I am absolutely delighted to have contributed work to the upcoming issue of the beautiful looking Murze Magazine:
Murze Magazine Issue 10 - 'Double Vision'
Is centred around the dual themes of Wildlife and Political Art. I am honored to have several works from my 'Reflections On An Age Of Anxiety' series featured in this issue, to be released on February 5th.
A little bit about the magazine:
Murze magazine holds regular artist calls providing opportunities for both current and emerging artists to share their work through our platform. We feature artwork from artists of all demographics and nationalities, our calls are international and inclusive.
We hold a variety of open calls for photography and artists such as Political Art, Fluke and Minimalist. As well as projects and digital residencies to get more immersed in such as our Art for Advent project, Word and Ten days of Art.
For more about Murze Magazine visit: www.murze.org
Seasons Greetings - Merry Chirstmas From Jarl Jamison Sandoval IV and Family
A Very Merry Christmas to all my family and friends! I hope you all have a wonderful few days of craic and banter, wherever you are. This year the intrepid researchers at the Freeform Trouble Monster Archives have gotten their devious little hands on something special.
Every year Jarl Jamison Sandoval IV of Greenland sends out a greeting card to the citizens of Greenland wishing them a Merry Christmas. Somehow this year we managed to get on the mailing list. Here we see Jarl Jamison Sandoval IV, his son Edwin Jamison Sandoval and his wife Lady Poppy Jamison Sandoval celebrating in the sitting room of their Palatial Ice Caves far in Northern Greenland. Lady Poppy is seen hear wearing an actual Santa hat gifted to the family from Father Christmas himself, imagine that!!! So from this furry family in the icy northern thundra to you and yours Happy Christmas and Happy New Year.
To discover more about Jarl Jamison Sandoval IV and a whole magnificently monsterous menagerie of incredible creatures follow the sound of sleighbells through this link.
Upcoming Exhibition - Mayo Artists Exhibition @ The Linenhall Arts Centre, Linenhall Street, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland
The Linenhall Arts Centre, Linenhall Street, Castlebar,Co. Mayo
Friday 6th December 2019 - Saturday 11th January 2020
I am very happy to announce my participation in the upcoming Mayo Artists Show 2019 which will be taking place at two locations, The Linenhall Arts Centre (Castlebar) and The Ballina Arts Centre (Ballina).
The official opening of the Mayo Artists Show takes place on Friday 6 December (6.00pm at the Linenhall Arts Centre, and 8.00pm at Ballina Arts Centre) There will be a free return bus departing the Linenhall Arts Centre for Ballina Arts Centre at 7.15pm on Friday 6 December. Seats are limited and pre-booking is essential.
Here is a statement from the Gallery:
The show presents a cornucopia of work in all manner of media and offers a fascinating snapshot of the breadth of visual arts practice in the county. And with something for all tastes (and prices), this might just be the ideal opportunity to find that elusive and unique Christmas gift.
For more from The Linenhall Arts Centre visit: www.thelinenhall.com
And The Ballina Arts Centre: www.ballinaartscentre.com
The Freeform Trouble - Rare Monster Archives Returns With Dastardly Dispatches From Year -Two
The month of October upon us and as Halloween lurches towards us with one piercing eye and an outstretched claw, it is once again time for our researchers at the Freeform Trouble - Monster Archives Team to reveal this years ghastly findings. Seen here for the first time outside of government vaults, secret collections and classified files and for your viewing pleasure the Dastardly Dispatches from Year-Two.
The image above is Recorded Sighting: #14 – Negasus the Inverticorn
“Negasus the Inverticorn Drains the Happiness and Wonderment from Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffrey Barnstaple” (1936) - Shot taken by Martin Jeffrey Barnstaple in the bedroom of their home on Bannister Street, Withernsea, U.K.
We have all heard of the magical wonder of that rare mystical animal the Unicorn. Yet thankfully many of us have never encountered or even learned of its darkling twin. Only one Inverticorn has ever been known to exist in our world and its name is Negasus. Instead of a singular distinctive glistening horn, Negasus has a deep indentation in its forehead; and it is this deep pit, between its eyes that gives the creature its name. Here exists a pure negative space, a zero point of true nothingness, which draws all joy, magic, motivation, wonder and hope out from those who peer into it. It would in fact be correct to classify the Inverticorn as a form of Equine Vampire which feeds upon the emotional life-force of its human victims.
In this incredible image we can see that Negasus having attacked its victim in her sleep is now mid-feed, draining the joy and wonderment out of Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffrey Barnstaple like it is chomping down on a tasty bag of oats. This whole event was recorded by her husband Martin Jeffrey Barnstaple who amazingly went to get his camera instead of for help; but there are those who live on Bannister Street that have suggested that Martin was involved somehow. A charge he dually denies. Yet Martin had been seen meeting with unusual robed figures, at odd hours, in strange locations. Perhaps the Inverticorn was intentionally summoned to the Barnstaple residence that fateful night. What sinister forces were at work? Who were those hooded figures? Why didn’t Martin try to help? We will probably never know the answers to these questions. . .
Upcoming Exhibition - Brittle/Fragile @ Westival Gallery, Castlebar Street, Westport, Co.Mayo, Ireland
Westival Gallery, Castlebar Street, Westport, Co.Mayo,
Wed Oct 23rd - Mon Oct 28th, 10 am - 6pm daily.
Launch Weds Oct 23rd 7 pm
Free
I am thrilled to announce that this October I will take part in Brittle/Fragile an Exhibition taking place as part of Westports Upcoming Westival.
Here is a statement from the Festival:
Through an open call, artists were invited to submit work on Westival 2019’s theme, ‘Brittle / Fragile’. The result is an exciting and varied group show showcasing selected work from Irish and international artists, featuring sculpture, painting, drawing and photography.
The theme proved a generous, many-headed muse, with artists responding in a huge variety of ways and presenting a multiplicity of creative interpretations – personal fragility, vulnerability as strength, frailty engendering feelings of protectiveness, the brittle geopolitical landscape, the fragility and ever-increasing vulnerability of our planet….
Thought-provoking and impressive in equal measure, this exhibition is a must-see.
For more about Westival and a full program of events visit: www.westival.ie
Upcoming Lecture: A Collage Of Consciousness as part of Collagistas #6 @ Maison du Peuple de Saint-Gilles, Parvis Saint Gilles 39, 1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels, Belgium
Every moment of our life, our senses drink in fresh experiences, ideas, perspectives and information about the world around us. Fragments of imagery, sound, taste and feeling are constantly woven together to form the rich fabric of our conscious experience. Each of us is infomed by our culture, our education, our peers, our memories and our own unique creative intelligences in the way we select and sort through information from the wider world.
As we reflect on our lives, we can make sense of what has happened to us, what has gone before and what may happen in future. We look to the vast mllieu of our past experience to provide us with a map of the world and how to operate in it. But we also do something else. . .
In our dreams, our daydreams and through intentional creative practices, our minds bend, collide, break, smash, blend, meld, forge and integrate together previously unrelated elements of thought, sound, memory, sight, concepts etc. Into new, unique and fantastic forms. We are never satisfied our old map, continously adding new and colourful territories. A synthesis of old forms into new, an innate creative drive which is elegently reflected in the process of Collage.
The skilled collage artist follows his/her own intuitive and aesthetic sense, selecting imagery, cutting, tearing, placing, playing, dicing, splicing and bracing. Filtering the infinite possible array of visual and textual source material through their own unique experiences of living in this world, with its triumphs and trials; andproducing in the end something new, a singular reflection on the times in which we live.
Join artist Anthony D Kelly for a lecture exploring The Collage of Consciousness:
Sunday 8th September 2019
11.00-11.30
Maison du Peuple de Saint-Gilles, Parvis Saint Gilles 39, 1060 Saint-Gillis, Brussels, Belgium
As part of Collagistas #6
Upcoming Festival - Collagistas #6 @ Maison du Peuple de Saint-Gilles, Parvis Saint Gilles 39, 1060 Sint-Gillis, Belgium, Brussels
Its almost time for Collagistas Festival #6. It is a pleasure to have an opportunity to participate once again in this fantastic festival of Collage Art. This years edition takes place in Brussles, Belgium at the amazing venue of Maison du Peuple de Saint-Gilles. This years theme is that of The Universal Language, a fitting and important topic during this time of division and strife. Check out the statement below:
Collagistas Festival is a celebration of contemporary collage. Our primary purpose is to create an opportunity where collage artists from all over the world can come together to share ideas and thoughts about their collage practise and to disseminate this information through workshops and presentations. We provide a platfom to explore and discuss how collage is made and the role of collage in contemporary visual culture. We do this through the organisation of an annual exhibition and the facilitation of workshops and presentations. Our aim is also to engage the general public and the wider art community in these discussions. Our principle objectives are to maintain an international network of collage artists and to bring collage to a wider audience.
Opening Night: Thursday September 5th 2019 18.00- 22-00
With a Full Programme of Workshops, Presentations and Short Movies running Friday 6th -Sunday 8th.
For More On The Festival: www.collagistas.com
New Digital Collage - When A Child Is Faced With An Impossible Task
When A Child Is Faced With An Impossible Task is a Digtal Collage that struggles to manage in the world of the adult. Sometimes in life children can end up being raised into inappropriate positions of adult responsibility. In the terms of Family Systems Theory we can say that the child has been subsumed into their family’s parental/spousal subsystem (In other words they have been misplaced into the role of a parent/spouse). Sometimes a child may even reverse roles entirely with their own parent (s) in order to act as a caregiver. This process is known as emotional parentification, and the strain of it can create deep feelings of confusion, sadness, lostness, powerlessness and isolation as the child struggles to handle emotional roles and tasks for which they are simply unequipped.
An almost inevitable result of this process is the loss of their childhood, as it is laid aside to make room for the excessive adult responsibility that they are now faced with. This gargantuan task of negotiating the adult world without the benefit of sufficient maturity or experience may cause the child to manage by adopting ridged roles of excessive care giving and an unrealistic sense of over-responsibility for the people and situations that surround them. A child can therefore carry an internal attitude that they must always put the needs of others before their own, and that they are solely responsible for negative outcomes in life. This exhausting and self-sacrificing attitude may then follow them into later life, ironically stunting their own growth to maturity in adulthood. Heavy stuff, so don’t forget to look after yourself and to get out and play.
Interview & Magazine Feature @ Creativpaper Issue #12
It was my great pleasure to recently chat to the team over at CreativPaper Magazine for Issue 12 about Creative Pressures, The Environment and the subtle dance between Interpretation and Expression. If you would like to read more you can catch that Interview Right Here
Seasons Greetings - "Driving Home For Christmas" (2018) - Digital Collage
Happy Christmas to all my family and friends. I hope you all had safe travels home and went unhindered by the Robotocizied Flying Demons of Gatwick Airport (Unrelated to the Ghost Cars of Croydon). I hope you are all happy and safe during this holiday season and in the year ahead!