Luke George and Elizabeth Rose
To read about Griffin Art Prize 2013 winners Luke George and Elizabeth Rose’s residency experience go to:
www.gapresidency.wordpress.com
Nightfall exhibition in Prague
On a recent trip back home, I visited an exhibition at the Rudolfinum Gallery in Prague titled “Nightfall/ New Tendencies in Figurative Painting.” The conceptual context that linked the twenty-odd artists together was their concern with the changes that are developing in our societies and the crises that we face as a result, with many …
Inspiration
In developing the architectural aspect of my compositions I look at the architectural, structural, as well as psychological confinements that I perceive from my own environment and allow my subconscious to translate these into the spaces that occupy the scenes of my narratives. I am influenced by the memories I have of different buildings and …
Paintings in Progress
In my most recent paintings I have been looking to reinterpret a specific visual language that I have thus far only developed through my drawings. I am experimenting with using thin washes of oil paint to develop images that allow for a play between the image and its ground. I allow for areas to remain …
Experimenting with Wood Veneer
As a part of my experimentation with materials in the making of architectural maquettes, I have recently had a go at wood veneering. I constructed the structure first out of board and then glued thin sheets of veneer over this paper structure. The result is a very clean and finished maquette that I believe looks …
Structural development
I have been working on several small scale maquettes in the last couple of weeks, concentrating on exploring their form and function in an informal material for now before moving onto one that is more refined. Once I am satisfied with the forms I have been developing, I plan to recreate them in different scales …
Griffin Art Prize Studio Residency 2013
Welcome to the Griffin Blog where I will be documenting the development of my work throughout the course of the Griffin Art Prize Studio Residency. I will be artist in residence at the Griffin Gallery for the next 5 or so months, culminating in a solo exhibition in September 2013. I will be using this …
Stay tuned!
Alzbeta Jaresova, the winner of the inaugural Griffin Art Prize has started her six month studio residency.
She will keep us updated with her current work.