I have been nominated by Sanna Moore, Exhibitions Curator at Towner, Eastbourne for this months Open Frequency on the AXIS website.

Open Frequency is a forum for curators to nominate artists living and working across the UK and presents an eclectic group of new artists each month.

To view the profile click on the link

http://www.axisweb.org/ofSARF.aspx?SELECTIONID=19490

Any feedback welcome,

David

Also visit Donna Lynas, Wysing’s Director Curatorial Advisor page for Shezad Dawood on AXIS :
http://www.axisweb.org/ofSARF.aspx?SELECTIONID=19405

invite-e-flyer.pdf

Launching January 2009 Wysing Arts Contemporary   Matthew Slotover, Director of Frieze Art Fair launches Wysing Arts Contemporary on Saturday 17 January from 4.00-6.30pm.  Speeches at 4.45pm followed by a performance at 5pm by Matt Cook.  Inaugural exhibition runs Sunday 18 January – Sunday 1 March from 12-5pm.  Wysing Arts Centre presents Wysing Arts Contemporary – a brand new approach to the collection and sale of contemporary visual art. Exactly one year on from our re-launch Wysing Arts Centre is launching a brand new initiative called Wysing Arts Contemporary. With three exhibitions per year and a series of events around collecting contemporary art, Wysing Arts Contemporary will provide a major new platform for artists working at the forefront of contemporary art practice.  With this initiative Wysing aims to show that working commercially with artists is not only an opportunity to enable art lovers to purchase exciting new work, but that art collectors can positively impact on the careers of emerging artists.  Wysing Arts Centre has a successful track record of supporting its 24 studio artists through bespoke professional development programmes, and Wysing Arts Contemporary is an extension of that work. Wysing Arts Centre’s highly respected curatorial team is building a national reputation for its nurturing ethos - giving artists the creative space to develop their ideas in an environment that values artistic process above all else.  This enables artists to innovate, push boundaries and ultimately create work that is open and uncompromised.   As a not-for-profit organisation, Wysing Arts Centre’s new initiative will also run along not-for-profit principles, with income reinvested back into the centre, enabling it to continue to improve its facilities for artists.  “Wysing Arts Contemporary is about outstanding work at a fair price but even more than that it is about supporting artists who are building their careers and providing a platform to showcase their work, which is an essential part of our role in developing and supporting artists at Wysing.” Donna Lynas, Director, Wysing Arts Centre. “There is an increasing demand from art lovers who are keen to support and collect work by artists working here” says Donna Lynas.“Through Wysing Arts Contemporary we aim to present some of the most exciting work being made in the East and give both an insight into contemporary art practice and offer the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the artists work.”  Wysing Arts Contemporary’s inaugural exhibition is entitled ANIMATED, presenting playful and witty works by Jo Addison, Julie Brenot, Matt Cook, Sarah Evans, Simon Liddiment, Anne-Mie Melis, Alex Pearl and Simon Woolham; that explore notions of energy, movement and imagination in a wide range of media from moving image and installation to drawing and sculpture.                                                                                                                             

here are a few pics of the ’sing star’ activities from last nights Wysing Christmas party.

I’ve never heard Boy George sound so good (?)      

David

A little ‘cultural bite’ after the ‘In conversation with Gilberto Zorio, Germano Celant and Mark Godfrey’ event at Milton Keynes Gallery last night’

David

A little ‘cultural bite’ after the ‘In conversation with Gilberto Zorio, Germano Celant and Mark Godfrey’ event at Milton Keynes Gallery last night’

David

Katherine Hymers’ new Axis Open Frequency profile is now online.

Axis is an online resource for contemporary art, with a directory of artists and curators, living and working in the UK. Axis Open Frequency presents selected artists each month on their website. Artists are nominated from across the UK by a panel of curatorial advisors to present a broad based view of contemporary practice.

Donna Lynas, Director at Wysing Arts Centre, has nominated Hymers for Open Frequency this month, and has written a text about one of my works, Untitled (Morning Light) 2007, which was shown at Wysing’s re-launch show in January this year. Donna’s text can be viewed online, alongside a selection of images from works made over the past two years, including images from two works currently in progress. To view Hymers’ profile, please visit: http://www.axisweb.org/openfrequency/katherinehymers

There are also a number of other Wysing artists who have artist member profiles on Axis, which can be found using the search  facility on the Axis home page.

Last night a good group of people joined us as we screened The Making of Utopia (2006) by Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen which portrays four utopian communities in Australia: Bodhi Farm, Dharmananda, Equilibrium and Moora Moora and explores utopian vision and communal reality. This was followed by an informal discussion about Amphis, Wysing’s communal structure currently under construction and made entirely from discarded and found materials.  The evening was introduced by our new Curator Lotte Juul Petersen who joins us from Denmark. 

check out this website:  http://www.ubu.com/

Just a quick ‘Blog’ reminder that I will be in Portsmouth this week installing my work at the Natural History Museum, Butterfly House and the gallery space at Aspex for the forthcoming sculpture show One Thing Against Another.

If you fancy a trip to the south coast for the opening event this Saturday it would be great to see you!  Please visit the Aspex website to find out more information.  www.aspex.org.uk  There is also a v.good offer to go by coach from London (leaving outside the London Eye).  Booking in advance recommended.  All details on their website.