Julie Dodd's opening at MerseyBIO of Life in Paper

Julie Dodd's opening at MerseyBIO of Life in Paper, originally uploaded by abscraft.

Nice opening with lots of support from Julie and a good number of sales.

Julie Dodd

Artist Statement from our current artist at MerseyBIO



My art practice is based in print, installation work and bookmaking. I usually work with paper, making books from it, printing on it, constructing with it, and recycling old paper to make new.

My work is generally based upon repetition and I focus my ideas on patterns and shapes found within the human body. I'm interested in human life, who we are, physically and emotionally, from how the body is structured to our characteristics and qualities. My obsessive nature compels me to work in multiples and I use it to illustrate how the body repeats functions in order to repair renew and survive, often mimicking life, growth and regeneration. My work is about the processes involved along the way rather than the finished product.

Julie Dodd 2010
www.juliedodd.co.uk

Our next exhibition: Life in Paper

Our next show with Julie Dodd's wonderful paper artwork is already up in the incubator and has caused a big stir including comments like "best show so far" and "what a lot of work goes into these". I am currently working on the individual statements for each piece which gives Julie's reasoning for creating each work.

If you are part of the university or the local bio sciences industry and would like to attend please feel free to email me for an invitation alison.roberts@2Bio.co.uk

Stephanie de Leng in group show that opens on Friday

The Gallery Liverpool is situated in the Baltic Triangle District of the city, offering an exciting new venue which promotes a range of creative approaches, be it contemprary or traditional. It seeks to showcase and actively promote “ home-grown “ artists of all disciplines.

The gallery has been refurbished to retain the integrity of the buildings industrial heritage, occupies the entire first floor offering a large versatile space of 3000 sq ft which can be used for a multitude of events.

They are hosting a mixed photographic exhibition from the 13th March – 3rd April 2010 displaying a wide, diverse collection of works by locally acclaimed photographers. All works will be for sale

Private view 12th March 7 – 9.30pm

Francesco Mellina
Stephanie de Leng
Mark McNulty
Jim Connolly
Mary Fitzpatrick
Ken Lewis
Charlie Charlton
Charlotte Bird
Jen Allanson
Jan Rogerson
John Grieve
Claire Freeman

Opening Monday – Saturday 10.30am – 4.30pm. Free admission and parking available. For further details on our venue and future events please call 0151 709 2442 or email arts@thegalleryliverpool.co.uk web; www.thegalleryliverpool.co.uk

First floor, 41 Stanhope St, Liverpool L8 5RE

Former exhibitors

Joel Bird who is exhibited with us in Birds of Feather with Anthony Smith is showing this week in Calderstones park .

Ruth Ball who had an exhibition with us in January 2009, will be giving a talk tomorrow at the Walker Gallery about her enamel work from 1pm until 2pm. Check with the gallery for details.

Liverpool Daily Post article

The art in the incubator's current exhibition at MerseyBIO is featured in today's Liverpool Daily Post.

Image by Stephanie de Leng of Dr Rhys Roberts of 2Bio Ltd and Stephanie de Leng with her portrait in the background of local roofer,Eddie. Each of the images in the exhibition include a description of the person behind the image.

"– Eddie Woodchuck, Roofer
His face never fails to cause a reaction. Of all the people in this book, Eddie is the most talked about. In a different life he would have been a successful actor. But as it is, he is a roofer, a damn good one, and what’s more, he is not afraid of risky situations.
In circa 1998 there were some heavy storms in the North and we had quite a number of tiles blow off the roof. Worse, others were on the verge of falling, and I was worried that someone might get hurt. It was a Sunday. I called our then roofing company, Renown Roofing. We don’t do Sundays, the boss said. He had just collected £3000 from me one month before. I explained that the situation was dangerous. He hung up.
So Eddie entered the scene. He does Sundays, when it is important. He gets right in there and does what needs to be done. Even in winds. And if the wind is blowing, and his roll-up goes out, he re-lights it with his blowtorch. I witnessed this through the skylight and two years later asked Eddie to repeat this for the camera. He was a bit perplexed so I added that I needed some roof work done. He came and cleaned out my gutters, and then stood in the garden with his blowtorch and roll ups and I took a few pictures. He was still perplexed. When he saw the results, nothing was clearer, but he accepted a photo (it was free) all the same. His wife took one look at it and said he would not get any women looking like that. No way was she going to put that photo on the wall.
That was a few years ago and I think they may be beginning to come around to my way of looking at things now. " Stephanie de Leng

Ruth Ball

Artist Talk
by Ruth Ball - Designer Enameller

Looking at the diverse aspects of enamelling, Ruth Ball will talk about the development of her work and sources of inspiration.
In addition Ruth will present an overview of contemporary enamels through the images of other leading practitioners.

The Walker Art Gallery Liverpool
17th February 2010 from 1 - 2 pm
Tickets are free and available from The Walker

More info > http://ruthballenameldesign.com/Press.aspx