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'The Offing', 2021 (currently on view at Mid Wales Arts), is just the latest of Robert Davies’ large scale drawing pieces. The artist has previously focused on animals, including prize racehorses and farm animals. Common to much of this work has been a concern with the way animals are objectified within human systems of value and exchange, whether in the fields of sport or food production. These three images exemplify the twin poles of this body of work; on the one hand, Kau...to Star, a prize race horse and two-times Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, and on the other, Curly the sheep and Bluebell the pig, two farm animals deemed surplus to requirement that were rescued from certain slaughter by the Farm Animal Sanctuary, Middle Littleton, Worcestershire. Davies gives each of these animals equal treatment: the ennobling side-on view of George Stubbs and classical animal paintings. Large scale and remarkably detailed, each hair is delineated, each subtle variation in skin observed, and each muscle definedto accentuate the similarities between these animals and celebrate their glory. Robert Davies 'Kauto Star', 2008 Pencil on paper 59.06 x 74.8 in. (150 x 190 cm.) Robert Davies 'Curly', 2009 Pencil on paper 59.05 x 74 in. (150 x 188 cm.) Robert Davies 'Bluebell', 2009 Pencil on paper 59.06 x 74.8 in. (150 x 190 cm.) #jhbgallery #robertdavies #drawing #artonpaper #pencildrawing #pencilonpaper #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #marslumograph #artandscience #animaldrawings #georgestubbs #animalsinart @thefarmanimalsanctuary #artsinwales #artistsinwales

Robert Davies' tools of the trade in the completion of his recent large-scale diptych drawing 'The Offing'. 2H through 6B: a formidably sharpened set of Staedtler Lumograph pencils... and a shot of the left panel of the piece in-progress toward the end of last year. On view from today at Mid Wales Arts: https://bit.ly/3d1YvOM #jhbgallery #robertdavies @midwalesartscentre #midwalesartscentre #drawing #artonpaper #pencildrawing #pencilonpaper #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #marslumograph #artandscience #anthropocene #globalwarming #climateemergency #artsinwales #artistsinwales

Robert Davies will be debuting his new work 'The Offing' as part of a group exhibition at the Maesmawr Gallery in Wales, opening April 15th, that focuses on the climate crisis, and includes contributions by over 40 artists from around Europe. 'The Offing' reflects Davies’ longstanding concern with science, climate change, and humankind's relationship to the natural world. The large-scale diptych in pencil on paper depicts, on the left panel, a sky roiled by a gathering storm ...over Nant y Moch, near the artist’s studio in west Wales; and on the right, a stunningly detailed rendering of a dead bumble bee. The Maesmawr Gallery is part of the Mid Wales Arts Centre, housed in a building that dates back to 1526 that hosts exhibitions, a sculpture hall and park, events, and workshops. More info: https://bit.ly/3d1YvOM Robert Davies 'The Offing', 2021 Pencil on paper Diptych, 5 x 6 ft (each) 5 x 12 ft (overall) #jhbgallery #robertdavies @midwalesartscentre #midwalesartscentre #drawing #artonpaper #pencildrawing #pencilonpaper #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #contemporaryartcollectors #artandscience #savethebees #insectageddon #anthropocene #globalwarming #climateemergency #artsinwales #artistsinwales

Scott Morgan’s ‘10,000 Years’ works use the rays of the sun to etch directly onto the artist’s treated silver gelatin photographic papers. The full range of marks that result from these interactions include singeing, holes burned, and metallic silver particles clustering at the surfacevisible in these details of ‘Mitra V’, 2021. See our exhibition ‘Scott Morgan: 10,000 Years’ online at Artnet.com: https://bit.ly/2OtQVCX Scott Morgan ‘From 10,000 Years, Mitra V, (1/4/21, 123...0_30.74/191.84)’, 2021 Light etched gelatin silver print burned 15.8 x 15.8 inches, 20 x 20 inches (4-ply rag mount) Unique #jhbgallery @scottmorganart @scottmorganstudio @artnet #artnet #onlineexhibitions #onlineart #viewingroom #contemporaryphotography #comtemporaryart #alternativephotographyprocesses #suryagram #celestial #fineartphotography #light #silver #silvergelatin #silvergelatinprint #minimalism #blackandwhite #silverprint

Lia Cook is currently taking part in the exhibition ‘Building Bridges: Breaking Barriers’ at San Francisco non-profit Ruth’s Table. The artist is showing work from her Su Series of woven cotton and rayon; these pieces are based on an image of the artist as a child superimposed with networks of woven lines that provide an analogue for the neural networks that fire off during the process of facial recognition (as well as in our encounter with art). Read more here: https://bit.l...y/3sJuh8w Cook’s work will also be included in prestigious museum exhibitions ‘Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women, opening April 22 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC, and in ‘With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 19721985’ at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. See the artist’s website for more information: https://www.liacook.com/ Lia Cook ‘Su Series’, installation view 32 pieces, woven cotton, rayon, 16 x 12 inches each Lia Cook ‘Su Series Intensity Data Blue’, 2013 Woven cotton, rayon 16 x 12 inches Lia Cook ‘Su Series Intensity Data’, 2013 Woven cotton, rayon 16 x 12 inches #JHBGallery @liacook2 @ruthstablesf #liacook #contemporaryart #wovenart #fiber #digitalweaving #tapestry #jacquard #sfgallery #sfartist #sfart #bayareaartist @americanart #smithsonianmuseum @moca

We are delighted to announce the acquisition of a suite of Amanda Means's color light bulb works by the Nicola Erni Collection in Steinhausen, Switzerland. The five works from the artist's 20 x 24 Polaroid series will join Means's ‘Water Glass 2’, 2011, which was also recently acquired by the Erni. Nicola Erni has built one of the world's largest privately held photography and contemporary art collections over the past 20 years, including an unrivaled selection of photography... from the 1960s and 1970s and important modern and contemporary work in all media. The Collection is set to reopen with a second building added in the autumn of 2021. Images: Amanda Means, ‘Light Bulb (14255)’, 2007; ‘Light Bulb (14256)’, 2007; ‘Light Bulb (14238)’, 2007; ‘Light Bulb (14359)’, 2007; ‘Light Bulb (14330)’, 2007. Unique 20 X 24 Polaroid prints, 31 x 22 inches each. #JHBGallery @amanda_means_ #amandameans @nicolaernicollection #nicolaernicollection #polaroid #20x24polaroid #20x24Studio #collectphotographs #contemporaryphotography #contemporaryart #colorphotography #darkroomphotography #unique