown people, creating an object that at once juxtaposes these fragments while creating a new narrative of its own.”
To see more of Jen’s projects, click here.
The Lock Up
The Lock Up opened last Friday and is rammed full of quality pieces from some the best artists around at the moment. I’ve got to say that for me Goldie probably stole the show. His Showgirl pieces (pictured below) are absolutely stunning in the flesh. That said the bar has been raised all over the show with many of the artists turning in fine pieces of work for a really well put together collection. The accompanying catalogue is a very neat little addition too, including full colour pictures of the main pieces on display and accompanied by write ups on all the featured artists.
THE LOCK UP – eddielock.co.uk with Nick Walker / Goldie / Jef Aerosol / Eelus / Mau Mau / Inkie / Beejoir / Jamie Reid / K-Guy / David Whittaker / Ben Moore / Pam Glew / RYCA / Stedhead / Prole / Fin Dac / Spanna
Eastcastle House, 27-28 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W 8DH (until Thursday 10th December 2009)
The Lock Up (K-Guy on left). Acrylic, aerosol and screen print on deep edge wooden box
Beejoir ‘LV Child’. Solid bronze sculpture with gold leaf applied logos
Goldie ‘The Showgirl 2′ (left) and ‘Dark Diva’ right. Spray paint & multi layer stencils, Montana Gold and sericol on canvas
Eelus ‘Nesting’ – spray paint, acrylic, glow in the dark paint, 24ct gold leaf on wooden frame
Mau Mau – detail from ‘Plenty More ‘Fish In The Supermarket’. Spray paint and acrylic on canvas.
Nick Walker ‘The Empire’s State’. Spray paint & stencil on canvas
Jef Aerosol – detail from ‘Ian Brown’. Spray paint and stencil on canvas.
K-Guy – detail from Take Me To The Hospital work for The Prodigy
Don ‘Prisoner In Your Own Palace’. Spray paint and stencil on wood