Things have evidently been quiet on the blogging front these past few weeks, mainly due to extended celebrations of turning the big 3-0, which included lots of fun events with friends and family. One of my favourite treat was going to Gog's taster restaurant,
Maze, and subsequently buying a few delightful hand painted textile print patterns from the
Paul Smith curiosities shop in Albemarle Street. The store opened in 2006, when I was working at
Archeus, and I used to enjoy popping in to see their interesting assortment of furniture, objects and artwork purchased by Paul Smith and the stores buyer. Aside from the re-upholstered chairs in Paul Smith trademark stripes, they always stock a delightful collection of objects from a wide range of countries and eras, some quite affordable too, definitely worth a look.
This weekend, on return from Portsmouth from another birthday celebration (this time my friend Victoria's), I visited Deptford's new artist run space,
'Hatchspace'. Set up by Rachel Price (Gallery Curator) and Alastair Eland (Project Manager), this artist run space provides studio hire and a medium sized white cubed gallery space.
HatchSpace's inaugural exhibition, 'Bridging the Gap', presents works from six artists whose practices explore mainstream interpretations of digital technology as sometimes evangelical development, combining predigital techniques and orthodox presentation to create a questioning hybrid. Zachary Eastwood- Bloom presents three dimensional ceramics plates of pixilated landscapes that re-physicalise digitally recreated surfaces, as well as a series of prints of CAD drawings that are presented conservatively in traditional white cube gallery frames.
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| Echo Shift, Ceramic, Zachary Eastwood-Bloom, 2010 |
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| Echo Shift, Ceramic, Zachary Eastwood Bloom, 2010 |
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| Echo Shift, Ceramic, Zachary Eastwood Bloom, 2010 |
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| Landscape II, Screen -print on paper, Zachary Eastwood Bloom, 2010 |
Another artists work that resonated with me was the three dimensional cardboard and printed construction by
Joseph Gower, that greeted us at the entrance of the gallery, almost like a promotional board for a product or film. Gower's practice explores translations of photographic imagery through both mechanical and digital production, questioning the tensions between supposed realities and imitations of the 'real'. The curated group exhibition also features works by
Gabrielle Hoad,
Jochen Klein,
Tom Smith and
Rupert White.
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Untitled Between Two, Joseph Gower, 2010
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