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AmbrosineAllen+AnoukMercier
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AntlerspresentationforLondonArtFair2016:ArtProjectsshowcasesnewworksbytwocontemporaryartists:AmbrosineAllenandAnoukMercier.Ourcuratedstandexplorestheintersectionsandpointsofdeparturebetweentheirpractices–morespecificallytheirapproachesto:fragmentation,scale,formandtheirsubversionsoftheRomanticandLandscapegenres.AmbrosineandAnoukhaveengagedinanongoingdialogueoverthelastfewmonthswhilstproducingnewworkforthispresentation;thishasinformedandcomplimentedthedirectionoftheircollaborativeandindividualjourneys.Bothartistsphysicallycutupandreassemblereferencematerialtore-constructnew,imaginedlandscapes.Anouk’sreferencematerialspansfrom17thand18thCenturyRomanticlandscapeetchingstohand-tintedVictorianphotographsandpostcardsofalpinehotels.Ambrosinetakespapercuttingsfromdiscardedbooksandoldencyclopaediasthatshere-worksintointricatecollages.Thesetimeandlabourintensiveprocessesofde/re-assemblageallowtheartiststoplaywithnotionsofdocumentationandauthenticity.Anouk’sportrayalofovertlyidyllicscenesistingedwithabsurdityandcracksoftheuncannyarevisiblebeneaththeintricateexterior.Bothartistsarecurrentlyexploringthewaterfallmotifyetindifferingways.Anouk’sfascinationwiththisformleadsbacktoboththeGrandTourexpeditionsandtheVictorianbeautyspot,andhowtheseinfluencedLandscapedesign.Anoukisparticularlyinterestedin'fake',man-madewaterfalls–conveyinganimpossibilitytorecreatetheauthenticityofthenaturalworld.Ambrosine’sdepictionofwaterfallsseestheirbeautyandpuritydisruptedthroughanoverloadingofwater;shecreateschangestonaturalflowsandpathswithdebrisandcollisionscomplicatingthisfurther.Herwaterfallsarealmostruined–theymaintainthemajestyoftheformbutunderminethepicturesqueaspect,astheynolongersitwheretheyshouldinthelandscape.OtherrecentelementsthatbothAmbrosineandAnoukhavebeenexperimentingwitharescaleandform:namelythatoftheminiatureandthealternateformsthatlandscapeartworkscantake.Bothartistshavestudiedtheshapesthatlandscapesare‘framed’inandhowtheseaffectviewerinterpretationoftheimage:somearedistracting,somecontributetoasenseofspace,andsomehaveovertconnotationstoeras,typesofarchitectureand/orobjects.Ambrosinecomments:‘thinkingabouttheexteriorshapeoflandscapedepictionshascapturedmyimagination.Ikeepbeingdrawntoworkswithunusualframesormountsandthinkingabouthowtheyeithercompleteordisrupttheimageswithin’.Withregardstoscale,Ambrosinehasbeendevelopingherthree-dimensionalpracticewhilstAnoukhasbeencompelledbythewayinwhichminiaturesdemandamorephysicallyintimateviewingexperience,requiringcloseproximity.Anoukcomments:‘workingonaminiaturescaleallowsmetoworkfasterandthereforeexperimentwithcomposition,subjectandcolour.Myminiaturesoftenreflectacertainamountoffreedomandboldnessthatconsequentlyfeedsintomypracticeasawhole.Forthisreasontheyhavebecomeasignificantpartofmyprocessandareessentialinthedevelopmentofmyideas’.Thesenewworksofferexpansivevisualnarratives.Theyarelayeredcompositionsthatinvitetheviewertovisuallyembarkonnew,fragmentedterrainthatissuggestiveofplacebutultimatelyillusive.
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STATEMENTAmbrosineAllen'sCompendiumtotheNewWorldisanever-expandingseriesofintricatecollages,meticulouslycreatedusinglayeruponlayeroftinypapercuttings.Thesubjectsarelandscapes,oftenepicinscopebutwithadetailedaestheticthatreferences17thand18thcenturyengravingsofageographicalnature.Eachpieceoftentakesseveralmonthstocomplete.Simultaneouslyfantasticalandreal,beautifulyettroublingthecollagesdepictaworldinturmoil;landscapesofalteredecosystemsthataresubjecttobizarrenaturalphenomena.Ruinssitstrewnamongstunfamiliargeology,theseainvadesthelandasthelandshifts,theskybroodsandterrifyingstormsrollin.Informedbythescience,mythsandhistoryofhumanity’sinteractionwiththeenvironment,theseriespresentsuswitha‘newworld’,analternativeevolutionthatshadowsourownbutisviolentlyshapedbythepowerandmajestyofnatureandtheselfdestructiveforceofmankind.
AmbrosineAllen-AnAccountofFire,UpCloseandFarAway2015-PaperCollage,ArchivalVarnish+UVAFilter(matt)-46x58cm
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AmbrosineAllenEDUCATION2004-2005MAFineArt:Drawing,WimbledonSchoolofArt2000-2003BA(Hons)FineArt:Drawing,LancasterUniversitySOLOEXHIBITIONS2012SoloShow,ROOMArtspace,LondonEXHIBITIONS2015WinterExhibition,Anima-Mundi,St.Ives2015Collaborators4,RoamingROOM,London2015TheTragedyofLandscape,GriffinGallery(curatedbyAntlersGallery),London2014AllVisualArtsCollection,1HorseGuardsAvenue,London2013GroupExhibition,AllVisualArtsat2OmegaPlace,London2013TheViewingRoom,No.1Marylebone,London2012Metamorphosis:TheTransformationofBeing,33PortlandPlace,London2012Collaborators3,ROOMArtspace,London2012CompendiumtotheNewWorld,ROOMArtspace,London2011TheLieoftheLand,ASCGallery,London2011StreathamArtsFestival,ASCLondon2011ThroughHillsandValleys,BristolDrawingSchool,Bristol2010AnAcademyofInvestigations,MadameLillie’s,London2010Salon,GalerieFurZeichnung(DrawingGallery),Berlin2009AnonymeZeichner,KunstrumKreuzberg,Berlin2009TheDrawingFactory,ASCLondon2009LifeintheCity,WAW,London2008SubversiveCorrespondance,WillesdenGreenGallery,London2008TheDrawingFactory,TheCrypt,London2008ArtsUnwrapped,ASC,London2007KonstnarhusetVideoWeekend,Stockholm2006JerwoodDrawingPrize,JerwoodGallery,London2006TheAdaStreetProject,London2005TheHardestThingtoDrawisaKiss,WimbledonSchoolofArt,London2005Instrumental,Space44,FishIsland,London2005CannizaroParkSculptureTrain,London2005DrawingonCollaboration,CentreforDrawing,LondonARTFAIRS2014Art14,AllVisualArtsLondon2011Volta7,ROOMArtspace,Basel2010ListeArtFair,BaselPRIZESANDAWARDS2012GenerationNext,QuintessentiallyMagazine2007UDPResidencyAward,inAssociationwith30ThornhillRoad,London2005JerwoodDrawingPrize,Finalist2004Prizewinner,TheCentreforDrawing,WimbledonSchoolofArt2003Prizewinner,NorthernArtsUndergraduateAwardRESIDENCIESANDPROJECTS2014FindingYourIdentityprojectforArtsEmergency2008–2010ArtistsinSchools2007Residency,UDPArchitects,London2007GraduateAdvisorforAxisMAstarsPRESSANDEDITORIAL2013FlauntMagazine,TheFabricationIssue2012YBASpirit,QuintessentiallyMagazine2012BookArtsNo.712011W.I.R.EIdeas,FactsandFictions2007WorldMakingandFictionalLandscapes,Dialogue,axisweb.orgCOLLECTIONSAllVisualArts,London
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AnoukMercierSTATEMENTAnoukMercier’spracticebeginsinthecollectingofimages:from17thand18thCenturyRomanticlandscapeetchingstohand-tintedVictorianphotographsandpostcardsofalpinehotels.Althoughvisuallyandhistoricallydisparate,theseimagesservetopresentidealiseddepictionsoftheirsubject(beitnatureorarchitecture)andAnoukusesthiscommonthreadtocombinethevisuallanguagesthattheyrepresentthroughoutherpractice.Theresultsarefictional‘collaged’landscapesandscenescomposedofmanyfragmentsofexistingetchingsandothercollectedimages.InfluencedbyRomanticismandtheSublimethesemelancholicworlds,undefinedbytimeorspace,mergereferencestothepastwithfuturisticpropositions.Indoingsotheypresenttimelessyearningforescapismthroughtheportrayalofafragmented,yetbeautifulideal-whilstalsoexploringthemysterious,theabysmalandtheuncannythatoftenlurksbehindidylls.
AnoukMercier-EveningGlow,OvertheSacredMountain-Inks,AcetoneTransfer,ColourPencil+GraphiteonPaper-38x28cm
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EDUCATION2005-2008BA(Hons)ArtandVisualCulture,TheUniversityoftheWestofEngland(UWE),Bristol2002-2003EcoleNationaleSupérieuredesBeauxArts(Paris)ClassicalDrawingCourse(SummerCoursesinFresco,ModelageandArtHistory)SOLOEXHIBITIONS2012Excursus,AntlersGallery,Bristol2011PaysagesFantastiquesetautresdessins…,LaGalerie,Clamecy,FranceEXHBITIONS2015JerwoodDrawingPrize,London(nowtouring)2015TheTragedyofLandscape,GriffinGallery(curatedbyAntlersGallery),London2015Classic/Luxury/Exotic/Romance,TheContemporaryLondon,London2014162AutumnExhibition,TheRoyalWestofEnglandAcademy,Bristol2014LondonArtFairArtProjects,AntlersGalleryLondon2013CityLives,BristolMuseum&ArtGallery,Bristol2013Lucid,bo.leeGallery,London2013Drawn,(openexhibition),TheRoyalWestofEnglandAcademy,Bristol2012Mononoaware,Bo.leeGallery,Bath2012160AutumnExhibition,TheRoyalWestofEnglandAcademy,Bristol2012Reliquary,bo.leeGallery,Bath2012Narrative,AntlersGalleryforBradfordMuseum(ManorHouse),Ilkley2012LastDay,Cartel,London2012OtherNature,AntlersGallery,London2011159AutumnExhibition,TheRoyalWestofEnglandAcademy,Bristol2011Botany,AntlersGallery,Bristol2011ThroughHillsandValleys,BristolDrawingSchool,Bristol2011AllthatWeAre,BathFineArt,Bath2011UncannyViews,AntlersGallery,Bristol2009Fridaythe13th,Plan9,Bristol2008TheShow,FacultyofCreativeArtsDegreeShow,SpikeIsland,Bristol2008Whenwebuild,letusthinkwebuildforever,Loadingbay,SpikeIsland,BristolARTFAIRS2014LondonArtFair:ArtProjects,AntlersGallery,London
PRIZES/BURSARIES2013ContemporaryArtistsExplorePrintmakingBursary,supportedbytheArtsCouncil,DoubleElephantPrintWorkshop,Exeter2011ARTMagazine‘EmergingArtistAward’,RWA159AutumnExhibition2008InnesWilkinArtinArchitecturePrizePUBLICCOLLECTIONSBristolCityMuseumandArtGalleryChelseaandWestminsterHospitalCollectionOTHERPROJECTS2009Whatwouldbecomeofus,ifwewalkedonlyinagardenoramall,collaborative,BeachcroftSpace,Bristol(co-curator+maker)2008TheFarWestMetroStore,Arnolfini,RelationalandPlan9OffsiteProject,Bristol2008CanWeStayOverTonight?,Plan9,Bristol(Co-curator)RESIDENCIES2009TheBerlinOffice,BerlinADDITIONALINFORMATIONAssociateLectureratTheUniversityoftheWestofEngland(UWE),(2013todate)Co-founderofBristolDrawingClub,(2009todate)TutoratBristolDrawingSchool,(2012todate)DrawingSuiteSelectedArtist(2014todate)RWAArtistMember,(2012todate)JamaicaStreetStudiosArtist,(2012todate)MemberofPlan9(2008–2010)
