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| Austin Emery | |
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Born 1971 in Canada. I now live and work in London as an artist and architectural stone carver. |
| About the Artist | |
'EXPRESSTANEOUSMOMENTERIALISM' |
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Gyzengals 41219
2007 |
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| 'Gyzengals' are Blobbist forms that represent both the individuality and the natural connectedness of all things 'ert' and inert. Gyzengals come big and small, short and tall. No two are the same and although they need no name, this one is '41219'. It's number caters to our need to categorize and name everything in existence. One can see its number tag at the back of one of the legs as left by the quarrymen who initially set this stone free from its 150 Million years of captivity. The sculpture is made from four pieces of waste stone, three of which were salvaged from the quarries of Isle of Portland, Dorset. These chunks were fixed together with dowels and resin and then carved directly, based on the many Gyzengals I have made, mostly in plasticine. The base, which is also permanently fixed to the sculpture is a section of moulding in Bath Stone salvaged from a restoration to a building at Cambridge Gate in London, NW1. This was made for an outdoor exhibition 'Masters and Emerging Sculptors from Studio Sem, Pietrasanta, Italy' and was mentioned in the Times Newspaper (Tuesday, 3 July 2007 - 'times 2' supplement, page 13). |
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Gyzengals Royal
2007 |
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| This Blobbist Gyzengals is taking a stroll with Royalty |
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Twist Around
2007 |
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| This piece was carved directly into a nice chunk of Portland Stone which I salvaged from the waste pile at a quarry. The form of the sculpture has a certain satisfying 'Twist' to it and actually, abstractly spells the word 'TWIST'. |
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Guy Sand
2007 |
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Shore Shadow
2007 |
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| Sea grass shadows of mother and child watch for the tide |
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Shell
2007 |
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| Low tide shell rise, high tide shell dies |
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Tideman
2007 |
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Dipsy Doodle
2006 |
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| I found this in a rock in Italy. Cut mostly by hand, this freely carved sculpture represents my personal transition from architectural stone carver to sculptor. Wandering around this block of marble with my chisels for more than two months led me to what you see now. Although the composition is suggestive of someone or something getting lost, the process of revealing this form was that of a major personal liberation. |
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Lying down
2007 |
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Painting Still Life 2
2007 |
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| Having painted the setting for this still life once, I thought I'd embark on a series and paint it again, obviously curious to see how differently I may be able to interpret and express this. |
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Hank
2007 |
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| Hank is an expression of my feelings and thoughts after a long day working as a stone carver outside in the cold on a building on Baker Street in London. Also, following my lifetime existence with a daily fever to paint but without doing so, this is a reflection of what's been stirring round my brain over the last 36 years! There's lots more to come. |
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Figure Carved & Painted
2007 |
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| This was a very interesting experimental piece of work. Whilst on a stone carving job on a building site in Central London I was delayed from my job as the asphalters had to access the area where I was working. During this break from my work, I set about carving this figure freely in relief right there on site in view of all the other workers. My intention was to carve the stone publicly outdoors, and then later paint it privately indoors, as a sort of excercise in contrasting environments and atmospheres. The comments made by the 'lads' on site as I carved ranged from the sheer vulgar and hilarious to the sensitively constructive. What was most interesting was to create a piece of art spontaneously and freely in an environment teeming with creativity (building sites are places of creation don't you know) and abundant with materials yet about as far from the contemporary art world as the surface of the moon. Many of the lads couldn’t help themselves but to continue returning for a sneak peak at my progress over the hours as I sculpted her and several of them also fell in love with the sensuous curves of the voluptuous form I was carving into the cold Portland Stone. That same evening I brought her to the studio where I bathed her in warm hues by brush stroke. |
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Walking The Dog
2007 |
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| Blobbist portrayal of Gyzengals walking through the fields on a beautiful summer's morning. |
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Mearl
2008 |
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| Mearl was created as a process of experimentation with mixing a variety of materials (from my studio floor as well as our sand pit) with paint and PVA to create a work focussing on texture and material on a piece of disused crating board found behind The Shakespeare Globe Theatre in London. |
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Jess - Detail
2007 |
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The Maker
2007 |
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| An example of ‘Blobbism’ (expression through blob, as in amorphous, irregular form, created spontaneously and freely). Here, 'The Maker' stands proud on his/her glazed brick holding a jaw-bone, poised, ready to create. This assembledge of bones from the River Thames represents the cyclic nature of existence and reflects on the individuality and the natural connectedness of all things 'ert' and inert. |
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SWET (bomb) 2009
2009 |
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| This piece is a 3 Dimensional interpretation of a graffiti bomb by the graffiti writer known as 'SWET'. The work not only imortalises what is otherwise temporary and fleeting (in its flat form) but also represents a portrait of a
signature. |
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RAEK (bomb) 2009
2009 |
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| A portrait of a signature. This is the identity of the graffiti writer known as 'RAEK'. By interpreting the graffiti into a 3 dimensional stone sculpture, i am creating a permanent portrait of a temporary signature. |
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Fish Lady
2008 |
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| Fish Lady emerged from the depths of the River Thames, London during a low tide wander around the shores below the Tate Modern. The River offers deposits of beautifully sculpted objects including bricks, stones, glass fragments, clay pipes, bones and many others of interest. Assembling the bones spontaneously provides a very satisfying creative relationship with the natural history that exists within London town. To make use of the remains of 'what was', bringing them to life to become 'what is'. Fish Lady strides with an the arrogant confidence and grace of modern lady. However, her beauty is beheld within the reduced, bare fundaments of her past existence. |
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Fish Lady
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Fish Lady emerged from the depths of the River Thames, London during a low tide wander around the shores below the Tate Modern. The River offers deposits of beautifully sculpted objects including bricks, stones, glass fragments, clay pipes, bones and many others of interest. Assembling the bones spontaneously provides a very satisfying creative relationship with the natural history that exists within London town. To make use of the remains of 'what was', bringing them to life to become 'what is'. Fish Lady strides with an the arrogant confidence and grace of modern lady. However, her beauty is beheld within the reduced, bare fundaments of her past existence.
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Birdman
2008 |
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| Birdman is a pale shadow of his former self. Once upon a time he was full-bodied, flesh and blood with the life-force of several beasts, no doubt enslaved to serve the needs of London’s people. Now down to the bone, he gathers all his strength and momentum in an effort to launch from the past into the future.
But will the future accept him? Is he too old or too ugly? Is he too feeble or frail? Will he fall and fail?
Does he even know how to log on?
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Birdman
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Birdman is a pale shadow of his former self. Once upon a time he was full-bodied, flesh and blood with the life-force of several beasts, no doubt enslaved to serve the needs of London’s people. Now down to the bone, he gathers all his strength and momentum in an effort to launch from the past into the future. But will the future accept him? Is he too old or too ugly? Is he too feeble or frail? Will he fall and fail? Does he even know how to log on? |
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Twist on Parliament
2007 |
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| The aesthetics of the word ‘Twist’ combined with the dynamism of its meaning, lend themselves very beautifully to this playful expression of form sculpted directly into a chunk of Portland Stone.
I salvaged the piece of masonry (which makes up the base) from the House of Lords during a restoration, replacement carving project I worked on there.
The relationship between the sculpture and its base reflect an evolution from the traditions of historic architectural ornament to the abstract expression of contemporary art.
Twist on Parliament sold at the ‘Untitled Artists Fair’ in June, 2007.
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Veer Clad
2009 |
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| Education and biography | |
| September 2009 Art and Architecture in Bermondsey Delfina Bermondsey Street, London SE1 August 2009 Cork Street Open Exhibition Gallery in Cork Street Cork Street, London May 2009 Lyon and Turnball Auction November 2008 Sotheby's Garden Sculpture and Ornament Auction 2008 Chronic Art Foundation - Best of the Bussey Building, London SE15 July, 2008 2008 Untitled Artists Fair - Chelsea Old Town Hall, Kings Road, London SW3 June, 2008 2008 MADE08 - Morley Gallery, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 15 May - 3 June, 2008 2008 Morley Landing Gallery - Student exhibition 2007 'Sculpture in the Garden' - Masters and Emerging Sculptors from Studio Sem, Pietrasanta, Italy' - Exhibition Leicester Botanic Gardens July - August 2008 |
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| Future shows | |
| COMING SOON TO A GALLERY NEAR YOU… Austin Emery - EXPRESSTANEOUSMOMENTERIALISM Sculpture and Painting 18th - 25th March, 2010 (Private View Thursday 18th March 6:30pm) Acquire Arts Space 155 Battersea Park Road London SW8 4BU |
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| Website: www.austinemery.com | |
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