ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF SEEING: FOUR ARTISTS, ONE GLASSMAKER

iLPH went to visit Susan Sciama’s pop up exhibition, Alternative Ways of Seeing: Four Painters, One Glassmaker. The artists were Tess Recordon, works solely from memory, using no sketches or snaps. Her artwork was known as reimagined landscapes. Michael Martin featured his artwork in the form of portraits. Rosalind Bieber’s work was known as Camden Town people. Susan Sciama whose known as an artist and a writer presented abstracts. Hazel Summerfield had glasswork on display and the various forms of art all blended in well together.

MICHAEL MARTIN’S PORTRAITS AND ABSTRACTS

The above portrait is of Henry Cooper after his fight with Cassius Clay in 1963. He lost on a technical knockout because of a cut to his eye. In a previous round he knocked Cassius Clay to the floor. He was pretty stunned. The picture is about defeat and relative success. The portrait portrays his face as being very badly beaten up and he is covering it up under a hood.

The above paintings were playful abstracts. What stands out strongly within this grouping is how Michael Martin’s portraits on the right and left of Henry Cooper have a very serious facial expressions. This makes Henry Cooper’s facial appearance look more edgy. Because in comparison with Michael’s he can’t open his eyes to look straight. The other two portraits below Michael Martin’s create a sense of seriousness through their dark red colours. The blue portrait below Henry Cooper’s creates a calming presence through its blue sea like appearance. In analysis, the viewer can get strong edgy vibes through looking at this combination of paintings.

TESS RECORDON’S LIMINAL TWILIGHT

In Liminal Twilight Tess uses the pigment in its natural powder form to add colour intensity and texture. And to give the painting depth. It is based on a loch in Scotland. Liminal means between two places. Which in the painting is day or night. A key theme which emerges from this painting is colourful natural environments. This painting stood out strongly to me because of how it’s unnatural for the colour purple to appear this way within any natural setting.

TESS RECORDON’S VOLCANIC SHORES

Volcanic Shores is from Lanzarote, a place for being known to be very volcanic and dark, through the strong winds and sideways movement. There is a very strong volcanic theme in this painting through the yellow surfaces. As well as how red is used on the mountains and skyline. The painting stood out towards me because of its shady rocky mountainous appearance.

TESS RECORDON LAS MONTANAS DEL FUEGO

A key theme of this painting is the appearance of the natural world as it is based on Las Montanas Del Fuego which formed naturally through eruptions in the south of Lanzarote during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This painting stood out strongly towards me because of its dark brown sky. It could be interpreted as having clouds appearing within the skyline. The pinkness appearing on the mountain could resemble the sunsetting over Las Montanas Del Fuego. As a viewer this portrays Las Montanas Del Fuego as appearing scenically distinctive within the natural world.

DIFFERENT ARTISTS

Overall, a brilliantly artistic time was had at the exhibition. It was amazing meeting all four of the artists there, as well as viewing the presentation of their art variety. This exhibition is available to view at Regent’s Park Gallery from the 7th to the 21st March. The artists’ work was colourfully appealing to the eye in a variety of ways.