17-21
May Opening
times: 12 - 6 pm Wed - Sat 12 - 4 pm Sun Candid
Galleries presents -Construct an exhibition featuring 11
artists who work with photography, mixed media and painting.
This innovative exhibition approaches, amongst other themes,
urban structure, exploration of environment and how it
reacts with our climate and the relationship between figure
and landscape, using collage, constructed mediums and
photography either as a medium or springboard. Edward
French aims to draw attention to the complexity of
components existing within a manmade and man inhabited
structure ultimately displaying a multifaceted saturation of
urban society. He breaks down this subject matter from
photographs to be considered in its infinite parts and
regards even the occupiers of the buildings as equal
components. This is resolved through a calculated process of
abstraction. Richard
Batty confronts us with the product of photographic
manipulation through collage. He takes city and suburban
landscape imagery and inanimate extras and fixes them
through scanning. The intriguing quality of the work is each
chosen subject matter is complimentary and not necessarily
out of context, however the subtle evidence of tampering,
the well choreographed compositions and the near saturation
in colour transforms the image into a bold almost film-like
pose. Canvases by
Sally Jones depict an exploration of the figure and
its relationship to the landscape. Using stances of motion,
each series intends a conjuring of photographic sequences.
There is equal concern in this work for the surface itself
with the figure and the ground each forced to battle with
the same depth of field, which results in an intriguing
muted quality of a depiction of an intense
relationship. Part of the
Network A.D. programme, the exhibition makes exhibiting in
the public realm an affordable possibility for Graduate
Artists and Designers. In its turn, the wider public is able
to see and purchase the latest work of tomorrow's
established artists in one of London's largest contemporary
art spaces. Candid Arts
Trust is a self-funded charity for the support and promotion
of graduate artists. Based at Angel, Islington, Candid
offers facilities such as studio and exhibition space for
the widest possible range of contemporary
artists. 17-22 May
2006 Candid
Galleries, Contact:
Anne Noble-Partridge E-mail:
anne@candidarts.com URL:
www.candidarts.com
Private View: Tues 16 May 2006
Opening times: 12 &endash; 6 pm Wed &endash; Sat 12 &endash;
4 pm Sun
Private View: Tues 16 May 2006
3 Torrens St,
Angel, Islington,
London EC1V 1NQ.
Tel: 020 7837 4237