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the new collective presents...

Preview: Wednesday 28 August 6-9pm

Open from: Thursday 29 August - Saturday 7 September

 

Philadelphia Street

Quakers Friars

Cabot Circus

Bristol

BS1 3BZ

Credit: Aaron Geis photography

As a result, this exhibition seeks to demonstrate the prolific and creative potential of young artists who have been provided with the means to work to their own and a platform from which to build their careers, and highlights the need for services and projects such as this for emerging talents in Bristol.

the new collective hopes to continue working on similar projects in Bristol in the future. Please visit our website for updates on our next project and pledge any messages of support or donations to:
www.thenewcollective.org.uk

eight

Some artworks explore contemporary twists on conventional mediums, such as Tom Rawles’ oil painting with added audio texture, Lydia Jones’ re-appropriation of Renaissance and Gothic themes, and Annabel Williams’ experimentation with traditional weaving techniques and digital technology. Dan Brown touches on the darker side of the digital realm, presenting an interactive piece that exists in the binary world of both the internet and the physical space of the gallery. Tilly May also challenges contentious issues as she explores and exposes the human body.

eight introduces the diverse and innovative work of talented up-and-coming Bristol artists: Annabel Williams, Dan Brown, Emily Krainc, Kazland, Lydia Jones, Rosa Eaton, Tilly May and Tom Rawles. the new collective provided these 8 selected artists with a 6 week studio residency, onsite at Philadelphia Street gallery, and a 2 week exhibition opportunity, showcasing the work they produced during this time: eight artists, eight weeks.

eight aims to present the artists at their most raw and creative, exploring ideas and themes developed entirely and individually by them, and fostered and supported in a shared studio environment. The result is one of fascinating diversity.

Emily Krainc similarly investigates and reveals in her work, transposing the intangible and unconscious to the material world; the bridging and breaking down of barriers is a thread that leads through much of the artwork in the exhibition. Rosa Eaton also touches on the personal and confessional, documenting and displaying a conceptual and highly intimate journey. Kazland equally deploys an immersive approach in his immediate and intuitive process, producing energetic, playful and often dark imagery.

eight highlights not only the exciting and wide-ranging ideas that freedom of expression and access to necessary facilities can bring, but also the vastly different working methods of artists at work today. This has been demonstrated to the public through a series of artist-led workshops, and serves to highlight the principle ethos of the project: the artists own discoveries and developments in their practice and the artistic process itself, are just as paramount, rewarding and exciting as the final work produced.

 

eight also explores the liberties and limitations of young people in the opening, defining moments of their careers. Coordinated by the new collective, with funding from O2 Think Big, eight is borne from a sense of frustration at the absence of resources for young artists. the new collective successfully achieved its objectives to provide essential and free studio space, and facilitate the artists’ need to develop their practice free from educational and commercial constraints. the new collective aims to enable artists to pursue their artistic career in a direction based on their own instincts and desires, rather than adhering to convention and demand.

Credit: Aiste Stancikaite

Credit: Aiste Stancikaite

Credit: Aiste Stancikaite

Credit: Aiste Stancikaite

Credit: Aiste Stancikaite

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