Exhibitions
Visual Exhibition At Nutmeg House In London
05/12/09 04:54
‘Illumination Restoration’ as featured in the forthcoming Visual exhibition at Nutmeg House in London.
This new in-house exhibition at Nutmeg House in London was selected from the Visual For Business collection by Arts & Business staff in the North West, the South West, the South East and the Midlands. Each region also put forward one ‘signature piece’ for staff vote across the country to be displayed behind the reception desk. The artwork with the most votes was Nigel Jackson’s piece ‘In the Presence of Absence’.
The exhibition features fine art, photography and contemporary craft by new, emerging and established British artists.
The exhibition was installed on the 3rd October 2009 (the preview night will be held on the 14th December) and will remain at Nutmeg House until 9th January 2010.
Please contact Visual For Business or call 0844 335 1305 if you would like more information
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Sony World Photography Awards 2009: Global Tour Dates
15/09/09 22:26
The four photographs from the series 'Starlings Above' currently featured on the SWPA Global Tour.
Yesterday I received confirmation of the forthcoming dates and venues of the Sony World Photography Awards Global Tour 2009/10, so I thought I'd post the information in case anyone wishes to take a look at the exhibition for him/herself. Further details and website links for the galleries can be found on my exhibitions page.
6th October 2009 - 20th October 2009
Edward Day Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
13th October 2009 - 24th October 2009
Galerie Esther Woerdehoff (Paris, France)
22nd October 2009 - 30th October 2009
Aperture Gallery (New York City, USA)
22nd October 2009 - 23rd October 2009
Pavilion (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
26th November 2009 - 12th December 2009
Ardel Gallery of Modern Art (Bangkok, Thailand)
The exhibition will also feature in Mexico (late 2009), London (2010) & Berlin (2010) although the dates/venues have yet to be confirmed. I shall (of course) post the relevant dates/venues when I find out.
I visited the Aperture Gallery in NYC back in April 2006 where I saw a fantastic exhibition entitled 'Regeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow' (there is also an accompanying book for those of you who may be interested). It's such a wonderful space for viewing photography and I'm just so thrilled to know that I'll have my work on display there next month. If only I could get myself over there...
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Blott Artist Studios: Summer Exhibition 2009
28/07/09 17:22
Preview of Blott Artist Studios Summer Exhibition 2009 (Flyer Design By David Butterworth).
The summer exhibition at Blott Artist Studios in Blackpool officially opened on Saturday 25th July 2009 and features an array of new artworks from Blott’s current members alongside paintings from this year’s guest artist Nazmin Abdullah. The preview night was a great opportunity to discuss the work, meet up with all of the artists and have our photograph taken for the local newspaper (as well as enjoying a few glasses of wine). The gallery is one of the few independent art spaces in Blackpool where local artists can exhibit and sell their original artworks to the general public, so its quite a pleasure to show my documentary photographs of Blackpool within this space.
Nazmin’s striking paintings of Muslim figures draped in Union Jack colours are a particular favourite of mine from the summer exhibition and I would throughly recommend viewing them for yourself if you get the chance. Speaking about the concept behind her work, Nazmin states that she “aims to challenge society’s perceptions and stereotypes against British Muslim females that are based solely upon appearance and dress”. She goes on to say “the image of the Union Jack, along with various other images associated with popular culture; consistently appear throughout my work, acting as visual metaphors, as a means of expressing the subject’s desire to conform to western culture as they strive to be labeled as British”.
Blott’s Summer Exhibition will run until the 15th August 2009. Gallery details can be found on my exhibitions page.
Featured Artists
Nazmin Abdullah | David Butterworth | Yannick Dixon | Simon Plum | Brian Spooner | Corrine Streetly
Important Amendment
From the 15th August 2009 I will no longer be a represented artist of Blott Artist Studios. This was a difficult personal decision of mine that I don't wish to go into here, but I do send my sincere thanks to Corrine and all the other artists at the gallery for their support and understanding.
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Arts & Business: Invest In Art Seminar
05/06/09 17:13
Screenshot from the Visual For Business website (www.visualforbusiness.com)
Last year I was selected as one of the North West based artists for Visual For Business (a service from Arts & Business) and later this month I’ll be exhibiting a selection of my photographs at the ‘Arts & Business: Invest In Art’ seminar alongside seven fellow artists from the North West. The seminar will take place at City Inn, Manchester on the 22nd June 2009 (artworks on show until 26th June 2009).
The following text in taken from the Arts & Business press release for the event:
“Speakers include Ceri Hand founder of Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool's first contemporary commercial art gallery, with advice on how to spot the perfect piece for your office or home. Gavin Buckley, from Arts & Business, will speak about the unique benefits of bringing contemporary art into the workplace. There will also be other specialists talking about how to protect your investment in the long term.
Claire Barlow, Regional Manager for Arts & Business said, "This is a great opportunity to view exceptional art, meet the artists and perhaps be inspired to buy a piece of art that you love."
The seminar will also provide the first opportunity to experience Visual in the North West. Visual is a new, unique and flexible service bringing high quality contemporary art to businesses and their employees. Works included in the collection have been selected by curators from the region's finest contemporary arts venues and many artists are award winning with some having exhibited at the Tate Gallery and the V&A.”
Artists Include
Tracey Eastham
Charlie MacPherson
Susan Laughton
Yannick Dixon
Colin McPherson
Mark Adams
Stuart Royse
Susie MacMurray
To register your interest please contact Claire Barlow, Regional Manager at Arts & Business, via email on claire.barlow@artsandbusiness.org.uk or call her on 0161 236 2058.
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Bloomfield Talks: Book Launch & Exhibition 2009
10/05/09 17:55
Bloomfield Talks Photography Exhibition By Yannick Dixon. Saturday 9th May 2009.
I was asked to join the community based arts project Bloomfield Talks in August 2008 by internationally renowned artist Simon Grennan. Bloomfield Talks is a year-long oral history project commissioned by Blackpool Council and ran between July 2008 and May 2009. The project focuses upon the experiences of people who have connections with the Bloomfield, Foxhall, Revoe and near South Shore area of Blackpool.
At the heart of Bloomfield Talks was a team of local volunteers brought together specifically for the project. Ranging in age from the late teens to the late seventies, the volunteers engaged other local people in conversations and activities focusing on their daily lives in the area. The volunteers documenting these exchanges in writing, pictures and audio recordings, creating a new archive of records about ordinary people’s lives. There really are some great photographs taken by local people over the years that say so much about life in the area and I’m really pleased to have my pictures shown beside them. In February 2009, the volunteers edited and published the new archive as a book and will given away as a gift to the five thousand households in the area. All of the original material will be lodged with Blackpool Libraries and the North West Sound Archive. This archive is available online.
I was asked if I’d like to put together a photography exhibition of my Blackpool photographs to compliment the launch of the Bloomfield Talks book on Saturday 9th May 2009. I exhibition included a few of the photographs that feature in the book as well as some from my MA project ‘Blackpool: An Unimagined Space?’. The images were printed on an Epson Stylus Pro 7900 and then mounted onto Aluminium (wooden frames on reverse). There were sixteen photographs in all; ranging from A1 to A4 size. It was a great opportunity to get a response from local people about my work and to support such a fantastic event.
I also got the chance to take some more portraits during the book launch.
Although there was so much going on with the launch of the book and the photography exhibition, I think that this photograph I took of two old ladies standing outside the church is my favourite image from the day. The bad weather meant that more and more people came off the streets to see what all the fuss was about. These two ladies had come to see what the Bloomfield Talks project was all about and were braving the weather to watch a group of school children banging drums out on the street in celebration of the event.
I’ve included one of the pages that feature my photographs below.
To view a previous Bloomfield Talks blog post click on the link below:
Bloomfield Talks Tea Party
To view the Bloomfield Talks gallery click on the link below:
Commissioned Work
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