Ryutaro Ikeda

Ryutaro Ikeda
Celia Lendis Contemporary

"For me, to produce an oil painting I must actually set up my easel in the physical location of the object of interest rather than bringing the object into the studio. I wish to communicate the idea of the bigger picture. I achieve this through the relationship of body and space. It is essential for me to place my body directly in the space I am painting in order to feel the "existence of air" at the site. I need to create a relationship between my own, actual, independent feelings and the object found at the site."

Antti Laitinen

“Bark Boat” is the latest in a series of performances where Antti Laitinen embarks on a personal journey, pushing the boundaries of his physical endurance and braving the natural elements, to engage with the world in a collective mission to stage mythologies and erase the boundary between success and failure. As in most of his previous projects, “Bark Boat” originates from classical Finnish tales and cultural imagery - in this instance, the title is taken from a Finnish childhood game whereby pieces of tree bark are used as rafts and are set sailing onto the vast sea until they disappear out of sight. The children would imagine their miniature boats sailing all the way to faraway lands.

charlie millar

Personal Tempest

Austrian Cultural Forum London
Personal Tempest explores how our inner state of mind can be affected by natural phenomena, and how at times these effects can develop into a ‘personal tempest’ – a ‘storm’ of confused, eerie and uncomfortable feelings. Mirrored in imaginary accounts and personal testimony, the exhibition explores this romantic motif through paintings, drawings, video installations, and photographs. Based on Thomas Bernhard’s book Amras and Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights, Personal Tempest combines historical and contemporary approaches with poetic storytelling and conceptual presentations and is accompanied by solo exhibitions by artists Catherine Bertola and Conrad Atkinson in Yorkshire.

Tarka Kings

 

Bob and Roberta Smith - The Bonfire

frank cook

Frank lives and works in Rugby. He has exhibited widely and was awarded an arts development grant by Rugby Borough Council in 2008. As winner of the Rugby Open in the same year, he secured a solo exhibition at The Floor One Gallery. His work features in a number of private collections. Current preoccupations in Frank’s work include the themes of winter, signs and symbols. His images are diverse, relating to landscape, townscape or natural forms. Inventive development is sustained by using bleach, pencil and watercolour. Frank’s work deals with the effects of atmospheric light and the juxtaposition of different visual elements. Colour tends to be muted. Frank strives for active engagement from the viewer and hopes to encourage them to look beyond the obvious and to seek out and explore their own interpretations.