Christopher Stone and Peter Morris to Exhibit at The Forge Gallery
WEST SUSSEX.- In Western art the most powerful icon has always been the human figure, and this is the element which has connected the work of the two artists exhibiting at the Forge Gallery, Walberton, England, later this year. Both artists take the idea of the figure but then that idea goes through the process of figuration, or formalization, but each uses a different process and each naturally comes up with different results.
In August, when the two artists exhibit together, it will be fascinating to see how the vision of each of them informs the other
Christopher Stone deliberately avoids making any preparatory drawings or models when he carves his figures from marble, relying on his instinctive responses to the grain of the material. Working fast, his finished work, between 12 and 36 inches high, is close to his original conception. The result is a dynamic, poetic realization of his imagination which makes no attempt at academic accuracy but frequently has the mystic qualities of tribal totemic figures. Occasionally, his figures become anthromorphized animals or birds, bringing to mind the complex poles of the Indian tribes of North West Canada, carvings which have a mythical quality.
Peter Morris, who after half a century painting in oils, gouache and acrylic, has returned to figurative painting via influences in abstract expressionism through spending six years in north America during the 50s and early 60s. He typically makes drawings and takes photographs in preparation for his paintings, which sometimes are stylized landscapes of his second home in the Dordogne in France, but more often are highly formal compositions involving the human figure. A frequenter of chamber concerts, he has painted many variations on the subject including compositions based on string quartets and jazz bands; and an enthusiastic diner, he is fond of making pictures of figures in cafes and restaurants.
In August, when the two artists exhibit together, it will be fascinating to see how the vision of each of them informs the other. From disparate backgrounds, but with a common love of the figure and figuration, they should provide some interesting contrasts.
The Exhibition will be held at The Forge Gallery. The Street, Walberton. West Sussex, BN8 OPQ. UK.
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OK, I am through with complaining about galleries and their attittudes towards their artists.
I could make a really huge complaint about a very well known International transport company,and their complete lack of care, finesse, and their shoddy treatment of their clients belongings, and how their actions reduced 5 months of work into a pile of rubbish, but what good will it all do??
I am about to return to carving my stone and marble pieces, its what I am known for, and its what I think I do best.
PRESS RELEASE
Before embarking on his next idea loosely christened “Melding” a group of carvings that will resemble melded marble, which he hopes to have ready to show next year in Europe, location permitting, Christopher will be joining the veteran British painter Peter Morris ( http://pedmorris.jalbum.net ) in another two man show ” Figures and Figurations” at the Forge Gallery,UK, this show opens on the 28th August this year. Peter Morris, to whom the most powerful icon in painting is the human form, will be showing a number of oil paintings of groups of figures as music quartets and trios, people in cafes and restaurants, and landscapes where light and shade make strong abstract compositions. Christopher will present some figurative marble carvings as well as some highly innovative “molten” wire sculpture, pieces made with silver solder which, when it cools, results in a fluid, molten finish.
Christopher says “I am honored, and consider myself fortunate to be asked
by Mike and Melanie at The Forge gallery to take part in this exhibition, and thank them both for the faith they show in my work, and the wonderful opportunity to be able to show with such illustrious company.”
For more information on these artists please visit
Peter: http://pedmorris.jalbum.net
Chris: http://www.sculptormine.com/
Figures and Figurations, 28th August, 2010, at The Forge gallery, Walberton, Nr Arundel, West Sussex, UK, Telephone, (0044) 1243 355 4818.
http://www.forgegallerywalberton.co.uk