John ledger and Lee Gascoyne exhibition opening this Wednesday (18th April), Heartbeat Gallery, West Bar Green, Sheffield
John Ledger & Lee Gascoyne
18 April — 10 May 2012
Open: Tues — Sat, 11am — 6pm
Public Opening: Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 6pm
The Orchard Centre
14-18 West Bar Green
Sheffield S1 2DA
John Ledger
Drawing has been the vehicle for John Ledger’s ideas and concerns for the last 5 years as it is ‘the most accessible and direct way of expressing them.’ Nevertheless, he states, his doodles have had no choice but to become murals as he tries to match the size of his concerns. Ledger describes his works as aiming to depict the human predicament in the 21st century, precisely in landscapes to reveal the impacts of our collective movements with a sense of hopelessness and powerlessness to do anything else. ‘Feeling like i am mentally pushed into a corner, my creative expression is my only retaliation.’
John Ledger lives and works in The West Riding of Yorkshire and has exhibited at various venues across the Yorkshire area.
Lee Gascoyne
Gascoyne’s artwork not only represents the artist’s journey towards the finished piece but also includes, and plays with, the recognition of the work’s observation by others. He is self-aware of having ideas and making things, and also aware of the space between this process and the observer (the context of which is also considered). Gascoyne states he does not expect the observer to ‘get it’ as he does not feel he is actually injecting precise information that can be read like a book given enough intelligence. This imagined space is what he finds to be the ultimate end/beginning of a piece of art; the point where he is no longer involved in the rigors of thinking and doing. ‘I have a chance to see the work again as an observer and to also learn from others in the process of repeatedly attempting to express the indefinable.’
Lee Gascoyne graduated in 2011 with a first class honours degree in Interdisciplinary Art & Design and was awarded the Chancellor’s Prize for outstanding achievement. Lee has been part of several group exhibitions and collaborative works that span painting, sculpture and installation. He is currently working on a private painting commission and has a major collaborative exhibition in the pipeline for 2013.
For more information : E-mail: heartbeatart@hotmail.com Tel: +44 (0) 7979933405, +44 (0) 7598294919
http://www.heartbeatgallery.com
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So…in our first ambitious days, we were Northern Young Artists, then in our shake up after things went quiet, we became Creative Carousel, or thought we had, but some confusion occured. Now things are getting off the ground again with exhibitions and craft fairs and thus we have decided to revert back to our old name, our bold name Northern Young Artists.
Website and contact details will be amended soon.
Hello!! Lucy Morrison and Fiona Halliday will be involved in the Easter Craft Fair at the Piece Hall, Halifax. Affordable works such as cards, prints and paintings will be available to purchase from their stall on Saturday 7th April (tomorrow!!).
There will be around 40 other stalls selling all sorts of arts and crafts things, and is set to be a really exciting and diverse fair.
Opening times: 10am - 4pm
Address: Piece Hall, Halifax, HX1 1RE (there is ample parking at nearby Eureka)
Things are afoot…
After things going quiet on the group front, our first meeting in a long long long long while to relaunch the group will be on the 6th March at Redbrick Mills in Batley where Fiona has her studio. Any interested parties - we’re after young, local, contemporary artists and creative types to join our group which will meet up regularly to chat and critique and generally have a good old creative time with possible collaborations and group exhibitions too - should contact fiona@creativecarous.co.uk
Watch this space…things are definitely afoot….
We’d like to draw your attention to a new exhibition called ‘Interior Lightning’, by a group of no less than 16 diverse artists, brought together by working at the Hepworth Wakefield, a new, awesome gallery in Wakefield (if you haven’t been, get yourself down there!).
Taking place in Navigation Warehouse, located within the Wakefield Waterfront redevelopment, the exhibition will showcase the broad variety of creative practices and approaches that have been brought together by the opening of the Hepworth. Interior Lightning will exhibit works spread across painting, photography, drawing, installation, sculpture, textiles, writing and music.
The preview night will also feature a live musical performance from the amazingly talented, Fran Smith scheduled for 9:15pm
For more info see their blog @ http://interiorlightning.wordpress.com
Preview Night Wednesday 28th September 5-10pm
Opening times: Thursday 29th - Sunday 2nd Oct 12-5pm
The International Artists’ Book Fair in Leeds is fast approaching. This year Fiona Halliday is teaming up with Carys Bryan to display their books together. With an emphasis on linear drawing and experimentation their work compliments each others’. The artist book fair is always a great event with diverse and interesting work on show from all exhibitors.
For more info about the book fair see the flyer below.
For more information on the exhibitors: www.carysbryan.blogspot.com and www.fionahelenhalliday.blogspot.com
International Artists Book Fair 2011