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Bath Galleries Group is officially launched and sets out its manifesto

Over 30 galleries from across Bath have come together to put the city firmly on the international art map.  Already a destination for art lovers Bath can boast some of the best galleries outside of London and the newly formed Bath Galleries Group will work together to build on this reputation.

Patron of the Group Sir Christopher Frayling said of the initiative: "The City of Bath has many strong links with the history of visual art. Think Gainsborough and Rowlandson and the eighteenth century. Up to now, it has had rather less strong links with contemporary art. The Bath Galleries Group brings together a wide range of galleries, over thirty of them, to do something about this. The whole is bound to be more than the sum of its parts. This is an important initiative and a timely reminder that there is much, much more to the art world than what goes on in London."

In recognition of the burgeoning appeal of its art scene, the Bath Galleries Group will host the first annual “Bath Art Affair” between 12th and 21st November 2010, offering visitors the chance to see all the Bath galleries in the space of a few days and evenings, looking their very best.

The Bath Galleries Group will be officially launched at a reception at The Royal Crescent Hotel on 21st July 2010. Patron Sir Christopher will make a speech outlining the aims of the group and give a taster of what is to come during the Bath Art Affair later in the year.

SYLVIA JI

Sylvia Ji is a master of capturing the dark side of the beautiful and the sublime. Macabre ‘Day Of The Dead’ catrinas intermingle with exotic empresses, with a regal elegance. Ji’s imagery is a visual elixir of life and death, combining sacred symbolism with mystical glamour and opulence. Influenced by historical costumery, Ji incorporates Baroque detailing such as luxurious tapestries, ornamental feathers, and gold leafing into her work for a more elaborate and decorative effect.

Ji’s work encapsulates an alluring beauty that is both cutting edge and a nod to time-honored technique. Her paintings are symbolic reflections of herself, portraits of people she knows or nameless faces set in a landscape of fleeting and decaying beauty. Possessing an artistic voice as unique as the times we live in, Ji is at once contemplative, spiritual, enigmatic, and yet whimsically funny. Above all else, it is perhaps beauty that emerges as her defining characteristic, and her art reflects this: an extension of herself; a passionate appreciation of simple aesthetic pleasure fused with intimately complex subject matter.

Sylvia Ji was born in 1982, and raised in San Francisco, California, where she received her BFA at the Academy of Art University. Upon graduation, she relocated to Los Angeles in 2005 where she currently resides. Ji’s work has been featured in numerous gallery exhibitions including White Walls, Thinkspace, Lineage Gallery, BLVD Gallery, and Art Basel’s Art Fair Now. She has been profiled in publications such as Juxtapoz, Trace, and Mesh Magazine, and her painting “Dona Dolorosa” graced the cover of the LA Weekly.

 

 NATALIE SHAU

 Natalie Shau is illustrator and photographer from Lithuania (Vilnius). She works mainly in digital media and Natalie’s works are mixture of her photography, digital painting and 3D elements. She enjoys creating surreal and strange creatures, fragile and powerful at the same time. Natalie’s style was influenced a lot by religious imagery, fairytales illustrations classic horror literature and Russian classic literature such as Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol etc.
Natalie Shau constantly keeps working on her own personal artwork and exhibitions, but also enjoys creating illustrations for music bands, fashion designers and writers. Her illustrations for Lydia Courteille jewelry campaign were published in french VOGUE magazine. Natalie’s client list consists of many music and advertisement labels such as: Island Def Jam, Ogilvy & Mather, Sony BMG, Century Media, Nuclear Blast, Trisol etc.

BRAD MACMATH

Brad Macmath is a graffiti artist from Bristol. With the use of spray paint he creates the most magnificent cityscapes, detailed and vivid in colour. His current work is a visual response to time spent as a tourist in Tokyo, Japan. With these paintings he has managed to capture the layered feel of the city and its overwhelming appearance by using a range of painting techniques. Brad encourages his works to have this feel of multiple different elements combining to create something new, much like the structural makeup of the city itself. Recently he has been studying the collectibles culture, centred on computer games and animation merchandise which is very popular in Japan and is something which saturates the media. Brad is receiving massive commercial success all over the world paving the way for many graffiti artist but more importantly by utilizing his ‘aerosol routes’ he is now taken seriously within the art world as a master craftsman.

FINE GRIME - DEBUT AAF BRISTOL

 

When Will Ramsay founded the fair in 1999 his aim was to make contemporary art accessible to everyone, and to show you don’t need to be an art expert or a millionaire to enjoy and buy art. Ten years on The Affordable Art Fair is a leading showcase for contemporary art.

How did it all start?
In 1996 Will opened Will’s Art Warehouse in south west London to bridge the increasing interest in contemporary art and the London gallery scene. By concentrating on relatively unknown artists not carrying a premium for reputation, the gallery was able to offer works from £50 - £2,500 from a stable of over 150 artists. The response to Will’s Art Warehouse encouraged Will to take his approach to the next level, and in October 1999 he launched the first Affordable Art Fair in Battersea Park. 10,000 visitors took advantage of the ease of buying, breadth of choice, affordable prices and user-friendly approach.

How has AAF grown?
In 2001 Will launched a second event in Battersea Park, the Spring Collection, to showcase entirely different artists from the Autumn Collection. Now over 23,000 people come to each London fair to enjoy the art exhibited by the 120 British and international galleries. In the same year he established a fair in the West Country; AAF Bristol now takes place every May..

AAF has also become something of a global phenomenon with fairs taking place in Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels, New York and Singapore, while affiliate events include Sydney and Melbourne. Globally, 650,000 people have visited an Affordable Art Fair, buying over £100 million of art.

Is AAF continuing to grow?
We believe buying art can provide a lifetime of enjoyment and inspiration and no one should miss this opportunity. So watch out, an AAF may be coming to a city near you!

Plans are afoot to launch AAF Singapore and Milan in 2011.

JOINING FORCES WITH LONDON MILES

London Miles will be screening New Brow on Saturday the 20th
of February at 4:00pm and the 27th February at 2:00pm and 5:30pm. Tickets are £8.00 and the film will be shown in the Project Room in Westbourne Studios, 242 Acklam Rd, London, W10 5JJ. Please purchase advance tickets at www.londonmiles.com, or reserve by email to info@londonmiles.com.

EXHIBITED THROUGHOUT THE SCREENINGS, A SELECTION OF THE FINE GRIME LIMITED EDITION PRINTS
 *SYLVIA JI * NATALIE SHAU * ZOE LACCHEI * TOM BAGSHAW * BYROGLYPHICS
 AVAILABLE BOTH FRAMED AND UN-FRAMED BY PRE-ORDER.

KNIFESMITH GALLERY - BRISTOL

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 'El Dia del Muertos'

Sylvia Ji

NEW PRINT RELEASES

Carles Gomila

 STOP.... GOMILA TIMES!

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Carles Gomila featured in the Sunday Times Culture mag !!

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14 August - 9 September

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 NEW EDITIONS !!

 

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NEW EDITIONS !!

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 FINE GRIME ARTISTS HIT THE BIG SCREEN!

SYLVIA JI and KEVIN E TAYLOR

This Friday at the Golden State Theatre in Monterey, will be a screening of the “New Brow: Contemporary Art Underground” Documentary.

There will be a Q&A session with the filmmakers Tanem Davidson and Scott Grover.

In the lobby of the theatre will be an art show presented by The Shooting Gallery and The Alternative Cafe.

Van Arno, Anthony Ausgang, Shawn Barber, Tim Biskup, Gary Baseman, Paul Chatem, Ron English, Anne Faith Nicholls and many more.

The film starts at 9pm and will cost $10.

If you live close enough to go to this, it would be a great way to spend a Friday.

 A film about this amazing art scene, and even some art to check out.

 And while your in the area, make sure to stop by the Alternative Cafe and check out the “This is the End” show that is still up until April 13th.

http://www.newbrowfilm.com/trailer.htm 

 

Fine Grime and exciting New client I-D WALL 

hit the Ideal home Exhibition 20th March - 13th April

'Good luck' by Carles Gomila £200

Delfina Y Maria, Las  poquianchis by Sylvia Ji £225

 


 
‘Heartbrakers’ is the new Exhibition at the Knifesmith Gallery.

Featuring limited edition prints

by

Ben Tour, Carles Gomila, Zoe Lacchei and Russ Mills.

11 Christmas steps, Bristol

www.knifesmith.co.uk

'Of Man and Beast'

A gallery, wimbledon.

 

An exhibition of fine canvas paintings

by three of the best young painters from

Spain with bronze sculpture by two

reknown artists from the US and UK.

Thomas Ostenberg

Beth Carter

Carles Gomila

 Carmen Giral

Fran Recacha

also featuring Gomila's Fine Grime Editions

Show runs: 6th March - 19th April.

Open hours: Monday - Sunday 11 - 6 pm

A Gallery, 154 Merton Hall Road, Wimbledon

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KNIFESMITH GALLERY

11 Christmas steps, Bristol

HALL 12 STAND D09

 

Ben Tour: Electric Orphans

From January 9 to February 15, 2009
Opening reception Friday January 9, 7-10pm

Meta Gallery
107-37 Mill St.
Toronto, ON
M5A 3R6

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t. 416.955.0500

Tuesday-Saturday:
11am-6pm
Sunday:
12pm-5pm

 

142 Walcot street, Bath

YOUR  PURVEYOR OF FINE PRINTS

 NEW EDITIONS FROM CARLES GOMILA COMING SOON!!

Knifesmith Gallery

11 Christmas steps, Bristol

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 Fine Grime the Gallery and Print Room

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 OPEN TUESDAY - SATURDAY 10:00 AM - 5:30PM

142 Walcot street, Bath

 SYLVIA JI JOINS OUR ARMY OF TALENT

Sylvia Ji's gorgeously creepy paintings of women who look like dream-world collisions of Kate Moss and a Día de los Muertos parade.

 Sylvia is fast becoming one of the US west coast's hottest propertities, with a string of sold out solo shows in LA and San Francisco.

These two stunning Editions to be released very soon!

 FINE GRIME EDITIONS @

Safely tucked away from the trongs of Shoppers & Tourists on Bath's City streets sits the latest edition in style requites:

the eponymous Melanie Giles hairdressing sits comfortabley on Walcot Street invitng all to indulge in a Sensory treat.

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CARLES GOMILA

 Carles Gomila a real five star addition to the Grime Gang          

  

"Good Luck"

"Graffiti"

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"Going to Extremes"

The beautiful new Edition from Paul Lemmon

Will be Released at the Autumn Fair Birmingham NEC 7-10 Sept 2008

Add a little "Urban chic" to your Gallery with Fine Grime, visit us in hall 3 stand J9