Jat Biring
MA Textiles for Fashion
Benzie Building
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| Jat Biring |
One stand out, impactual piece tells the million stories of a
million individuals. Jat states it is ‘an
abstract illustration of fearlessness’. I see fear, but true it lessens as the eye carries upwards, a
journey through and then overcoming anxiety perhaps.
The stark, huge, black and white drawing gets to the heart
of the matter, an intense portrayal of lines and tension and adrenaline- the knots
are very clever.
A 2D response that ‘feels’, with a 3D form, movement and in
the solid areas – stillness, just black.
On the curation:
Hung in a window the white space had a reflective positioning, giving a
different effect daytime/nightime… however the white space of the piece was not
that pristine whilst it felt it should have been. Attention to detail was also
slightly lacking at the edge, giving the work an ‘in progress’ working document
feel which may have been deliberate I don’t know.
Eleanor Mulhearn
MA Animation
Holden Gallery
My ultimate favourite, Eleanor’s work was sooo beautiful.
She uses discarded objects and flea market finds (<3) and gives them a new,
more interesting life. Each piece was exquisite with it’s own personality, well
observed and highly sensitive, beautifully made. I haven’t even seen the
animation and I love it already.
Eleanor's statement describes these pieces
as a reinterpretation of the miniature and a destabilisation of a once personal
object. I appreciate how she has not made them 'perfect' but they are created
with chips and crevices so you can see into an empty inside, to me they are intrinsically perfect.
On the curation:
Perfect; on unobtrusive naïve shelves, totally in keeping,
against a stark white wall, carefully arranged. From a distance and close up,
they just looked right. Stand back and take in the original plaster frieze,
ornate and historical and sculptural and they look even better, in
juxtaposition (had to put in that word).
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| Eleanor Mulhearn |
And in other news, or rather images:
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| Deborah Harrington - MA Photography "What Remains' series |
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| Nicholas Young - MA Graphic Design and Art Direction 'RMBK1000' |
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| Steve Oliver - MA Fine Art 'Tiny Hands' |
