Christian Zanotto, 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY I AM THE PRESIDENT selfportrait', Mixed digital medias photographically transferred on crystal, 2011. Courtesy: Christian Zanotto. Christian Zanotto chooses crystal as the element onto which to entrust his images. An alchemic procedure in which crystal, the aseptic, motionless and inert substance, is rianimated by means of a chemical reaction obtained through light, using a procedure of photographic exposure, then covering the surface of the crystal with an emulsion of micro-crystals. The result obtained radiates light over the entire work, bestowing an extraordinary clarity to the figures portrayed; the artist moulds his figures in every detail and dimension, using sophisticated software and photographic techniques to pick out and fix details like real human skin, fabrics, lace, gold, so as to be able then to create textures with which to cover his figures.
'Parts & Labour; Kit of Materials', 2012.
Jeff Pigott, 'Just Desserts', sculpture, 2011.
HAYWARD GALLERY, LONDON
22 February – 13 May 2012
Camden Arts Centre, London
7 October 2011 – 8 January 2012
Gallery annouces exhibiting artists for Oriel Davies Open 2012.
Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the world’s leading questionnaire tool.
GI 2012, Amsterdam and Overtoom, Edinburgh Detour Library. I have been itching around for most of the morning staring at the windowsill and the outside. My housemates re-arranged the living room the other day to accommodate easier access to their […]
You can only do what you can do Funny how life throws us these little challenges and the knock on effects of these. I have recently had to have a rethink how I do things in relation to my art. […]
Degree show meltdowns. Anyone else had theirs yet? Although im quite in control and know what im doing to a certain extent, anxiety always shows its ugly head. In better news, The work iv’e been producing on relationships is starting […]
I’ve had to repeat most of these blog images such as ‘life’ etc. as my copy of Photoshop decided to pack itself in, bravo Adobe, bravo. I received a letter from the John Moores Painting Prize the other day, I […]
Frightening Albert The PV for my solo show is a week today. I have had my head down, concentrating on making the work, for what seems like an eternity. Apart from the odd exception I’m not comfortable talking about work […]
New Programming Meeting The three of us met to discuss strategies (not many), wish-lists of events (very many) and who to invite to give a talk over the next few months. We hope that one of our speakers will discuss […]
Today I have completed the second recording session in Brno. I made an hour-long recording from 12 -1 pm in “Cabbage Market” a very cosy little market placed between the Petra and Pavala Cathedral and Stare Radnice – Old Town […]
Day 2 of the great eight week countdown. Last summer I collected two squashed and sundried fledglings that I found by the side of the road. It was the first one with its mouth open in a silent scream that […]
Performance Writing MA based at Arnolfini, Bristol making language live on the point of collision and collaboration allowing trajectories away from print and page into installation, audio, digital, performance and visual arts practice and theory meld(mould)ing space, physicality, location and […]
A blog following “Krakow to Venice in 12 hours” – sound project which maps a journey from Krakow, Poland to Venice, Italy, crossing the borders of 6 countries: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Slovenia, and Italy. The project is attempting […]
Helen Stafford Interview Use five words to describe your work:Intricate LaboriousHistorical Technical Emotional What makes your work different from anyone elses? I focus on heritage and the deep emotional connections people can develop with their past, and in particular with […]
We have now settled on a date for the performance at the gallery, it will be on May 3rd. It quite a small space, so even if only 7 people show up it will feel busy, more and it will […]
The third sawdust firing went well. The mix of sawdust and shavings burnt out within 24 hours. I had sandblasted some of the glazed ceramics producing a surface somewhere between glaze and bisque – they responded to the smoke firing […]
Hmmm…. Does you good to look back a little sometimes, then you realise you ARE getting somewhere after all. Over the last month I’ve been doing a bit of wrangling haven’t I? The recording thing… ongoing… some sessions booked for […]
