MOSAIC Art Trail & Contemporary Art Fair

12 May at 10:00 until 20 May at 23:30

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    • Various Venues in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, UK MOSAIC, is the title of a new, rich and exciting art trail and contemporary art fair that will be held throughout the historic town of Kenilworth in Warwickshire, from Saturday, 12th May to Sunday, 20th of May 2012. Over 15 different indoor venues and 5 outdoor spaces will become the stage for the work of; David Anthony Hall (London, UK), Hannu Uusluoto (Rauma, Finland), David Sinaguglia (Connecticut, USA), Horace Panter (Coventry, UK), Otto Mombrit (Bogota, Columbia), Claire Sauvaget (Toulouse, France) and Elena Cecchinato (Venice, Italy), to name but a few. Organised by BRINK, the first MOSAIC Art Trail is a unique occasion to view original works of art by regional, national and international artists in a wide variety of media including; installation art, painting, photography, sculpture, performance, video and sound art, as well as a number of satellite events, surprise happenings and audience participatory projects. For more information visit the website: http//:www.wix.com/brinkevents/mosaic Or contact BRINK: brinkevents@gmail.com You can also follow them on Twitter: @brinkfineart Or connect with them on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brink-Contemporary-Arts/194112833954709

    • Exhibition Venue List:

      
      
      1. Age UK - 'The World's Smallest Gallery' commissioned sculpture by
      David Anthony Hall. Window.12th-20th May.
      
      
      2. Bear & Ragged Staff - Paintings, drawings & prints. Group Show,
      guest curator: Kate Livingston.12th-20th May.
      
      
      3. Escape - Live painting and solo show by Wendy Cook.12th-20th May.
      
      
      4. Gallery 25 (above Beading Crafty) – Group show, workshops & demos.
      12^th-20^th May.10am-5pm daily.
      
      
      5. Heart of England Co-op Electrix – Video installation by 5 international artists.
      Window.12^th-20^th May.
      
      
      6. Holiday Inn - Kenilworth Festival art show.18^th-20^th May.From 10am daily.
      
      
      7. Jubilee House – BRINK outdoor installation.12^th-20^th May.
      
      
      8. Kenilworth Books - 'Food For Thought' participatory installation by Tim Robottom.
      Window.1st-20th May.
      
      
      9. Kenilworth Wines - 'Vino Veritas VII'. Photography by Andrew Hill.
      3rd May-5th June.10am-7pm Tue-Sat.
      
      
      10. Parochial Hall – Solo show by Alison Baskerville.16^th-20^th May. 8am-10pm daily.
      
      
      11. Pomeroys – Solo show by Otto Mombrit.12^th-20^th May. 9.30am-12.00am daily.
      
      
      12. Redworld Collectables – Sculpture by Dan Kehily-Jones. Window.12^th-20^th May.
      
      
      13. RSPCA - Chainsaw sculptures by Mark Begley. Window.12th-20th May.
      
      
      14. Simply Fresh – BRINK sculptural installation. Window.12^th-20^th May.
      
      
      15. Smalley Place - BRINK outdoor installation.12th-20th May.
      
      
      16. TEMPORANEA Gallery (behind Stop HS2 office). Sculpture, installation, prints,
      live art, video & more. From 12th May.
      OPENING NIGHT/PRIVATE VIEW – SATURDAY 12^TH MAY, FROM 6PM.
      SPECIAL PERFORMANCES, MUSIC and REFRESHMENTS.
      
      
      17. Talisman Square – ‘Kalevala’ Children’s workshop with Jonny Graney, Live Art &
      2D street sellers (tbc).12^th & 19th May.
      
      
      18. Talisman Theatre & Arts Centre - 'I Want More Life...' Screen prints by Horace Panter.
      5th May-27th July. From 7pm daily.
      
      
      19. The Tiltyard - 'Pigs Might Fly...' Paintings, drawings & photographic prints.
      2nd April-28th July. From 5pm Tue-Sun.
      
      
      20. Town & Country Furniture – BRINK installation (tbc). Window.12th-20th May.
      Paintings by Andrew Hill. Outdoor.Sun 13^th May.
      
      
      21. Waitrose - Outdoor installation. Live Art & Arts & Craft stalls (tbc).12^th-20^th May.

    
    

    
    

    This event is kindly sponsored by:
    
    

    Heart of England Co-op, Like Minds, Simply Fresh,

    Steve Crowe & Son Butchers

    
    

    
    

PIGS MIGHT FLY IN THE TILTYARD

'PIGS MIGHT FLY...'

On 2nd April 2012, BRINK, the Kenilworth based contemporary arts organisation, will be presenting the works of local and regional artists in the second showcase at The Tiltyard in Leyes Lane, Kenilworth, Warwickshire.

From Monday, 2nd April until Saturday, 28th July 2012, visitors to the Tiltyard will have the opportunity to view a selection of incredible works by talented established and emerging artists, on the theme of nature and man’s relation to nature.

The ‘Pigs Might Fly...’ exhibition will showcase paintings and prints by Angus or Gus, Sally Bailey, Neil Grant-Phillips, Tracy Jolly, Jen Manning, Roy Meats, Louise Morgan, Chris ‘Okse’ Oxenbury and Chris Saunderson, alongside the photographic work of James Callaghan, Mark Tripp and BRINK Co-founder Tim Robottom.

The showcase will form part of BRINK's up-coming MOSAIC Art Trail and Contemporary Art Fair, which will be held during the Kenilworth Festival, from 12th - 20th May, 2012. Featuring the work of more than 60 national and international artists, in over 20 venues throughout the town, this new, diverse and exciting annual event will be the first of its kind to be held in Warwickshire.

Everyone is invited to the official opening of 'Pigs Might Fly...', which will be held on Monday, 2nd April, 2012 from 7-9pm. Call BRINK on:             07960-043395       for more information or email: brinkevents@gmail.com.

The Tiltyard, a friendly, family pub, offering a fine selection of wines and beers, traditional ales and home-cooked food, is open: Monday 5pm – Midnight, Tuesday-Thursday; 11.30 - 2.30pm and 5pm – Midnight; Friday-Saturday 11.30am – Midnight, and Sunday from Noon - 11.30pm.

Image: ‘Lipizzaner Stretch’ Photographic print by Mark Tripp

BRINK Present a 'Special' Exhibition at the Talisman Theatre & Arts Centre

The ‘I Want More Life...’ exhibition , featuring the work of Horace Panter, is the second in an exciting season of on-going exhibitions, organised by the Kenilworth-based arts organisation at the Talisman Theatre and Arts Centre.

BRINK is proud to present the work of Horace Panter at the Talisman Theatre, from 5th May until 26th June 2012.

Although more well-known as the bass-player of The Specials, Horace Panter, aka Sir Horace Gentleman, has always been involved in art.

Horace's formal education started with a one year course in Art at Northampton College in 1971. In 1975, he graduated with a degree in Fine Art from Coventry’s Lanchester Polytechnic, now Coventry University. While confirming his skill and passion for painting, his time at Lanchester Polytechnic introduced him, in his second year, to Jerry Dammers. And, together they formed what would become one of the defining bands of the decade.

Whilst studying Fine Art in the mid-Seventies, Horace was immersed in art theory and conceptualism, exploring and interpreting the art of ancient civilisations, such as the Mayans. Even then, Horace's influences were eclectic, ranging from the minimal sculptures of Donald Judd and Robert Morris to the post-abstract-expressionist paintings of Kenneth Noland, Morris Louis and Robyn Denny.

The artist’s work reflects a broad range of influences, ranging from Pop Art to iconic forms of religious and political propaganda, culminating in colourful, highly stylised, ultra-modern images. Panter creates his own unique form of iconography, admitting he is fascinated with orthodox icons, seeing them as art with a purpose: “You want your crops to grow you pray to an image, that’s purposeful”.

While acknowledging their functionality as venerated objects, he simultaneously recognises their beauty as cultural artefacts. The subjects of his paintings, often, lone figures against stark backgrounds, beg the question “who and what is important enough to take centre-stage, to be idolised”? This could also be a subconscious reference to his own experience as a musician on the stage, translating his experience of a performer, thrust into the limelight, in his paintings, where, as Pop Art dictates, the object is .elevated' from the ‘mundane’.

After the success of his first solo exhibition at The Strand Gallery in London in November 2011, Horace has recently exhibited at the White Room, in Leamington-Spa and Bath, and the Penny Lane Gallery in Liverpool.

In the ‘I Want More Life...’ exhibition, which will be held as part of the MOSAIC Art Trail, during the Kenilworth Festival, BRINK will be presenting a series of works featuring Horace Panter’s iconic Robots and Hoodies. Alongside these works, BRINK will also be showcasing a small series of unique, one-off, mixed media works by Tim Robottom.

The private view will be held on Saturday, 5th May 2012 from 7pm.

The Talisman Theatre and Arts Centre is open 7:00pm show nights (visit www.talismantheatre.co.uk for details) and 8:00pm every non-show Friday.

Food for Thought Participatory Art Installation

‘FOOD FOR THOUGHT’ is a public, paticipatory, sculptural installation by BRINK Co-founder and artist Tim Robottom. The installation piece is being created for the BRINK ‘MOSAIC’ Art Trail, which will be held as part of the Kenilworth Festival.  The finished work will be on display at Kenilworth Books, in Talisman Square,  from from 12th – 20th May, 2012.

Canned food will be labelled by the artist with a selection of the general public’s favourite book titles. From sci-fi novels, manuals and handbooks to autobiographies and children’s favourites, this interesting new work places empahasis on the famous phrase “You can’t judge a book by its cover!”. “As we all know”, explains the artist, “it is the contents of a book that is the most important element of any author’s intention; this is what nourishes the imagination and stimulates the creative pallette.”

The installation is also a reference to Andy Warhol’s ‘Campbell’s Soup’ prints, Damien Hirst’s series of pharmaceutical packaging replaced with working class food, entitled ‘The Last Supper’, and Pierre Manzoni’s ‘Artist’s Shit’, where the artist canned his own excrement. The work, which is a commentary on consumerism and branding, also focuses on the abstraction of information in material goods and how customers are drawn to products by imagery and packaging.

If you would like to take part, please fill in the slip provided at Kenilworth Books, stating the title of your favourite book and author, and put it in the box. Alternatively, participants can mail the name of the book and author to timrobottom01@gmail.com.

For further information on  ‘Food For Thought’, please e-mail the artist at the above e-mail address.

Artist’s website: http://www.wix.com/timrobottom/info

BRINK website: http://www.wix.com/brinkevents/home

MOSAIC Art Trail website: http://www.wix.com/brinkevents/mosaic

Nature's Stage

BRINK is proud to announce a new collaboration with the Talisman Theatre and Arts Centre. The debut exhibition, which will also mark the inauguration of the award-winning theatre’s newly refurbished bar and foyer, will feature a small selection of large-scale photographic works by London-based nature and landscape photographer David Anthony Hall.

This internationally renowned artist has exhibited as far afield as New York and Singapore and his works are held in private collections worldwide. In the UK, Hall has exhibited in over twenty-two group shows, as well as holding two West End solo shows.

Hall is currently working on a number of public art projects and has spent the last two years producing a new body of work which is so detailed it can be printed at sizes of up to 20 x 5 meters. His vision for these works, which have been created with hospital environments in mind, is to create a shift in the way people view medical facilities, from cold and sterile to warm and welcoming, changing the atmosphere by humanising the environment – a concept that is gaining influence in many areas.

More recently, he has been collaborating with Marie Curie on their new hospice in the West Midlands, which will include bespoke pieces in sizes of up to 3 x 6 meters for the reception, public areas and the twenty-four bedrooms, where the aim is for his pictures to have a positive effect on the staff, visitors and, most importantly, the patients. Hall is also working with Maggie’s Cancer Centres on similar projects for their purpose-built centres across the UK.

In 2011, Hall exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show, where his work formed the main focus and was the inspiration behind a concept garden design, raising a good £13,000 from the proceeds of one of his artist’s proofs, which he donated to the Children’s Acute Transport Service Charity. Similarly, in his 2009 solo show, the photographer raised a further £9,000 for cancer charities from the sale of his work.

In the ‘Nature’s Stage’ exhibition, Hall takes us on a journey to discover the natural world, enticing the eye with sharp and luscious details, in what could almost be described as a homage to nature.

The exhibition, curated by BRINK Co-founders Tim Robottom and Sarah Silver, will be open to the public from Saturday, March 3rd 2012 until Monday, 30th April 2012. The private view will be held on Saturday, 3rd March from 7pm.

Situated in Barrow Road, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, The Talisman Theatre and Arts Centre is open 7:00pm show nights (see www.talismantheatre.co.uk for details) and 8:00pm every non-show Friday.

For further information on BRINK or to arrange an appointment to view the show call t. 07960 – 043 395.

http://www.wix.com/brinkevents/home
http://www.wix.com/brinkevents/mosaic
http://www.photohall.com/DAH/David_Anthony_Hall.html

BRINK Present Rita Gabroska at Kenilworth Wines

 A fascinating exhibition of works, where familiar symbols, objects and forms are merged to create imaginary and dreamlike 'mindscapes'. 

  Rising Moons by Rita Gabrowska

From 1^st February until 31^stMarch 2012, BRINK will be presenting the works of Rita Gabrowska at  Kenilworth Wines.

Gabrowska, who was born in Wroclaw, Poland, currently lives and works in Leamington Spa as a graphic designer, painter, digital artist, photographer and jewellery designer.

As well as exhibiting in the UK, Poland and Italy, this talented and multi-faceted artist has five digital art works in the collection of the Dolnoslaskie Towarzystwo Zachety Sztuk Pieknych art institute.

Reminiscent of the Suprematist movement, her works are sometimes self-referential or inspired by mass media symbolism, such as road signs, electronic components and man-made objects. The images emerge as ‘mindscapes’, where everyday objects are extrapolated from reality and reinterpreted in a new, autonomic world, composed of captivating colours and abstract forms.

Since 2011, the artists has been focusing on digital compositions, with a strikingly modern yet Daliesque quality. In these works Gabrowska explores her fascination for geometric and organic abstract forms and their relationships to each other.

  Crazy Rock Land by Rita Gabrowska

 “Traditional painting was always the main discipline in my career. I was taking photos, drawing and occasionally making digital compositions based on these studies, but I always painted on canvas, developing a world of abstract forms observed in reality. However, a few months ago this began to change”, states the artists. 

“Since I started working at Codemasters, I began to observe digital art more and more and became fascinated with the countless possibilities that the 2-D realm can offer an artist. Digital media opened up an amazing  space in which to challenge my imagination and discover and create new worlds. No longer confined to the use of real and fragile materials, such as paper, canvas, paints etc., the creative possibilities become endless. The ‘digital paintings’ in the Vino Veritas Showcase are the first in a new series of works that portray surreal spaces, where the strange forms and creatures that exist in my subconscious can materialise and come to life. I could not incorporate these into my works on canvas; there was no space for them on the strict, analytical surfaces of the geometrical forms, which I will never stop painting, but I am very pleased to have found a new way to express and expand my creativity.”

The BRINK showcase can be viewed at Kenilworth Wines Tuesday-Saturday from 10am-7pm.

BRINK has an on-going call for artists who are interested in exhibiting and promoting their work in the local area. For further information visit: www.wix.com/brinkevents/home

New Call for Artists

BRINK is currently seeking works by painters, photographers and sculptors for an exhibition that will be held at The Tiltyard pub in Kenilworth.

For the April-June showcase we are particularly looking for works of art which focus on man and nature and our relationship to the natural world.  We will also consider architectural landscapes for this show. All works must be originals and available for sale. 

Interested? Please send a statement, biog and a selection of 5 jpeg images or a website link to brinkevents@gmail.com.

Successful applicants will be contacted as soon as possible.

Submission and exhibition are free of charge. However, there will be a 35% commission fee on sales.

For further information contact t.             07960-043      .395 / t.             07971-022      .369.