Deal Eco Artists at Margate

THE PIE FACTORY GALLERY . MARGATE

Exhibition Nine/9

2^nd to 14^th November 2012 ( Closed Mondays )

11am to 5 pm

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You are invited to Meet the Artists

.Sun 4^th November 2pm to 5 pm

Nine East Kent Artists come together in a show to explore concepts of place, space, time, journey, loss and change

through musical soundscapes , film, photography , painting,

enamels ,ceramics and installation.

The nine artists are

Painters… Amanda Thompson and Jackie Russell

Photographers… Annie Spencer Smith and Adrian Sullivan

Musicians and Composers….Christian Dada and Jonathan Russell

Ceramicists…..David White and Marilyn Williams

Installation Artist….Sue Sullivan

Musician Jonathan Russell will interpret some of the works in the exhibition through Musical Soundscapes while Composer and Artist Christian Dada has teamed up with local photographer Adrian Sullivan to make a film called THE DREAMING. A soundtrack that has it’s roots in Aboriginal storytelling comes together with a lifetime’s photography and video taken by Adrian to produce an hour long ‘’ painting ‘’.

Deal ceramicists David White and Marilyn Williams explore inspiration drawn from the natural world and also the loss due to climate change and environmental degradation.

Painter Amanda Thompson explores issues surrounding repetition and loss in landscapes by twinning paintings to highlight difference, using paint, mixed media and enamels, while Jackie Russell’s oil paintings of interiors explore and reflect on quiet spaces .

Sue Sullivan’s installation addresses issues of biodiversity and species loss and mankind’s role in this unfolding story, and uses an array of found objects and materials from the natural world.

Annie Spencer Smith’s multiple exposure photography aims to produce work that has an ethereal depth and mystery to it. She does this by using old cameras, film ,chemicals and silkscreen techniques