Different Spaces

Different SPACES MA FINE art Interim Show July 8th - August 12 2020

Kirsty Charlton, Tamas Csanak, Brett Dickson, Alexandra Gould, Rachel Jefferson, Lyn Killeen, Laura Lambton, Lorraine Lawler, Jo Liddle, Dara Melo, Rayanne Noble, Kevin Rudkin, Linzi Saunders, Lisa Marie Thompson, Jessica Watson, Cheyenne Williams, Jane Young, Jordan Younger open: mon / tues / wed / fri / sat 9.30 am - 5.30 Pm thurs 9am-8pm / Sun 9am-5pm

Frederick street Gallery

THE Bridges - Sunderland - SR1 https://www.frederickstreetgallery.com/

https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/study/creative-arts/postgraduate-fine-art/

IG: @frederickstreetgallery @mafineartsunderland

Tamas Csanak

Street art has always been an art form merging vibrant street life with colourful and creative pieces that enrich public space and give it appealing ambient. People appreciate street style as a form of expression not only while creating art but also while creating fashion. The originality and raw quality of the messages presented in the style and art of the streets are the defining quality that makes street art stand out from the rest. My favourite form of street art is graffiti since it presents beautiful typography and artworks that translate to raw, unfiltered feelings of the people. It is an art form that tends to stay away from elevated places like galleries and museums, yet it is so powerful not many people stay unaffected by it. Graffiti and street art dominate public spaces and create completely fresh perception of the space and art. It challenges the social standards of what is considered art and changes public view on what is vandalism and what is true art expression. I identify with this form of art expression due to my roots and upbringing. Graffiti was the first form of art I had contact with and it shaped me as an artist I am today.

Brett Dickson

Space. The word produces many alternative ideas and meanings. Anything outside the Earth’s atmosphere is called space. The room inside your house is a space. The street you live in, also a space. So, what is space? I see space as being relative volume to the current area and the thing I find most interesting is how we move through space, the journey of how we navigate through an environment.

The twists and turns, ups and downs.

Furthermore how perspective effects and influences our conception of the space. Finally, time. Everything is temporary.

Time will effect and change any space.

These elements became a focal point within my work.

Alexandra Gould

My motivation comes from the act of creating as opposed to the final outcome or aesthetic of a piece.

The space I’m working on and in influences the work I create; bigger spaces allows for more movement and expression and smaller spaces constricts my actions and creates a different outcome.

I enjoy creating both positive and negative space through the use of colour; using different tones, contrasting colours and the build up of layers to creation dimension through gestural marks.

Rachel Jefferson

Mind Space What if the space within our minds could become a reality, such as a dream or a figment of our imagination.

As children we are told not to day dream and to pay attention, resulting in creativity being cut short. As a child my mind would often wander, I would imagine birds flying in through the classroom windows and mice climbing wires on the walls to reach the ceiling. Once when I was very young, I looked out of my bedroom window and imagined a tiger pacing through my garden. When I look into a space now, I wonder what my young mind might have seen, this is how I create my paintings, by looking past reality to create a surreal space, much like the surrealists did by painting their dreams. At some point we tend to let go of the creative confidence we had as children and instead prioritize a more academic lifestyle, as society demands, but there is no reason why the two can’t work together. I hope that one day imagination will be encouraged just as much as academic study so that the world can become a more creative place for future generations.

Lyn Killeen

We are always involved in space; finding the right location, wall, or floor for installing an artwork.

Spaces are not only a place where art is placed and viewed but an empty space, a space for experimentation, and more than that, a space in which the artist can linger not knowing.

There are spaces we inhabit and without them art does not happen. They are empty spaces and full ones, quiet and noisy spaces, where art experiences happen.

Lorraine Lawler,

My current work is based around a two dimensional surface which explores the element of space.

How the forms react to the emptiness or area between, around, above, below, or within the painted objects.

These experiences are then transferred to the viewer; spaces are made for the audience who have permission to be there to look and whose responses are given credence and why.

I try to represent my concerns in a way that may be ambiguous, inviting the audience to ask questions.

The unfinished appearance of particular work creates uncertainty that aims to probe the psyche of the viewer and asks them to think about what is absent.

Laura Lambton

Exploring the ideas of self-identity and personal reflection is a forgiving way for a person to come to terms with the realities of life and all it can offer us; whether it be good or bad.

My work is exactly this; I find that planning, executing and making a piece of my work public is a good exercise in coming to terms with the differences in the way I see my self in comparison to how others see me. It also offers an environment and a practice in which I can sort through and express inner thoughts and feelings that don’t tend to surface as much or are not as obvious to those around me. Working with mirrors is not only a clever metaphor to bounce off the idea of self-reflection, but also allows me to invite viewers into my space, both physically and mentally. Of course you don’t see exactly what I see when I look in the mirror, but the interactive nature of the mirrors allows for the combining of words, colours, textures or whatever necessary to manipulate how the viewer receives the work in order to instil an idea, emotion or situation that I have found myself part of in connection to my condition.

Jo Liddle

I am the space. I hold you safe. I’ve held you all over the last hundred and twenty years; from your great grandparents, to your new grand-daughter.

I haven’t changed much really, my bones are the same old hand-hewn and red, although some are crumbling now, but you keep me going with new skin and sometimes new dresses. I particularly liked the yellow one with flowers.

You’ve marked me with a record of your childrens’ growth. I’ll keep it for you under this dress, by the door frame. If you look upstairs and peel back three other dresses, you’ll see I’ve kept safe the same record of your grandparents. And here, near the window, you drew on me the sun shape of your mother’s face. These are my treasures and yours.

I hear you all. I hear your joy and your grief. Your conversations and laughter float across me but your tears excoriate. That day, I wanted to reach out and hold you closer in your howls of grief, but instead I stood strong while you pounded me. I hold your secrets, I keep your memories. If you sit with me in the dark and quiet, I might re-tell them.

Dara Melo

Trespassing Primaries According to some dictionary definitions, Space represents the freedom an individual possesses to explore and be acquainted with their own interests and needs, without external interference. Another simpler, but equally accurate, definition would be a ‘blank or empty area’.

With these series of abstract paintings, I want to explore the spaces created by colours – the physical, aesthetic space, created through pigments and shapes on a blank surface, and the abstract, conceptual space each composition represents.

When looking at the visual aspect of the paintings, each colour can be interpreted as an individual, distinctive identity. By overlaying and blending of the colours with each other, almost like a trespassing

Rayanne Noble

I think of my work as a representation and expression of feelings and emotions. Exploring the elements of line, shape and colour while producing works using a combination of non-figurative, abstract, colourful, expressive, textures and geometric forms.

The work takes formation through the use of high quality industrial and domestic materials. Use of vibrant colours is vital in each piece of work, changing moods and how the artwork can be perceived. The combination of the material and colour change the weight of each piece influencing how the viewer perceives and responds to the artwork. Filling and changing each empty white space full of bright colours, shapes and textures.

Inspiration comes from emotions that I can express in chaotic pieces of work, shown by the stacking of random cut shapes, bright colours and paint splashes.

Using the spaces of the shapes to be able to express those feelings by throwing the paint at the metal with the unknown of how the finished product will look in its final appearance.

Kevin Rudkin

The inspiration for my work comes from the architectural spaces and places. I do this with the route which I take every day, whether it be walking home, taking the bus or on holiday. Exploring the shapes, patterns and form of a space is something I find quite appealing. Using my own photographs of architectural spaces, I recreate them into abstract prints using bright vibrant colours and stencils to create the structure of the building I am redesigning. I find it interesting when my prints give a sense of mystery to my audience as it makes them think about which building I am trying to reinterpret. I very much like the idea of moving the floor from its place, and moving it to a space it doesn’t belong to create the idea of another dimension in an abstract form. It is not just the building which motivate my work but other architectural sculptures I see in the city inspires me such as staircases, fences I see in the park and the brickwork on the side of a house.

Linzi Saunders

The definition of space is described as a continuous area which is either free, available or occupied.

Everyday people occupy new spaces that others have left behind. Throughout my life I have often occupied a room in a hospital, always being told that I am unwell; this has happened to me on more than once occasion. Over time it did make me think. How colour psychology can link to the atmosphere of a space you occupy for a long period of time. Can colour trigger certain emotions and memories in myself and those who came to visit me?

The effects of colour can create a huge influence on our moods. Depending on how we went to visualise those colours. Whether it be a positive or negative outlook.

When creating a new painting I first decide on the colours I want to use and what emotion it will influence my audience into feeling when viewing the finished piece. I take great pride in capturing the personality of the figures I am painting with the use of colour. Each piece I create is a memory frozen I time which occupies a space on my wall.

Lisa Marie Thompson “Digital Impressions” “By exploring the human form using soft sculpture, VR projections and light I hope to engage the observer in questioning their relationship with their authentic and virtual self in the digital and physical spaces they occupy.”

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Jessica Watson

I enjoy being alone. Being in a space completely by myself gives me room to breathe. I live a very hectic and stressful life, so having just a few minutes in a space alone is a gift. I need time away from life so that I can process it.

I enjoy owning a space. I don’t have a specific room that I work best in or where I find myself most comfortable.

As long as for just a little while I can view it as my own, all my own, no one else’s, then that’s where I am comfortable.

I enjoy not being judged. I need to be in a space where I don’t feel like I’m being judged every second of every minute. My space is somewhere free of attack or of painful stares and stupid questions.

I enjoy escaping. If I can’t find a space within the world I’m in, I create my own. I shove headphones in my ears and just enjoy not having to listen to the outside world for a little while. Even if I don’t have songs playing, I enjoy that I can just deafen the outside and let myself think.

I enjoy my own personal space.

Cheyenne Williams

The term “space” is interesting because it can be applied to any instance in real life as well as in an artists practice. The space between yourself and a stranger on the bus. The emotional space or distance between a married couple. The space from your home to your daily commute to work. It is applicable everywhere in life even if you don’t realise, whether it be literal or emotional. The idea of applying space into art practice is interesting because it can be used in any way you like. For example, in my own work I like experimenting with pattern. Whenever I create a piece it is often accompanied with abstract markings. They themselves can indicate space, movement or an emotion depending on the subject matter. I want to take this staple of mine and develop it further into my work. I want to begin to use it on a grander scale. I plan to use my markings to express emotion I want to create a range of works regarding, body image and mental health and I feel that this title is a perfect way to begin working towards this goal. I am expecting an exciting outcome.

Jordan Younger

“Paradigms are a multitude of habits that guide every move you make. They affect the way you eat, the way you walk, even the way you talk. They govern your communication, your work habits, your successes and your failures. For the most part, your paradigms didn’t originate with you.

They’re the accumulated inheritance of other people’s habits, opinions, and belief systems. Yet they remain the guiding force in YOUR life.” – Bob Proctor “Smiling in Paradigms Arms” and “Untitled”, depict Proctors diagrams in an accessible way.

The circle that represents the mind, is open before and after birth, allowing ideas to be soaked up, forming the paradigm. As we grow older, these thought patterns, no matter how negative they are, become difficult to change and will dictate our lives on a subconscious level. However, changing the paradigm is a way of allowing miracles to occur that are easily within reach.

Kirsty Charlton

When people think of spaces, they may think of there favourite place to be at or a favourite holiday destination they have been to and visit often where as I think of the inevitable, which is death and what comes after death. No one knows what happens after somebody passes away, people believe in heaven and some people also believe in hell but what about the space in between them, what about purgatory or as some people sometimes like to call it limbo. I like to believe that when we do eventually pass away that we get to walk through our memories one last time through limbo before we get to our final destination as such, a walk through the life we have left ready for a new life when we pass over and ready to make new memories. Everyone thinks of death as something sad and dull but yet when its autumn everyone loves the colours of the trees yet them themselves are dying but in a beautiful way. Everyone’s purgatory will be different as they have lived different lives and it makes it unique to that on person so they are happy before they pass over not sad.

Jane Young Contemplate

Looking inside I saw myself, crumpled, crushed, fragmented.

It came from nowhere.

I stopped, made space in my mind, made space in my thoughts.

A large empty space.

What is inside?

What is outside?

Space.

Space within a space.

Silence.

Listen.

Space to see, space to dream.

Make time.

Time to appreciate space.

In this space, an element of form.

A circle.

Continuity.

Strength.

Clarity.

Feminine energy.

Sacred space.

Spirituality.

There are boundaries.

There is a message.

Freedom.

In this space, an element of light.

Light.

Light reflecting on soft curves.

Glimmering, glimmering hope.

There is hope.

There is always hope.

In this space, an element of colour.

Colour.

Colour creating a mood, affecting an emotion.

Tranquil.

Calm.

Composed.

Serene, quiet, soft and considerate.

Take time, make space, contemplate.