ROYAL ACADEMY SCHOOLS SHOW, 2011

The Royal Academy Schools Show, 2011 marks the end of an era for Keeper, Maurice Cockrill RA.

His dedication to the Schools and its students is truly inspirational - from giving character references to the police to aid the drunk and disorderly to fund raising and sharing a smile - Maurice will be missed.  His successor, Eileen Cooper RA, the first female Keeper will however have no problem filling his shoes. 

My favorite in this years exhibition is by far the work of dance floor friend Loz (Laurence Chalk), with his crassly but beautifully made objects of contemporary culture...

  

Central Saint Martins College - End of an Era

CSM's 2011 graduate exhibition is the last to be held on Charring X Rd before moving.  There were a number of works in the exhibition that referenced the students feeling towards this...

 
With a small handful of gems, this is worth visiting on a quiet day, getting lost amongst the artworks - contemplating what does art school actually mean in 2011?

  Marcus Woodcocks shit stained pants were a surprising favorite - hung elegantly representing fear...

 

ART CARBOOT

 With gray skies, broken crockery, the smell of hot dogs and goods being sold before official opening, Art Carboot this year was pretty much like any other UK summer fate...

Art Carboot, Sunday 19th June

STILLEVEN - Alana Lake, Solo Exhibition

STILLEVEN is a culmination of almost two years work. The exhibition emphasises my playful approach to image making, incorporating intervention and jarring composition. Juxtaposition is employed as a tool for introducing a non-linear fantasy narrative; atomised fragments collide to invoke the mythology of my connection to my surroundings.

Although my photographs are an account of what I see and feel, the work also operate on a more universal level; hinting at our shared reality of dislocation, obsession, isolation, loss and desire. I have a recurring set of motifs that feature in my work; birds, hands, inversion and symmetry which symbolize freedom, death, rebellion and beauty in my personal iconography.

“Alana Lake is restless. She will not be what you want her to be. Refusing to be typecast, she does not fit into one of the half dozen or so categories which critics use to traverse
contemporary art photography. She could easily fit into several; or all of them; and more besides.” 

David Evans, 2011






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