Exhibition

Replaced Lives

8 Jan 2018 – 16 Feb 2018

Regular hours

Monday
10:00 – 20:00
Tuesday
10:00 – 20:00
Wednesday
10:00 – 20:00
Thursday
10:00 – 20:00
Friday
10:00 – 20:00

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The exhibition and events are free of charge to attend.

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Peltz Gallery

London, United Kingdom

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Stories of the First World War, refugees, the passing of time and generations of women will be showcased at the Peltz Gallery at Birkbeck, University of London in January as part of the exhibition, Replaced Lives.

About

Printmaking is a global art form that makes and plays with multiples and series. It is a means for reproduction that has many different uses and connotations, and responds to a need to duplicate, transfer and translate.

For these reasons, Birkbeck Research in Aesthetics of Kinship and Community (BRAKC) commissioned four artist printmakers who share the same studio, to create a unique visual response to their conference’s theme of ‘Replacement’. All four artists explored one aspect in the drama of replacement - that of replaced lives.

Jan Bastow depicts the dramatic impact of technology and worldwide mass communication on the lives of four generations of women. Catherine Guy-Murrell reframes viewpoints to emphasise multiple perspectives in the mechanics of perception. Ros Ingham uses metaphors to comment on both continuity and change in our links to the past and our relationship to objects. Trish Roberts’ work reveals a true First World War story.

Jan said: “Focused on those fleeing war in Syria, my work seeks to show the uncertainties the refugees face regarding safety and xenophobia, in a world where a welcome cannot necessarily be guaranteed.”

Catherine similarly relocates displacement in the ‘no-going-back, no-going-forward’ position of a refugee in a collage enhanced by traces and layers of false transparency onto a disparate map.

Referring to her series Changing Times, Ros said: “I challenge the view that replacement entails a clean break from the past. I explore the exhibition’s theme through the concept of the passing of time, of change and continuity. Shadows of the past affect our present, small actions or objects assume an altered significance as we unpick our history.”

Trish’s work explores the personal First World War story of the tragic death of a wife and mother, whose sudden disappearance and replacement had consequences still in evidence today. The nature of her subject is enhanced by working into cloth, the layering of different materials – paper, cotton, muslin – representing the collage of a century of lives.

Working in 2D and 3D on paper and textiles, the artists have used new and more traditional printmaking techniques which conjure up hidden layers, shapes and textures. Each print is unique and original, deliberately created to reflect intense narratives and changing states of being.

11th January 2018- Private viewing and reception 6-8:00pm.Reserve your free place. 

23 January 2018 - Meet the Artists Q&A 6:30-8:30pm Reserve your free place
 

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