Artrooms16 at Melia White House Hotel, London last January.
Rooms where artist, viewer, space and art become entwined and distance is removed.
Pictures show bookwork ‘Citta ideale’ and pulp work ‘L’organico’.
Artrooms 2016
Exhibitions
Artists Drawing A Line Under Torture
This year, Freedom from Torture is marking its 30th anniversary. Since 1985, it has been the only human rights charity dedicated to the treatment and rehabilitation of torture survivors seeking protection in the UK.
This is the ninth Freedom from Torture art auction, which is held biennially. It is the largest single fundraising event for the charity and the last event in 2013 raised more than £100,000.
The free public exhibition of the works will be open daily from 18 – 22 November 2015. Hosted in the atmospheric rooms of the Bargehouse on London’s South Bank, this will be a rare opportunity to see such a large and diverse group of artists exhibiting alongside each other.
http://www.lineundertorture.com/lite-ui/#lots?category=All%20Lots
BYOB 2015
BYOB Brighton was back yesterday for Brighton Digital Festival in Brighton Dome. Pop-up Brighton’s 4th annual event returned once again for a night of collaborative moving image, projection, participation and experimentation.
This was my second time participating in the event and a chance to project time lapse ‘work in progress’, D-freeze (first 4 images). Last 3 images show work by some of the other artists.
Islington Tribune 5 May 2015
PULPS – Lauderdale House
Esperienze di colore (2009) paper pulp, pigment dyes 110 x 89cm
Lauderdale House (Ground Floor Gallery)
Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill, N6 5HG London, United Kingdom
Exhibition runs from:
Wednesday 27 May – Sunday 21 June 2015
(not Sunday 7 June)
Opening hours:
Wed to Fri: 11am to 4pm Sun: 10am to 5pm
Irma Irsara’s gift for emotional expression through her artworks has long been reflected in all her artistic creations whether they be pulp paper artworks, artist books, print, video or installations.
The work on show represents a selection of paper pulp works from the last 15 years, as well as a small preview of her new series of photographic prints taken during the 2013 experimental ice and light installation in the ice wells of the London Canal Museum.
The achival digital prints with their natural textures, strong electric colours, organic shapes and powerful imagery sit well beside her pulp paper artworks and display a continuity of Irma’s creative interests albeit in a different medium. The ability to work across mediums when producing artworks while retaining a strong, identifiable visual signature is a hallmark of Irma’s creative output.
– A Phelan
Event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1607126136223597/
Pictures left to right:
Lo Spacco (2008) paper pulp, pigment dyes, bark 88 x 63 cm
Il fiordaliso (2014) paper pulp, pigment dyes, organic material 110 x 84 cm
Lontano ricordo di un immagine (2006) paper pulp, pigment dyes 75 x 59 cm
Oxford International Art Fair
I’ll be taking part in the Oxford International Art Fair for the first time on 6th, 7th and 8th February. I’m looking forward to enjoying the magnificent late Victorian Oxford Town Hall where the fair takes place – you can find me at stand 105 in the main hall.
I’ll be showing some of my ‘Watermarks’ series of observational studies surrounding recent rising water levels in canals as result of changing climate. These works which are part of an ongoing project were first shown at the London Canal Museum in King’s Cross.
Major works have recently started to clear and repair some of London’s amazing Victorian canals (photos).
BYOB
Pulp Works at Lauderdale House
Contrasto, forma e equilibrio
Dove e quando una sorgente nasce? Perché decide proprio quel percorso da fare, quello, unico e solo? È un percorso insito in lei? Quando, quell’acqua che scorre, decide di fermarsi un po’ per colloquiare con quel sasso o quell’altro?
E poi mi chiedo, dove e quando è nato lo stile di Irma così unico e solo, quali le esperienze e i percorsi che l’hanno portata ad essere ciò che è ora? Quali i “sassi” con i quali si è fermata a colloquiare…?
Ora so che nascendo sulle Dolomiti, Irma ha vissuto di neve perenne, di montagne infinite, di silenzio assordante, di colori in perpetua trasformazione, di amore per la natura e per le forme nette e distinte. Inevitabile quando ti immergi in bagni di luce che riflettendo sul bianco della neve e ti regalano grandi, forti e ben definite ombre.
Poi, ho però saputo di lei, che da giovane studentessa ad Urbino, ha scoperto le linee dolci e la sua arte ha cominciato ad arricchirsi di forme meno contrastate. Ma il contrasto è ritornato nei suoi lavori come necessità di far vibrare e tendere quel filo in tensione, per formare un’unita nell’arte-lavoro. Sì, perché poi, trasferitasi a Londra, un altro contrasto è nato, quello tra la natura delle Dolomiti e dell’urbania (come la chiama Irma) della città inglese, e così che ha cominciato a cercare e ha trovato un nuovo equilibrio tra i due opposti, uno insito e l’altro acquisito, ma comunque altrettanto amato.
Irma Irsara 