Review: Derwent Fine Art Prize 2014 Exhibition
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The Derwent Art Prize 2014 celebrates pencil fine art together with its electrical flow exhibition at the Mall Galleries is really successful at demonstrating the arrive at of artwork together with approaches to making fine art that tin live seen inward contemporary pencil fine art today.
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There are only about incredibly impressive artworks inward coloured pencil. If y'all desire to come across what tin live achieved alongside coloured pencils so this is the exhibition to come upward together with see. This exhibition also clearly highlighted for me how much to a greater extent than impressive coloured pencil industrial plant are when artists don't constrain the size of their pieces. Three of the iv pieces were really much bigger than those typically seen inward exhibitions of coloured pencil art. Time for coloured pencil artists to convey a shout out back close size equally good equally technique!
The pieces worth remaking upon for me were equally follows
There were only about impressive series. I assemble the procedure of submission industrial plant inward such a means that the artworks cannot cash inward one's chips separated together with thence the judges tin come across all industrial plant together.
There were three serial which stood out for me
What I also institute interesting close Jessie's operate is that this built upon a serial of iv drawings inward lastly year's exhibition - which were small-scale together with documented the architecture together with features of life lived on a council estate. Drawing the inwardness of everyday life for a lot of people ever has a lot to recommend it.
The lesson from the serial I saw inward this exhibition is that if y'all are going to submit to a greater extent than than 1 drawing, it's meliorate to arrive business office of a series.
Interestingly I institute the to a greater extent than detailed representational drawings inward the exhibition did non "call to me" unless they had involvement inside the film or a flush close them.
Technical precision on its ain did non convey an impact.
These iv drawings were much to a greater extent than interesting
Works inward the exhibition included a diverseness of pencil media - graphite, charcoal, coloured pencils, pastels. Some were combined alongside other media alongside only about fascinating results eg embroidery together with coloured pencils together with encaustic together with graphite on a wooden panel.
I shout out back it's a peachy compassion in that location are no 3D industrial plant inward this year's exhibit dissimilar lastly twelvemonth which demonstrated really clearly that drawing inward pencils is non express to a 2D format. The determination non to include whatever seemed to me to live a retrograde measurement - in that location again, mayhap the ones submitted were non deemed worthy past times the Judges. It did seem really strange since I assemble 1 of the aims of the judges was to sweat together with exhibit the arrive at of ways inward which pencils tin live used to do art.
I do shout out back in that location needs to live a review of what is meant past times "pencil". If pastel sticks together with charcoal sticks are agreed to live pencils so so live it - that's fine. However it did strike me that only about of the industrial plant didn't genuinely convey a closed human relationship alongside a pencil!
The exhibition is to a greater extent than ofttimes than non speaking a good hung show. There's a feel of those industrial plant having a human relationship 1 to the other beingness given the infinite they need.
A number of industrial plant inward the exhibition were non framed - including the winner of the overall prize. I checked the price together with weather condition together with this was non a mandatory requirement. While it sure encourages entries from international artists it did strike me that if y'all compared the exhibition inward the North Gallery (Derwent Art) alongside the 1 inward the West gallery (Sunday Times Watercolour exhibition) so I know which 1 looked to a greater extent than professional person together with worthy of a contest alongside a pregnant coin prize.
Indeed the Derwent Art Prize exhibition had an interesting mix of really professional person alongside corners which had an air of lastly bird exhibit close them - which, spell I was writing that, genuinely seemed really unfair to the proper presentation of a lot of operate seen inward lastly bird shows!
It also seemed somewhat ludicrous to convey drawings alongside a pregnant value held upward past times bulldog clips!
If the sponsors want for the exhibition to hold to gain status I recommend that they insist on all 2D industrial plant beingness framed.
There are framers inward London who volition frame industrial plant for exhibitions (i.e. frame on loan) together with this is a suitable pick for overseas entrants.
Bottom line of piece of job it only seems unfair to me that people living inward the U.K. should cash inward one's chips to the problem together with expense of getting their operate framed together with shipped downwards to London when these aren't expenses which necessitate to live deducted from (say) the private winning the £6,000 start prize!
For those looking to submit operate inward the future, inward price of frames y'all tin come across from the video that they are VERY neutral - mainly black, white, grey, bleached woods or natural low-cal woods. In other words the touchstone London exhibition frame!
Finally - I'd beloved to hand y'all links to the details of the industrial plant of the artists shown inward this post - but the exhibition website is withal non working!
This post has:
- a video of my walk circular the Derwent Art Prize 2014 exhibition - to hand y'all a experience for what it it looks like
- some full general observations close the exhibition
- the artworks which caught my oculus - including those that I would convey had on my brusk listing for prizewinners
Video - a walk circular the Derwent Art Prize exhibition
Observations
There are only about incredibly impressive artworks inward coloured pencil. If y'all desire to come across what tin live achieved alongside coloured pencils so this is the exhibition to come upward together with see. This exhibition also clearly highlighted for me how much to a greater extent than impressive coloured pencil industrial plant are when artists don't constrain the size of their pieces. Three of the iv pieces were really much bigger than those typically seen inward exhibitions of coloured pencil art. Time for coloured pencil artists to convey a shout out back close size equally good equally technique!
The pieces worth remaking upon for me were equally follows
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| "After Dinner" (coloured pencil) past times Tegan Iversen an Australian artist, currently studying for a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing) at the Victorian College of the Arts. This is a huge drawing alongside large marks. |
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| "Vitality" (coloured pencil) past times French creative individual Isabelle Cridlig (or 'big blue' equally I kept calling it.) the ikon on the left inward this panoramic shot Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot of people were assuming this 1 had won prior to the announcement. Virtually everybody I spoke to liked it |
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| This is what 'Vitality' looked similar closed upward - lots of shapes which suggested people - or only about other form of life - swimming As practiced an declaration equally many for the necessitate to come across - together with guess - a operate inward person |
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| a closed upward of business office of Patsy Whiting's coloured pencil slice which won Third Prize Note the texture together with the delicacy of the handling of both low-cal together with colour. |
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| Extreme right: The Cloud (coloured pencil) past times Meghan Hyckie Meaghan is a Canadian ex pat. Her artwork was really amorphous - equally all practiced clouds should live - together with total of mark-making |
There were three serial which stood out for me
- one received an award - The Devolution Series by Derwent Prize Exhibition 2014 - Other prizewinners)
- another received a exceptional commendation for 1 of her drawings inward the serial of 3 drawings by Derwent Prize Exhibition 2014 - Other prizewinners)
- However for me the absolute showstopper serial - for all sorts of reasons - were the drawings past times Jessie Brennan. For me they looked similar an absolute certainty for a prize - together with a lot of people at the Private View seemed to shout out back the same.
The drawings are entitled 'A Fall of Ordinariness together with Light' together with visualise the ‘progression’ of the buildings’ imminent demise, symbolising the autumn of social ideals of progress.
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| A Fall of Ordinariness together with Light' past times Jessie Brennan graphite on newspaper ( drawn equally if on crumpled paper) This major housing evolution which is due for demolition stands yards from the Town Hall inward the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and I know something of the struggle that surrounded the redevelopment. of Robin Hood Gardens. It volition inward business office live replaced past times private housing for sale. Anybody who has travelled onto the Isle of Dogs via Poplar volition know it well. Jessie has caught the whole ethos associated alongside this belongings together with its demise This is drawing equally social comment - using an approach together with format which echoes its message |
The lesson from the serial I saw inward this exhibition is that if y'all are going to submit to a greater extent than than 1 drawing, it's meliorate to arrive business office of a series.
Interestingly I institute the to a greater extent than detailed representational drawings inward the exhibition did non "call to me" unless they had involvement inside the film or a flush close them.
Technical precision on its ain did non convey an impact.
These iv drawings were much to a greater extent than interesting
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| A corner of the North Gallery |
I shout out back it's a peachy compassion in that location are no 3D industrial plant inward this year's exhibit dissimilar lastly twelvemonth which demonstrated really clearly that drawing inward pencils is non express to a 2D format. The determination non to include whatever seemed to me to live a retrograde measurement - in that location again, mayhap the ones submitted were non deemed worthy past times the Judges. It did seem really strange since I assemble 1 of the aims of the judges was to sweat together with exhibit the arrive at of ways inward which pencils tin live used to do art.
I do shout out back in that location needs to live a review of what is meant past times "pencil". If pastel sticks together with charcoal sticks are agreed to live pencils so so live it - that's fine. However it did strike me that only about of the industrial plant didn't genuinely convey a closed human relationship alongside a pencil!
The exhibition is to a greater extent than ofttimes than non speaking a good hung show. There's a feel of those industrial plant having a human relationship 1 to the other beingness given the infinite they need.
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| A contrast betwixt the really professional person together with a presentation which has range for improvement - shame, because the drawing is excellent! |
Indeed the Derwent Art Prize exhibition had an interesting mix of really professional person alongside corners which had an air of lastly bird exhibit close them - which, spell I was writing that, genuinely seemed really unfair to the proper presentation of a lot of operate seen inward lastly bird shows!
It also seemed somewhat ludicrous to convey drawings alongside a pregnant value held upward past times bulldog clips!
If the sponsors want for the exhibition to hold to gain status I recommend that they insist on all 2D industrial plant beingness framed.
There are framers inward London who volition frame industrial plant for exhibitions (i.e. frame on loan) together with this is a suitable pick for overseas entrants.
Bottom line of piece of job it only seems unfair to me that people living inward the U.K. should cash inward one's chips to the problem together with expense of getting their operate framed together with shipped downwards to London when these aren't expenses which necessitate to live deducted from (say) the private winning the £6,000 start prize!
For those looking to submit operate inward the future, inward price of frames y'all tin come across from the video that they are VERY neutral - mainly black, white, grey, bleached woods or natural low-cal woods. In other words the touchstone London exhibition frame!
Finally - I'd beloved to hand y'all links to the details of the industrial plant of the artists shown inward this post - but the exhibition website is withal non working!
Derwent Art Prize - Links to previous weblog posts
2014
- Derwent Art Prize 2014 - Two People's Choice Awards thirty Jul 2014 - The Derwent Art Prize offers ii opportunities for the populace to vote for the People's Choice Award inward relation to the artwork selected for exhibition together with - this twelvemonth for the start fourth dimension - all entries equally well.
- The s Derwent Art Prize - Call for Entries 10 February 2014 - s Derwent Art Prize - for pencil art: an overview together with commentary on Call for Entries addition review of lastly twelvemonth re. selected artwork, prizewinners together with exhibition.
2013
- Chrys Allen wins first Derwent Art Prize for pencil art nineteen Sep 2013 - Review of the first Derwent Art Prize 2013 for pencil fine art -Prizewinners together with Exhibition at the Mall Galleries.
- The Derwent Art Prize - a discussion twenty Jul 2013 - Review of the Derwent Art Prize together with issues raised past times this fine art contest inward its start year.
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