Red's relish

hidden derbyshire

Marc — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:54:33 +0000

A part of the Cavendish Decorative and Fine Arts Society (CADFAS) commission that I was lucky enough to win with fellow artist Paul Hurst, http://www.paulhirstart.co.uk/index.html, in the Summer of last year brought with it the opportunity to have an exhibition staged in May at the University of Derby as part of their Open Studios, www.derby.ac.uk/openstudio, it was a great experience, especially exhibiting with Paul, a painter! As you will see from images of the exhibition we mixed the work together to create a more cohesive show that sought to avoid the comparisons that can result from art facing art across a narrow space.

in the beginning…

Marc — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:33:43 +0000

Blog Blog Blog….right, I’ve left this for far too long, time to face my demons…no thats not you Joke (my wonderful web designer you’ll find her at http://www.jokedewinter.co.uk/ or just click on her name below).

As I’ve been such a slacker with this over the last year I’m now going to do a quick re-cap and bring anybody who reads it into the present, hold tight, it may be a whirlwind tour full of typo’s and out of focus images, but I’ll try and tell you what I’ve been up to in the last year, well it is about me after all isn’t it?

I might mention others as I go, but that’s only if a) they’ve paid me, b) provided ‘favours’ (you’ll have to guess on that one) or c) inspired me in any number of ways!

I will also ensure I get more images uploaded as I go along, but lets do the text for starters and the visuals will follow!

Right..clock winds back to the Autumn…

In October I headed out to a place called Usti Nad Labem in the Czech Republic to take a place studying for an MA in Photography, luckily the first real year of a taught English programme, check out the links on the left, both for the city, good old Nothern town about an hour North of Praha (Prague…lets make the effort), built on industry, the river Labem (Elbe in Germany), coal mines, a chemical plant in the middle of town (not as bad as the Simpsons…I hope), a large Romany community…not sounding too good, but get this, it’s cheap to live and the scenery surrounding it is absolutely beautiful…oh and the university is supposed to be quite good too….bit like the RCA but different! Check out the links for a nosey!

No idea what was said, but am sure it was all good...lol!

In November I got the chance to exhibit in a show celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the opening of the Arts Faculty, and quite a prestigious event it was too. The show took place at the one of the buildings that form the National Gallery in Prague, in this case the Veletržního paláce, an enormous building of contemporary arts. It benefited from press conferences and some wonderful opening night refreshments, certainly the biggest thing I’ve been involved in before!

station copy

Marc — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:40:29 +0000

Here you are memory
on the patina of my past;
your hesitant steps never stop firming.
Here’s your shadow of fire, which spreads across my years…
Te Voici Souvenir (Memory here you are) by Luc Vuagnat 1927-91

We go about our lives unaware of the myriad of traumatic events that unfold across the country on a daily basis, subconsciously hoping that such incidents will never directly affect us, the things that we deny cannot harm us.

the crescent

Marc — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:39:30 +0000

Abandoned for so many years, its heart truly hidden from view, only the splendour of a grand curving façade to hint at a former glory, the hoardings that pledge funding to protect this place and return it to a time long forgotten are as faded as its walls.

… to dust

Marc — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:38:47 +0000

…this body of work is anonymous, there are no identities portrayed, either of places, individuals or religions, the crematorium could be anywhere, it is intentionally generic in its presentation, this work is not about identity with anybody other than ones self and our subsequent mortality, our journey to dust.