Snap Galleries are releasing five of my Pixies’ photographs and these will be on show for the first time at The Affordable Art Fair in Battersea Park, London from 11th to 14th March 2010.
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park 11-14th March 2010
March 7th, 2010Pixies’s photographic retrospective exhibition to open in London, April 2010
March 6th, 2010Snap Galleries will host a major retrospective of my Pixies’ photographs in London opening April 17th until 29th May 2010. Further info can be found here
© Simon Larbalestier/Snap Galleries
C4 Gallery Update
February 25th, 2010As of February 2010, C4 Contemporary Art / C4 Editions/ Jonathan Dewdney of 5647 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028 is no longer authorised to act as my representative for photographic print sales.
Photoshelter Archive Updated
February 8th, 2010My online archive Photoshelter has now been completely revamped with new galleries. Please click HERE to visit.
Minotaur LE Box Set Unpacked
January 4th, 2010A few weeks back I received my complimentary copy of the Pixies Minotaur Limited Edition Box Set, courtesy of Jeff Anderson at Artist in Residence. Detailed photographs of this extraordinary package can be found at my Photoshelter Online Archive .
Vaughan Oliver: A Portrait Of The Artist As A Jung Man
January 4th, 2010Vaughan Oliver has been responsible for creating the look and cementing the visual aesthetic of 4AD records since the early 80s. John Doran meets him to talk about producing sleeve art that endures. See the online interview here.
Cyphers and A L P H A V I L L E new blogs.
November 29th, 2009A L P H A V I L L E will present current new works in progress and related imagery, whilst Cyphers will display a collection of visual reference, photographs and anecdotal “finds” that relate to the last 20 years of my work, not shown on my domain website. Further images will be presented on my Photoshelter Archive site. More detailed information to follow shortly.
Vaughan Oliver and Simon Larbalestier talk Minotaur
November 29th, 2009Venue: The Gallery, UCA, Epsom, UK.
Time: Monday 7th December 2009 starts 5pm.
Vaughan Oliver and Simon Larbalestier discuss the Minotaur Project.
Hosted by Brian Whitehead including contributing students Ben Ewing, Aron Kitney, Phoebe Richardson, Michael Speed, Rose Thomas, Paul Tumber, and Rosie Upright.
Please apply for tickets at Registery Office limited places available.
Unveiling the Pixies Minotaur
November 26th, 2009Pixies Minotaur Box set is finally unveiled: YouTube.
Neil Chenery and Hoteye
November 26th, 2009Neil Chenery approached me back in 1998 with an interview request for his online magazine Hoteye. The questions touched me and many levels of my work and within a few days we’d become internet friends and shortly after I asked Neil to take over the design and management of my website. This friendship was cemented in 2001 when I visited Neil in Melbourne, Australia and stayed for several months – together we explored Australia. My website design has evolved over the years and I’ve always been surprised and excited by the clarity of vision Neil has consistently maintained – his latest designs now being my three web blogs Addenda, Cyphers and this one Locus. Neil has now updated Hoteye with some of his recent personal work.
“These images are part of a digital sketchbook and are source images for a proposed new series of larger works. I normally use abstract works on paper, small scale, with lots of marks and textures as the source for larger works. In the past these were then photocopied and smaller details masked and cut out to be later enlarged as drawings or paintings. Visually the result is along the same lines as Leonardo Da Vinci seeing landscapes and images in stains on the wall. With this technique I am using my own visual language and mark-making to produce the subject matter for more fully realised images. The final images go through a further stage remaining in flux for as long as possible, often ending upside down, before they are finally resolved.
Instead of photocopying this new work is manipulated in PhotoShop from a wide range of different sources and being digital allows me to crop, scale and distort the images with ease in ways that previously weren’t available or easy to achieve. Just like the earlier works, most of these images come from unexpected details from larger images, hence the series title “fragments”. At this point I’m not sure where this latest body of work is headed but, in turn, that’s a critical factor in keeping the work fresh and enjoyable to work on.”
Neil Chenery May, 2009
