emerging artist: Chris Hudson

 

Each of us has a personal history that we carry
with us. We also share a social history. These histories are a direct
reflection and response to our surroundings. I am interested in the way our
memories of our personal past and social past impact our attitudes, and how
they manifest into different
feelings. I am directly inspired by the people around me in my everyday life. I
often use them as direct characters in my work. I dress them up as bears and
use them as my actors to play out specific scenes that have affected me and
stuck in my mind. I like to believe that the legacy of
the people I feature in my work will carry on through time. Each of my objects
represents a single picture of a single story. The story may be short or long,
simple or complex, but each story interweaves with every other.  The
meaning of the single frame I represent may be understood, or lost, depending
on the viewer’s own memories, both social and personal. Together I hope the
frames will weave new stories, with new links to the viewer’s worlds. Thus expanding their knowledge
or emotional response to their own lives and symbolically their surroundings.

Art and the Horse @ CRAFT NSW

More information can be viewed at  

and   http://www.artsandcraftsnsw.com.au/Exhibitions.htm

Art and the Horse can be seen at
craft nsw 

104 george street . the rocks . sydney e:[email protected] 
p: 61 2 9241 5825 
9.30 to 5.30 (5pm in the winter months) open seven days, entrance is free

http://www.earthlyvisions.com.au/images/news/201401/sfrasercraftnswwork.pdf  

Raymond Warren @ Centre Materia

Le Centre MATERIA accueillera, du 10 janvier au 23 février, les sculptures en céramique de Raymond Warren. L’installation Équilibre et gravité invite à prendre part aux jeux des personnages de l’artiste.
Avec Équilibre et gravité,
Raymond Warren fait sourire la matière céramique et crée des mises en
scène présentant les métiers d’art dans une approche installative. La
salle d’exposition du Centre MATERIA, habitée du sol au plafond, amène
le visiteur à découvrir la poésie de chaque élément répondant aux thèmes
de l’équilibre et de la gravité. Accessible, cette exposition est une
invitation à s’initier aux métiers d’art en famille.
Raymond Warren fait valoir
les opposés dans ses thématiques comme dans son choix de matières. Ses
expositions s’élaborent de manière récurrente depuis 1988 autour de la
candeur et de l’inquiétude qui habitent chaque être humain face à son
destin. Il modèle le grès, lourd, sobre et dense, et le transforme pour
suggérer le mouvement et la légèreté. Les personnages qu’il façonne sont
cuits dans un four à bois artisanal. Ce type de cuisson laisse, sur les
différentes pièces, des traces du passage des flammes et de la cendre.
Raymond Warren
vit et travaille dans le village de Bois-Franc, à une quinzaine de
kilomètres au nord de Maniwaki. Diplômé en arts plastiques de l’UQAM, il
a présenté une vingtaine d’expositions solo. Ses œuvres font partie de
plusieurs collections privées et publiques, incluant celle des Musées de
la civilisation de Québec, celle du Musée canadien des civilisations et
celle de la Ville de Gatineau.
Translated by google:
Centre MATERIA host, from January 10 to February 23 , the ceramic sculptures by Raymond Warren. The installation invites balance and gravity to take part in the games characters from the artist.
With balance and gravity, Raymond Warren is smiling ceramic material and creates staged with crafts in installative approach. The
exhibition at the Centre MATERIA room inhabited floor to ceiling ,
leads the visitor to discover the poetry of each element responsive to
issues of balance and gravity. Available , this exhibition is an invitation to learn the art of family businesses.Raymond Warren argued the opposite in its themes as in his choice of materials. His
exhibitions are developed repeatedly since 1988 about the candor and
concern that inhabit every human being towards his destiny. This model sandstone , heavy, dense and sober , and turns to suggest movement and lightness. The characters he shapes are cooked in a wood oven craft . This type of cooking leaves on different parts, traces of the passage of flame and ash .
Raymond Warren lives and works in the village of Bois- Franc , about fifteen miles north of Maniwaki. Degree in fine arts at UQAM , he presented twenty solo exhibitions. His
works are in many private and public collections, including the Museum
of Civilization in Quebec , the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the
City of Gatineau.
Centre MATERIA
418 524-0354 poste 248
[email protected]

www.centremateria.com

Greg Payce @ the Alberta Craft Council