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Veiled Voyages
View Art Gallery presents a group show
Veiled VoyagesMarch 8 - April 29, 2012
View Art Gallery159-161 Hotwells Road
Bristol BS8 4RYUnited Kingdom
for enquiries: +44 (0)5603 116753
BETH CARTER
JACOB DAHLSTRUP
DAMIAN DALY
HANNAH LEWIS DAVIES
CLARE FERGUSON-WALKER
CLAIRE JACKSON
CATHERINE KNIGHT
DEAN MELBOURNE
HANNAH LEWIS DAVIESHannah takes us on a journey into a fantastical place of wonder and contentment, a place which only exists is ones own imagination.
right: Telling Talesacrylic on canvas
91 x 91 cm£1,760
front cover: Land Ahoyacrylic and collage on canvas
31 x 31 cm£265
above: Little Girl, Big Worldacrylic on canvas
91 x 122 cm£2,100
left: Strangelandacrylic on canvas122 x 91 cm£2,200
left: Distant Placesacrylic and collage on canvas31 x 31 cm£255
over page right: Leading the Giantbronze, jesmonite base, edition of 15
£3,480
BETH CARTERBeth’s mix of sculpture and drawing tells stories of romantic journeys, transporting us to magical places to meet her wondrous characters
over page left: Nyx’s Crossingcollage and monoprint
45 x 55 cm£840
right: Girl at the Seaphotogravure print, edition of 15
28 x 23 cm£540
Leaving for the Seaphotogravure print, edition of 15
28 x 23 cm£540
DAMIAN DALYIn seamen’s lore Mother Cary was the name given to a water spirit, whose “chickens” were the souls of drowned sailors.
Mother Careypen on paper
70 x 90 cm£750
Live Dangerously and Evolvepen on paper
70 x 90 cm£750
Invaderspen on paper
70 x 90 cm£750
Left: Explorerpen on paper70 x 90 cm£750
Right: Enter the Voidpen on paper
70 x 90 cm£750
Tiny Madonnapen on paper
70 x 90 cm£750
CLAIRE JACKSONClaire’s creatures emulate imagined specimens collected from voyages to newly discovered lands.
over page right: Clockwork Thoughtpolymorph, antique cogs
£100
over page left: Masqueradepolymorph, 18ct gold key
£660
right: Suspended Arachnidpolymorph, acrylic resin, clock parts, and ruby movement
£120
Left: Curious Compasswalnut, minia, 9ct gold ball, electronic parts, clockwork and cogs£100
Right: Chandlephantpolymorph, miniature wind-up key
£275
left: Arachnid IIpolymorph, acrylic resin, clock parts and swiss ruby movement£90
right: Candy Apple
CATHERINE KNIGHT
right: Skieroil on linen30 x 25 cm
£375
Catherine’s personal journey goes into the past where she tries to make sense of gaps where knowledge has been lost.
over page left: Nocturneoil on canvas
67 x 51 cm£770
over page right: Morgenlichtoil on canvas
80 x 50 cm£860
previous page: Mausbadswieseoil on canvas50 x 110 cm£1,055
left: The Auntsoil on linen50 x 40 cm£595
right: Two Brothersoil on board30 x 15 cm£295
Mountainoil on canvas110 x 160 cm
£1,760
JACOB DAHLSTRUPJacob merges graphite drawings with paper tattoos to explore nautical folklore - stories of faith, hope, love, and the struggle to get to the non-existing point in the horizon.
Fata Morgana 1graphite on paper, hand embossed
31 x 30 cm£540
Fata Morgana 2graphite on paper, hand embossed
31 x 30 cm£540
Fata Morgana 3graphite on paper, hand embossed
31 x 30 cm£540
No-one Knows I’m Gonepaper, hand embossed
50 x 65 cm£1.065
Veiled Voyagepaper, hand embossed
57 x 78 cm£1,290
Eagle versus Sparrowpaper, hand embossed
65 x 50 cm£1,065
As the Crow Fliespaper, hand embossed
65 x 50 cm£1.065
CLARE FERGUSON-WALKERClare looks to both physical and parallel universes where imagined genetic evolution mutates crea-tures familiar yet alien.
right: Ship of Fools bronze resin, edition of 12
45 x 40£3,520
over page right: Leopard Frogbronze resin, edition of 25
40 x 40£1,390
DEAN MELBOURNEDean explores the desire to escape reality, whether in the cynical re-contextualising of his fashion idols or the romantic staging in his figurative landscapes.
The Thaumaturgist (World Folder)oil on fabriano
125 x 125 cm£3,465
left: The Cabinoil on fabriano145 x 112 cm£3,465
right: The Fall of the Majestic Elkoil on fabriano
106 x 153 cm£3,465
The voyages resonate with personal journeys as well as take us to new worlds where we can escape and live in moments of fantasy.
The stories capture an array of emotions in the narrative which grab the attention and then invade our imaginations.
Nick Waugh, View Art Gallery
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