Visiting Artists

Stuart Cumberland- Four Circles- 2001

Stuart Cumberland

He showed us his "Four Circle" paintings and his main inspirations are Picasso and Patrice. The works lack depth they have no emotion they don't provoke any feeling. He doesn't want his work to be compared to Mark Rothko as his works are mainly inspired by colour combinations. The works are created by large stencils that come from drawings. He uses oil paint because of the high pigment. Cumberland likes to think of his work as an ornament and decorative, they are also on a really large scale to make sure that they have some sort of impact. Other influences are Jasper Johns, Christopher Wool and Christopher Williams.

Caroline Archaintre- Insider- 2008

Caroline Archaintre

Archaintre lives and works in the UK and is an artist a the Saatchi Gallery. She mainly works in sculpture which is inspired by Britain in post war conditions and German Expressionism. She is inspired by both ancient and modern, and a mixture between new and traditional materials and technology. Her work looks like its been removed from time and bought into a modern version. Her work isn't planed it is made on intuition there isn't anything particularly planned. 

Baroda Artists

Artist Ajay Kanwal the professor of sculpture at Baroda University gave a talk on his work. He mainly works with ceramics and instillation. His work is make up of loads of very small ceramic elements that are in a geometric shapes. there are thousands of these shapes in his works, he want them to provoke feelings in everyday objects. I really like the simplicity of it, but the detail that is in it and the organisation within the piece. 

Theres a wind blowing-2010- Serena Korda

Serena Korda

Korda is mainly a performance artist who's performance are about abandoned histories and conversation. She collects data throughout her performance, they are things that get overlooked in everyday life. Korda was born and still lives and works in England, she did an MA at the Royal College of Art, which has obviously influenced her work.