Once again, artists have been coming together to create new and exciting exhibitions.
The Dulwich Festival Artists’ Open House project is a great way to see creative work heralding from our local area, and more established artists too. It’s great fun having a snoop around people’s homes as they open their doors to every Tom, Dick and Harry and invite us in to see their beautiful treasures. I went to meet some of those artists who have put on group shows this year and found out a little more about them.
At Bainbridge Studios I met Lucy Bainbridge, who’s been working there for about seven months. But she’s not alone. Other professional artists share the working space with her, and last weekend opened up their place of work for us to have a look around. She’s created a cutting-edge and exciting venue where artists can either rent studio space or take a monthly or ten day pass to come and use the screen printing facilities.
The quality of what’s being produced there is impressive, and that’s due to Lucy’s policy of only admitting practising artists. In addition to screen printing, on display last week I saw examples of word painting, sculpted wood, charcoal drawings, paintings etchings, metal sculptures.
At Tom and Ingrid Beazley’s house I encountered work by a number of students from Camberwell College of Art 3D design course. Their theme was ‘Make it Local’. They say that artists are influenced by what they see around them, and that’s certainly true here.
Jo Cooper has designed a new coat of arms for Camberwell
She says, “I’m amazed how popular fried chicken shops are in this area, with chicken bones found on the floor. The brooch is the Camberwell Coat of Arms combined with fried chicken.
Ian Daniell is also interested in the phenomenon of fried chicken.
He says, “I became interested in the Deep Fried Chicken Culture – its appeal, appearance, its consumers and its post consumption presence as litter on the streets. My bold structure of new boxes elevates the status of graphically striking boxes, shifting the perception from street litter to litter icon. I have deep-coated Morley’s fired chicken in a candy-like variety of coloured wax.”
So, there’s plenty going on. Did you enjoy having a snoop in an artist’s open house? If so, leave us a comment and tell us who we should be looking out for next year.
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