Veiled Voyages exhibition catalogue

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Veiled Voyages

View Art Gallery presents a group show

Veiled Voyages March 8 - April 29, 2012

View Art Gallery 159-161 Hotwells Road Bristol BS8 4RY United 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 DAVIES Hannah takes us on a journey into a fantastical place of wonder and contentment, a place which only exists is ones own imagination.

right: Telling Tales acrylic on canvas 91 x 91 cm ÂŁ1,760 front cover: Land Ahoy acrylic and collage on canvas 31 x 31 cm ÂŁ265

left: Strangeland acrylic on canvas 122 x 91 cm £2,200

above: Little Girl, Big World acrylic on canvas 91 x 122 cm £2,100

left: Distant Places acrylic and collage on canvas 31 x 31 cm ÂŁ255

BETH CARTER Beth’s mix of sculpture and drawing tells stories of romantic journeys, transporting us to magical places to meet her wondrous characters

right: Girl at the Sea photogravure print, edition of 15 28 x 23 cm £540 over page left: Nyx’s Crossing collage and monoprint 45 x 55 cm £840 over page right: Leading the Giant bronze, jesmonite base, edition of 15 £3,480

Leaving for the Sea photogravure print, edition of 15 28 x 23 cm ÂŁ540

DAMIAN DALY In seamen’s lore Mother Cary was the name given to a water spirit, whose “chickens” were the souls of drowned sailors.

Mother Carey pen on paper 70 x 90 cm £750

Live Dangerously and Evolve pen on paper 70 x 90 cm ÂŁ750

Invaders pen on paper 70 x 90 cm ÂŁ750

Left: Explorer pen on paper 70 x 90 cm £750

Right: Enter the Void pen on paper 70 x 90 cm £750

Tiny Madonna pen on paper 70 x 90 cm ÂŁ750

CLAIRE JACKSON Claire’s creatures emulate imagined specimens collected from voyages to newly discovered lands.

right: Suspended Arachnid polymorph, acrylic resin, clock parts, and ruby movement £120 over page left: Masquerade polymorph, 18ct gold key £660 over page right: Clockwork Thought polymorph, antique cogs £100

Left: Curious Compass walnut, minia, 9ct gold ball, electronic parts, clockwork and cogs ÂŁ100

Right: Chandlephant polymorph, miniature wind-up key ÂŁ275

left: Arachnid II polymorph, acrylic resin, clock parts and swiss ruby movement ÂŁ90

right: Candy Apple

CATHERINE KNIGHT Catherine’s personal journey goes into the past where she tries to make sense of gaps where knowledge has been lost.

right: Skier oil on linen 30 x 25 cm £375 over page left: Nocturne oil on canvas 67 x 51 cm £770 over page right: Morgenlicht oil on canvas 80 x 50 cm £860

previous page: Mausbadswiese oil on canvas 50 x 110 cm £1,055 left: The Aunts oil on linen 50 x 40 cm £595 right: Two Brothers oil on board 30 x 15 cm £295

Mountain oil on canvas 110 x 160 cm ÂŁ1,760

JACOB DAHLSTRUP Jacob 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 1 graphite on paper, hand embossed 31 x 30 cm ÂŁ540

Fata Morgana 2 graphite on paper, hand embossed 31 x 30 cm ÂŁ540

Fata Morgana 3 graphite on paper, hand embossed 31 x 30 cm ÂŁ540

No-one Knows I’m Gone paper, hand embossed 50 x 65 cm £1.065

Veiled Voyage paper, hand embossed 57 x 78 cm ÂŁ1,290

Eagle versus Sparrow paper, hand embossed 65 x 50 cm ÂŁ1,065

As the Crow Flies paper, hand embossed 65 x 50 cm ÂŁ1.065

CLARE FERGUSON-WALKER Clare looks to both physical and parallel universes where imagined genetic evolution mutates creatures familiar yet alien.

right: Ship of Fools bronze resin, edition of 12 45 x 40 ÂŁ3,520 over page right: Leopard Frog bronze resin, edition of 25 40 x 40 ÂŁ1,390

DEAN MELBOURNE Dean 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 ÂŁ3,465

left: The Cabin oil on fabriano 145 x 112 cm ÂŁ3,465

right: The Fall of the Majestic Elk oil on fabriano 106 x 153 cm ÂŁ3,465

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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