Fringe Arts Bath is a brilliant annual arts festival which takes over exhibition spaces and disused shops in Bath. It is a all-encompassing, unpretentious and celebratory festival of making (I love it).
A Given Structure was an open call out show for artists who make work within a structure or using a set of rules. I showed 20x20cm Canvas Unpicked and Separated into it's 'Horizontal' and 'Vertical' Threads which was a small, framed piece.
It was hung on a baton, part of a temporary structure built to break up the space whilst retaining a feeling of openness. I loved the way the baton spoke to the natural wooden frame of my work, and suggested a canvas stretcher.
A Given Structure was a really good show and I am proud to have been one of the selected artists. There were some really interesting works, including a video of one of the artists who went around apartment blocks, seeing how many of them had 1,2,3,4 as their door code.
There was very little colour in the show, what there was was often incidental and there were alot of beautiful drawings. Every work had a high level of finish.
Invigilating the show was telling, there were lot of visitors and most gave the show a good amount of time, with alot of people enquiring about at least one work, how it was made, or wanting an explanation of the idea.
My two favourite shows in FAB this year were;
The Charity Shop Art Appreciation Society, who were selling works they picked up in charity shops for £5. The works were shown (and sold) with a paragraph explaining what they had found out about who made to work, where it came from or musing on the subject matter.
Phase Space, a show in Walcot Chapel showcasing the work of 3 UWE students. It was a very polished show, the works were compelling, often involving movement or rhythm and infuenced each other really well.
The Charity Shop Art Appreciation Society, who were selling works they picked up in charity shops for £5. The works were shown (and sold) with a paragraph explaining what they had found out about who made to work, where it came from or musing on the subject matter.
Phase Space, a show in Walcot Chapel showcasing the work of 3 UWE students. It was a very polished show, the works were compelling, often involving movement or rhythm and infuenced each other really well.
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