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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20161119T180000
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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/dot-art-gallery-topography/
SUMMARY:dot-art Gallery: dot-art Gallery: Topography
DESCRIPTION:Topography\, 7th October – 19th November\, dot-art Gallery\n\
 nThe dot-art Gallery’s new exhibition\, Topography\, opens on Friday 7th
  October and will showcase the work of two North West based artists\, Andr
 ew Kinmont and Simon Job\, who explore the portrayal of landscape in very 
 different but complimentary ways. They also share a common fascination wit
 h the construction of the artwork itself. For the work in this exhibition\
 , the physical act of painting and the conscious and subconscious decision
 s made during the process are as important as the original subject matter.
 \n\nAndrew graduated from University of Wales with a first class Fine Art 
 Honours degree\, obtaining further training from St Martins College London
  and West Dean College\, Chichester. In 2014 he was elected as an Associat
 e Member of the prestigious Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. His work 
 has appeared on the cover of various magazines and catalogues and publishe
 d in ‘101 Abstract and Non-Figurative Artworks’ (Published 2015). He e
 xhibits work extensively\, including regular selection for the Royal Insti
 tute of Oil Painters annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries\, London. In 
 recognition of his growing status his name was added to the notable “Who
 ’s Who in Art’ (Movern Press) in 2014. Recently he was elected as a me
 mber of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. He currently lives and works 
 in Cheshire\n\nAndrew takes his direct experience of nature as his inspira
 tion. As wind\, erosion\, ageing\, decay constantly alter what we see in n
 ature\, so too his paint is layered or poured\, surfaces erased and rework
 ed. He constantly struggles between allowing materials to follow their own
  course or directing them towards his own intuitive ends. Often his painti
 ngs do not represent a recognizable landscape\, but the colours\, textures
  and shapes of the composition evoke natural qualities of solidity\, form\
 , air and space. Traces of marks and materials are left on the surface\, m
 aking the viewer aware of the act of painting as well as the innate beauty
  of the materials themselves. The end result is paintings which have their
  own unique form\, with their roots in both nature and his own subjective 
 experience.\n\nAndrew says:\n\n“I respond to my own sensory experience o
 f landscape through direct gestural brushmarks\, which trigger the senses 
 and resonate on a deeply emotive level. I hope these paintings act as vehi
 cles for\nviewers to connect with places\, experiences or memories deep in
  their own subconscious\, taking them on a journey of their own.”\n\nLiv
 erpool based Simon is earlier in his career\; graduating from LJMU in 2011
 \, he has since had a number of solo and group shows across the region. He
  draws inspiration from features such as skies\, mountains and seas and cr
 eates images of landscape that ebb and flow between abstraction and repres
 entation. Mark making is integral to his working method\, layers of paint 
 hang upon a skeleton of underpainting and drawing. Often what is left expo
 sed becomes as important as what is added. Simon carefully selects the sub
 strate he paints on for textures or characteristics that suggest the quali
 ties of the landscape he is working with\, sometimes choosing less traditi
 onal materials such as steel and other found objects and working with the 
 inherent idiosyncrasies of the surface. The aim of the work is to convey s
 omething of the landscape but also to leave clues to the way in which it h
 as been painted / interpreted.\n\nSimon says:\n\n“Fundamentally\, my pra
 ctice is an investigation into environments. I’m interested in a wide va
 riety of environs from the natural to the built\, from the micro to the ma
 cro and from the tangible to the conceptual. I create paintings\, mixed me
 dia works and photographs that intend to distill certain characteristics o
 r nuances within a specific environment. In this sense my work is a form o
 f abstraction but not always abstract in the way that the term has come to
  be understood. My aim as an artist is to find and extract a previously un
 seen beauty or peculiarity from my surroundings.”\n\nThe exhibition cont
 inues until 19th November.\n\nThe dot-art Gallery can be found at 14 Queen
  Avenue\, Castle Street\, Liverpool\, L2 4TX.\nOpening times: Monday – S
 aturday\, 10am-6pm
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