01 March 15

Bob Barron – Works on card and slate.

Barron’s art is an attempt to express vague musings about the passage of time made corporeal through certain images, surfaces and textures. He works primarily with mixed media and is interested in the idea of recycling materials that have been discarded as waste.
Venue
Bath School of Art and Design Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5SF
Starts
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Ends
Friday, March 27, 2015
Address
Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5SF
Location
South West England

 

He uses card that he collects from local outlets.  He then cuts, tears, paints and re-assembles the various pieces. Sometimes he attempts to remove the fresh paint to reveal parts of the text on the card or he will score and scratch the surface or perhaps sand it down to reveal the corrugations beneath.

He has further used this interest in the use of discarded materials by working with old and broken roof slates.  He washes the slates clean from years of soot and grime and scores into the surface with a sharp point before assembling the various pieces.  He is interested in the journey from the seabed to the quarry, from the quarry to the rooftop, and from the rooftop to the artwork.