tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83423127085479957402024-03-04T23:08:23.161-08:00Rhea Sherriff-Hammond- Paintings, Projects, PromisesRhea Sherriff-Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893524094665217192noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342312708547995740.post-58429710806217309172014-03-02T13:04:00.000-08:002014-03-02T13:04:13.674-08:00Sparks: Groping for some hoping.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Religion used to be one of the only reasons to commission art. Not so much now. We all know certain religions are in decline in the western world. Worship takes place at the alter of 'www.', pilgrimages file out to the retail parks, Gods and Goddesses preach in magazines, on big & small screens. Highly debatable on the 'whys' and 'wherefores' but I guess most would say the technological revolution and Darwin theory were the catalysts for the god mutiny, the rationalists took over. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And I guess it stands to reason that it is human nature to want something to believe in, somewhere to hang our spiritual hats, (otherwise life is just too scary) so we created more gods- filled the old god shaped holes with new plastic gods. (In a Neil </span>Gaiman<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, 'American Gods' kinda way.) <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But I'm not attempting to dance with the big boys/girls (Lucifer, God, </span>Gaia<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, Buddha etc.) This isn't about religion. It's barely even about faith.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm still struggling to understand my own thoughts, so communicating this isn't easy...I'll have a go: If you're going through a really tough time, and people say 'stay positive', 'don't give up hope', 'have faith', well...what if you don't have faith and never have? Where do you find that resource from? How does an atheist/agnostic keep the faith? How does a rationalist find the magic? Rationalists believe in reality, protons, neutrons and particles, but the further you delve into the sub atomic level of all things, the more renegade, sporadic, alien and less like reality everything appears. You may as well be Paul Daniels. Gandalf. Afterall, reality is only a perception of reality. But I guess if you're a rationalist you'll have already rationalised this point and will be a rational magician.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nature? I live in the countryside, my partner, a farmer, breeds sheep. I respect nature with every inch of my being. Nature takes risks, it has had billions of years to make it's mistakes, take chances, relies on serendipity, coincidence and trial and error to create it's masterpieces, it continuously evolves moving towards an infinite something/nothingness. Nature could easily be the personification of a goddess in creation terms, (and one could argue always has been) but nature has a seemingly capricious tendency to do whatever the hell it wants! It serves no man or woman! I can respect it, but the rationalist in me knows I can't trust it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In people? Shaky ground. I don't think it's healthy to project onto one person, or a group of people, to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">put belief and trust</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> in them, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">lay your dreams at their feet- it's a hefty burden for anyone to carry. Conversely, p</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">eople can and will believe ANYTHING. So there's a twisted power/abuse thing waiting to happen. The blind person goes- 'I believe that you will heal me...' and the other person goes 'I believe that you believe I can heal you...so maybe I can heal you...maybe I'm a healer!' I mean, you don't want to end up on a cross. Hmm. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So if I can't look for hope from a god, goddess, nature, other people...where can I look?</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Me? Yeah, I could do that. I can ask myself, 'what use is hope?'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hope keeps us going. Without it, we grapple with acceptance, and that's a whole other blog. 'What does hope look like, how does it feel'? I have experienced hope, I can remember what it felt like...it wasn't a warm place to be, it wasn't a happy place, pretty dim really...it wasn't a desolate place though. All mystery and beauty...there were shapes and colours... and a long journey...I could see something in the distance...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Before the Light', preparatory sketch, coloured pencil on paper, Rhea Sherriff- Hammond 2014.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I now refer to my plastic god that I substitute in for karmic guidance from time to time, DJ Chris Stevens (KBHR!), 'Northern Exposure':</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />"<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.899999618530273px;">I've been out here now for some days, gro</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.899999618530273px;">ping my way along, trying to realize my vision. I was concentrating so hard on the vision, I lost sight. Come to find out that it's not the vision, it's not the vision at all. It's the groping. It's the groping, it's the yearning, it's the moving forward...as Kirkegaard said so well, 'the self is only that which it is in the process of becoming.' Art, same thing."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Life, same thing. And what do I see? Light. The thing that got us from the 'primordial slime' to here. Not the Sun though, the Sun is too big, devouring- I mean light like the stars. Yes, like that one that you see at the end of the tunnel. And the same one you used to look for as a kid at bedtime, under the door. The glimmer of hope, the yang in the yin, the afterglows, fireflies, fairy lights, the L. E. Ds on T. Vs, the sparkles in spider's webs and worlds created in dew drops. I can see them and that's where I'm heading.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That's what I believe in. Sparks. And when they happen, everything can change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Rhea Sherriff-Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893524094665217192noreply@blogger.com0North Yorkshire, UK54.250359499999988 -1.470855300000039353.058226999999988 -4.0526423000000396 55.442491999999987 1.1109316999999606tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342312708547995740.post-10980645688109847932013-06-19T01:06:00.001-07:002013-06-19T01:06:39.199-07:00Privatise, Private Eyes. June 2013<div><p>Work moving in a different direction, a good one. This piece, and 4 others like it ( The Private Eye Series © Rhea Sheriff- Hammond, 2012) all serve as my starting point and 'line drawn in the sand'. Quite a few completed now. I'm happy about it. Everything feels simpler. More sincere, honest.</p>
<p>Sometimes you just have to cut the shit and re-evaluate.<br>
Shovelling up the ashes of my former self...I do this for the love.</p>
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<br />Rhea Sherriff-Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893524094665217192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342312708547995740.post-18318409053298933852012-11-01T12:24:00.001-07:002012-11-01T12:24:04.643-07:00D I R T Y P R E T T Y T H I N G S
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exploring innocence and experience, from two of Yorkshire’s freshest
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">One
year on and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.rheasherriffhammond.com/">Rhea Sherriff-Hammond</a></b>
and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.leannebroadbent.com/">Leanne Broadbent</a> </b>unite once
again to trounce their highly successful show ‘Malice In Wonderland’, by
bringing us <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">‘Dirty Pretty Things’</b>,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> (The Spa Bridlington, 12<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> – 23<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup>
November 2012, www.thespabridlington.com )</b>. As a collection of works, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dirty Pretty Things</b> explores the
contrasts and parallels of innocence and experience. The really terrifying
thing about innocence, about newness, about immaculate linens and impeccable
reputations, is their volatility. The fear that one day, it just won’t be like
that anymore; a let-down may not be imminent, but is to be expected at some
point. Precariously balanced on a knife’s edge, one mistake and its identity is
shattered. It becomes sullied; the stained tablecloth, the scuffed knees under
the pretty party dress, the kid that found the lighter, the innocent prank that
went wrong, the shadows after the bed time story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Taking
influence from children’s folklore and fairy stories, contemporary consumer
culture, cartoons and concepts of sullied innocence, Rhea and Leanne explore
common childhood fears, feelings and fantasies, juxtaposing salvaged fabrics, and
threads with realist oils, acrylics, household paints and sketching, to create
a mixed media exhibition that is engaging, entertaining and lyrically
expressionistic.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
Rhea Sherriff-Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893524094665217192noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342312708547995740.post-66847925032830118062012-07-16T05:25:00.000-07:002012-07-16T05:25:02.612-07:00Gearing up for <a href="http://www.saltburnartsfair.co.uk/exhibitiors/">Saltburn Arts Fair</a> on the 5th August. I got a delightful little stall where I'll be selling prints, cards and originals and you'll be able to see me working on a new piece!Rhea Sherriff-Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893524094665217192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342312708547995740.post-74955350736443597922012-07-16T05:11:00.000-07:002012-07-16T05:11:18.250-07:00Pre-fabric, post paint!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Three half finished and this one just waiting for fabrics and acrylics. Productive week! Even though it's killed me.</span>Rhea Sherriff-Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893524094665217192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342312708547995740.post-15584913067125244152012-07-16T05:05:00.001-07:002012-07-16T05:05:24.576-07:00Framed Prints @19 restaurant, york...<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Framed Prints- fresh from the framers! These are now on show and available to buy from the gorgeous </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=173454726029660" href="http://www.nineteenyork.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Nineteen Restaurant - York</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">!</span><br />
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I know nothing about science that
reaches beyond the first page of my iodine stained GCSE text book. I was an
arty/musical kid, but at school I was ‘top streamed’ in the sciences. I
realised that if I re-worded textbook paragraphs cleverly, neatly, illustrations
an’ all, I could spin off ‘A’s really easily. I could regurgitate theories. But
I didn’t get it! And I still don’t. Guess I’m not wired that way, just couldn’t
grasp the theories, like science dyslexia of sorts, same with Mathematics. It
all seemed so definitive, so...learned. Chemistry was the worst, periodical
tables appeared like a pretty embroidered sampler, I was looking at the charts
like some sort of symbiotic code, or hieroglyphs, recognising shape but not
significance.</span><br />
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I was enthusiastic though, I
questioned ‘why?’ ‘Why this letter, why did they choose this why this structure,
what’s its implication?’ Question, after, question, after question, my
curiosity was never satisfied. An annoying precocious brat most probably, I
wanted answers before I learned the underpinning theories, I was impatient. Inevitably,
when dealing with the teaching and learning of sciences, especially biology and
Chemistry, the more the question ‘why?’ is asked, the closer you become as a
teacher to explaining the beginning of all life itself, Darwin and therefore
how this contradicts with religion and the suggestion that there is no purpose
or meaning to life. What?? Woah. I wished I hadn’t asked. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">These are huge concepts for a
young child to understand theoretically and grasp emotionally. I switched off.
I bailed. I wasn’t ready for the epic stuff! I asked the right questions too
early and got scared. Yup, I’m a wimp. So, my flirtation with science ended and
my love affair with art began...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Art and science seem like
opposites in one sense; Art is expressive, emotive, decorative, or conceptual.
Conversely, science is fundamentally finite (with infinite applications),
logical, ordered, practical, functional.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Or so I thought. But the more I
study art, the more I see parallels with Science. The one main, glaringly
obvious one being that ultimately, both are about <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">creation; </b>Creation as an act in itself (Art), or in Science, the
study of creation. In art, we appreciate the results of an artist’s creation;
in Science with appreciate the blue prints and principles of creation itself. </span></div>
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In art, as artists, we are the
instigator of the event, the creator; we play the role of a micro-god, existing
in the microcosm of our studios or the art world. Essentially, whether we’re
aware of it or not, we’re mimicking the macrocosm: our experience of the world,
and doing it in a very personal, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">human</b>
way. Always have done. Expressively, with emotion, with a sensitive regard for
aesthetics (or not), highlighting beauty or grotesquery’s, abstract or literal.
From the Lascaux cave paintings to Emin and Hirst.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Scientists are the students of
nature. They aren’t the instigator of the event, in the same way artists are. They
study an event: the model of nature, concepts and systems of creation. They
dissect, analyse, finalise, create rules, formulas and boundaries and only
then, do they choose to instigate an event. Again, their creation mimics
natural phenomena, but they aim to mimic it from not from an
emotional/subjective/personal perspective as an artist does, but from a
collective perspective and abiding by their carefully assembled rules eg.
Telephones mimic natural communication and amplification. Computers mimic
brains, and so on...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’ve got so much more to say on
this, but I fear this is becoming a bit of a self indulgent thought stream, and
besides, I’ve a painting to finish. Ironically, one that’s been carefully
planned, boundaries pencilled in, measurements taken, experiments and trials
done. There’s art in science and there’s science
in art.</span></div>
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Gardeners, chefs, dancers, actors,
musicians etc are all artists and scientists. And Leonardo Da Vinci- ‘nuf said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Eli Seigel sums it up well in his
Lecture ‘</span><a href="http://www.aestheticrealism.net/lectures/Tro1448.htm#begin"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Educational Method Is Poetic’</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. http://www.aestheticrealism.net/lectures/Tro1448.htm#begin</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"The relation of art and
science is a relation of opposites. The purpose of art<br />
is: from feeling to get to truth. The purpose of science is: from truth to get<br />
to feeling or emotion. But they are about the same thing, with different<br />
direction."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We all have compulsions and we
all have rules. The two co-exist. Opposites attract. Yes. Like the cat and
Paula.</span></div>
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<span class="textexposedshow2">Pete McAdam - Front man for Washington's noir
swamp blues rock group, Monumental Gurus.</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow2">Tom Hoad - Guitarist in Sunderland's heavy rock
group, Ashes of Iron.</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow2">Kenny Sanger - Director of the Bunker, Sunderland.</span><br />
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<span class="textexposedshow2">Lin Li - Vocalist in Glasgow's Russkaya Cappella
Choir.</span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; display: none; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hide: all;"> <br />
Pete Brewis - One half of Field Music.<br />
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Pete McAdam - Front man for Washington's noir swamp blues rock group,
Monumental Gurus.<br />
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Tom Hoad - Guitarist in Sunderland's heavy rock group, Ashes of Iron.<br />
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Kenny Sanger - Director of the Bunker, Sunderland.<br />
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Lin Li - Vocalist in Glasgow's Russkaya Cappella Choir.<br />
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The show includes painting, photography, sculpture, digital and interactive
art.</span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was thrilled to be shortlisted for the <a href="http://www.youngartistsoftheyear.com/">Young Artists of the Year</a> show at <a href="http://www.thebiscuitfactory.com/">TheBiscuit Factory</a>, Newcastle. Really great to see my work amongst the other
entries, fantastic gallery, some stunning work there...4 days left to vote for 'The
People's Choice', so if you visit feel free to make me your choice!</span></span></span><br />
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Winter exhibition there too, in particular loved </span><a href="http://www.rowneyart.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Mark Rowney’s</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> beautifully crafted, gorgeous
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impressed also. Multi narratives and techniques created surreal, ‘stage set’
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</span><a href="http://www.thebiscuitfactory.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Biscuit
Factory</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, Newcastle for their </span><a href="http://youngartistsoftheyear.com/about/"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Young Artists of the
Year Award</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, 2011, in association with Culture Magazine.
The competition is an opportunity for emerging artists as well as young
established artists to engage with the art market and receive exposure and
promotion.<br /><br />The exhibition opens 18th November,
2011 at The Biscuit Factory.</span></span></span><br />
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<br /><a href="http://quire2011.blogspot.com/2011/11/studio-q-presents-quire-2011.html"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Quire Exhibition 2011</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, at Studio Q, Sunderland,
will showcase works by people active in the music industry who also explore and
reveal their creativity through visual art. Rhea, who forms one half of electro
indie pop duo </span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/beauxmyspace"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">B E A U X</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, has a number of works in the
exhibition.<br />Amongst the exhibiting artists are:<br />Peter Hince -
Former head of road crew for Queen.<br />Pete Brewis - One half of Field
Music.<br />Pete McAdam - Front man for Washington's noir swamp blues rock group,
Monumental Gurus.<br />Tom Hoad - Guitarist in Sunderland's heavy
rock group, Ashes of Iron.<br />Kenny Sanger - Director of the Bunker,
Sunderland.<br />Lin Lee - Vocalist in Glasgow's Russkaya Cappella
Choir.<br /><br />The show includes painting, photography, sculpture,
digital and interactive art.<br /><br />Opening night - Thursday 1st
December 6-9pm<br />Exhibition open 10am-5pm Monday - Friday 2nd - 20th
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">'Holly' by Louis Smith was a huge pre-raph style painting, of a naked, ivory skinned beauty, chained to the rocks, inspired by Greek myth Prometheus. Kinda pseudo pre-raphaelite, or post-pre-raphaelite. Parody? Sincere? Anyway I kinda like it. I think it's grandeur is tongue in cheek. </span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/14/bp-portrait-award-louis-smith-holly?INTCMP=SRCH"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Jonathan Jones' review of Louis Smith's 'Holly'</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> terms it as 'Retro- academic painting becomes the new outrageous...soft-porn fantasy...' I agree with the retro academic/the new outrageous comment. It's outrageous in size, bold in composition, lighting, the huge, hefty frame is unapologetically lavish, grandiose religious/mythical references. (He also tries to say it has Nazi connotations- I really don't agree...that's reading into it a little too dramatically in a political sense)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The pornography comment though...really?? Jones believes that Holly '...creates a tension between art and pornography...there's something sleazy about it all...' Recently, I've become aware of a lot of people commenting on nudes or sensuality in art as pornography. A lot of the people that seems to be making these comments are males- maybe a coincidence? I don't know, but I'll stick my neck out so far as to say that the people terming a beautiful painting of a nude such as this as porn, is probably due to the fact that they associate the naked body with sex. To me this painting is sensual, her body is beautiful, her vulnerability, the contrast of her soft luminescent skin against the dark, ominous, threatening rocks is epic and romantic in the 19th century sense. Is this because I'm a heterosexual woman? Afterall, audiences view art as individuals, not as a collective with shared backgrounds and beliefs. I don't see it as overtly sexual, its a bit sexy I suppose, but I see it as sensual, kitsch, retrospective and very powerful. Jones believes that 'the urge to dismiss it as kitsch may be a defence mechanism, to avoid confronting its uninhibited sexuality'. Yes, it's sexy in a sensual way. But it's also just very kitsch! Perhaps the urge to dismiss it as porn says more about his perception of the naked body.</span><br />
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">That's it. So simple. So much love</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So I guess the lil' trip to the BP Portrait Awards 2011 taught me that artistic impact can be made with the boldest, controversial statements, that are self aware, comment on art history and provoke questions about sexuality. Conversely small pieces that whisper an eternal truth, document a simple thing can really connect with an audience emotionally.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.abbothall.org.uk/current-exhibitions"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">http://www.abbothall.org.uk/current-exhibitions</span></a>Rhea Sherriff-Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893524094665217192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342312708547995740.post-41517976533562121372011-08-01T09:52:00.000-07:002012-07-16T03:18:37.842-07:00Malice In Wonderland Finishes...<a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=238598196163920" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Leanne-Broadbent/238598196163920"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Leanne Broadbent</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> and I are taking down and packing up our works from our Malice In Wonderland Exhibition today. It's been a really great exh., thanks to all who came and saw or supported us from afar. Lots planned- watch this space...</span>Rhea Sherriff-Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893524094665217192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342312708547995740.post-3536105834215826302011-07-26T09:50:00.000-07:002012-07-16T03:19:09.135-07:00The Selfish Giant.<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Oscar Wilde's 'The Selfish Giant'...cycles, seasons, contrasts, conflicts. Lonliness, isolation. Inspiration for new piece...</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToqFqxP5o4w&feature=share"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToqFqxP5o4w&feature=share</span></a>Rhea Sherriff-Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893524094665217192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342312708547995740.post-58679699939535041752011-07-26T09:45:00.000-07:002012-07-16T03:19:46.996-07:00More Saja- Historically Inaccurate<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yup. Definitely have an artistic crush on Richard Saja.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Together with her friend and fellow artist Rhea Sherriff-Hammond, who lives near Whitby, Leanne has spent two years creating a series of mixed-media canvases for the exhibition.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"It just occurred naturally," Leanne said. "We were meeting in Scarborough – which is the central point between our homes – and I mentioned I was interested in doing something about Alice's Adventures In Wonderland.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"Rhea said she had been looking to paint something inspired by the character of the White Rabbit.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"It was strange how we had both arrived at the same point – I think we're of a similar mind with our work."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The exhibition, at Sewerby Hall, has been planned since 2009. While Leanne and Rhea have been friends since 2002 – they met as art students at the Scarborough campus of the University Of Hull – this is their first joint showing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"We instantly became friends," Leanne said. "We had an interest in similar artists and got on like a house on fire. It's surprising that this is the first exhibition we'll have done together."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Their shared interests include the work of Sigmar Polke – an experimental German artist whose mixed media works included the use of fabrics.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Among the 37 pieces being shown is Leanne's work Alice – which uses pieces of fabric to create a layered, and unsettling, take on Lewis Carroll's story.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"For me, it is great to get contemporary artwork into a venue such as Sewerby," said Leanne. "Most galleries are commercial – they do not want to take as many risks – but with Sewerby being a council property, they are willing to take that chance."</span></div>Rhea Sherriff-Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893524094665217192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342312708547995740.post-63746720213688224202011-06-10T08:02:00.000-07:002012-07-16T03:21:31.116-07:00Whitby Gazette Article 10/06/11<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“Malice in Wonderland”, is a collection of new media artworks, by Rhea Sherriff-Hammond and Leanne Broadbent which will be showcasing in Bridlington tommorow until the 31st July.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Former Whitby Community College student Rhea, of Roxby, met her colleague, Leanne, at Hull University whilst studying Fine Art (BA Hons).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The pair hope their collection will transport viewers into a surreal world where scenes of Yorkshire are skewed with wonderland imaginings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Rhea, is a fine artist and works from her farmhouse studio in Roxby, and primarily works on canvas in oils and mixed media.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">She said: “ My work is about conflict, contrasts and subversion. Living rurally, I often experience inner conflicts between feelings of peace, revelling at the majesty of nature and conversely, feeling overwhelmed and isolated by the vast expanse of nothingness encompassing me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“In the series of paintings I wanted to explore these and other conflicts of opposites- town and country, masculine and feminine energies, innocent themes subverted by dark, sinister undertones.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Taking their inspiration from the likes of Lewis Carroll, author of children’s novel, Alice in Wonderland, and also from The Grimm Fairytales and children’s folklore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The exhibition will be open from 10AM- 4.30PM, for more details you can contact Sewerby Hall on (01262) 673769.</span></div>Rhea Sherriff-Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893524094665217192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342312708547995740.post-42773076549068886702011-06-03T04:19:00.000-07:002012-07-16T03:24:36.742-07:00Yorkshire Post Article, 'Malice In Wonderland' Exhibition!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here we are in the </span><a href="http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/around-yorkshire/local-stories/wonderland_with_a_twist_as_pair_take_grimm_look_at_life_1_3443782"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yorkshire Post</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, talking abut 'Malice In Wonderland' exhibition...</span>Rhea Sherriff-Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893524094665217192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342312708547995740.post-6326558743129393582011-04-27T05:56:00.000-07:002012-07-16T03:24:56.720-07:00Ellie Langley- Felter, Craft Tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Get yourselves to this if you're in the area, Ellie is a felter using wool from her own sheep and donated fleeces from friends and family. She makes everything from tea cosies and babies booties to wedding dresses and coffins. She has, as of late, had quite a few orders for coffins...not that you have to die to appreciate or enjoy her work...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Other amazing crafters and artists to see too- find out more at </span><a href="http://www.fleecewithaltitude.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Fleece With Altitude</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">.</span>Rhea Sherriff-Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893524094665217192noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8342312708547995740.post-67371299679229761082011-04-20T11:25:00.000-07:002012-07-16T03:25:20.686-07:00Thought I'd better post up a finished painting...<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It's alright babbling about what you plan to do...here's a finished one for</span><a href="http://www.maliceinwonderlandexhibition.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> 'Malice In Wonderland'</span></a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">'Captive', Rhea Sherriff-Hammond, mixed media on canvas, 70cm x 70 cm, 2011</span></td></tr>
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