Veiled Voyages exhibition catalogue

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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

sarah@viewartgallery.co.uk

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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