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Semiotics in Sweets

November 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Annie Strachan installed her sculptural work in the former Sweet shop, 10 Hobson Street. She says about her work: ‘My scuptures deal with notions of semiotics in classical Hollywood cinema and post-war European Design. Each piece is an assemblage of varying motifs that utilizes imagery from the popular culture of these periods, in so doing [...]

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THE SKY’S THE LIMIT

November 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Guy Haywood is a visual artist who inhabits the synaptic space between two places, engaged with exposing the potential for movement. He is currently exhibiting in 75 Regent street. More of Guy’s work can be found on his website: www.guy-haywood.com

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Ego Monster

October 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Painter Jo Ash is showing works from her series ‘Unconcious Knots’ in 75 Regent street. She works with Oil & Charcoal on canvas and the titles already give you a hint of what the paintings deal with: ‘Death at the Circus’, ‘Ego Monster’, ‘Fruits in the Fist of.’ Jo says about her work: ‘The subject [...]

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Growth and Process

October 18th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

In 38 Regent street, MA printmaking student Katy McDonald is showing large scale etchings from her series Growth and Process. ‘The work symbolizes this to me. The forms grow and, through the use of many layers, the image illustrates the print process, which fascinates me. It also represents my own growth as an individual as [...]

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Watching me!

October 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Sarah Mancz’ digital print ‘Watching me’ is now on display in 48 Regent street. She says: ‘I am so intrigued by people that every piece of work I make talks about the people I meet and see. This piece is a collation between night and day. The capture of thoughts, feeling and body language in [...]

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Hidden Voices at Hobson St

October 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Stella Pereira says about her work: “This collection was first inspired by a recent trip to Mozambique where I was faced with a population that lives with a dearth of resources. The children I painted played joyfully, regardless of tremendous scarcity. My paintings intend to shout out my subject’s hidden voices, though a deep analysis [...]

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PLOP!

September 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Having worked in Theatre, TV and Film trained puppeteer and puppet maker Linton Bocock is now exhibiting his sculptures in the former Sweet shop on Hobson street. ‘PLOP! My latest work; is a link in a chain of iconography that began sometime in the 1960s and continues to develop. the stance and the image that [...]

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Unsettling Nostalgia

September 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Painter Debbie Roe is showing her scenery of unsettling nostalgia in 48 Regent Street. ‘The themes of intrigue, the unexplained and the unknown have always played a key role in my practice. I am constantly drawn to imagery with the sense of ambiguity and atmosphere. My work focuses around paintings which evoke a silent, unsettling [...]

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Poolside and Yellow

September 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Painter and Colour Chemist Helen Latham just installed her powerful paintings in 75 Regent Street. ‘As an artist I have always been fascinated by the idea of creating atmosphere, using paint to transmit a feeling or a state of mind. My other near obsession involves the craftsmanship of oil painting, a medium that never stops [...]

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Missing?

August 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Jill Woods mixed media Installation ‘Missing?’ is on show in 48 Regent street. She is a third year BA Fine Art student at Cambridge School of Art. Her work is build around the persona of Lady Jillian Wayward and is part of her ongoing life and times at Ruskin Towers which is her home in [...]

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