A visit from Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti

Cosey

Here’s myself with exhibition guests, the legendary Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti from Throbbing Gristle and so much more to this day – the inventors of industrial music, no less.

It’s not often you get to meet your inspirations. It’s even more rare to meet them at one of your own shows. It’s practically unheard of for your inspirations to buy one of your works. It’s otherworldly when they buy THREE of them!

Photograph taken by Christine Monkhouse.

“FEMALES Volume II (with love & in death)” A New Exhibition by Phil Barrington.
From the Opening Event – Friday 28th August, 2015. 6pm-8pm.

Hamburg Gallery (1st Floor)
The Hanse House, South Quay, King’s Lynn PE30 5GN.

The exhibition runs from Tuesdays to Saturdays, 10am-4pm, in two phases in the same room;
Saturday 29th August – Wednesday 9th September
“Moon” Phase; spotlight lighting & ambient soundtrack against a dark gallery space.
Thursday 17th September – Saturday 26th September
“Sun” Phase; natural lighting of a quiet sunlit gallery space.

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Art Photography Now – An Exhibition Collected & Curated by Phil Barrington


[APN] – Art Photography Now – A Fine Art Photography Exhibition
This exciting and fascinating exhibition contains a variety of photographic art works made by young local people aged 13 – 19, as part of the Norfolk County Council Arts Award scheme, the results from a course which ran for 6 weeks over the summer of 2013 by myself.
The subject matters fit into a particular theme for each of the three rooms of the gallery, ‘Fear’, ‘Emotion’ and ‘My Life’; works by young people that are at times brave, heartbreaking, thought-provoking, insightful and inspiring.
This exhibition of modern art photography of all creative styles shocks, disturbs, challenges and enlightens you with the candid, raw and personal visions of young people exploring their lives and feelings through the use of any kind of camera in their possession, without rules, restrain, nor any real regard for convention or tradition.
Some photographic artworks in the gallery exhibition explore real-world horrors, including a haunting black and white photographic work taken of Auschwitzby young local artist Rachel McGlone (see below photograph of the artist with the work, a stunning abstract macro exploration of fear by the very talented Heidi White, amongst many other works by very creative young artists.  PB.
 

 

 The exhibition is still open – so come and visit us;

 

Gallery Opening Times; Tuesday – Saturday, 10am-4pm,
6th-17th September 2013 at the Greyfriars Art Space Gallery, King’s Lynn, England.


43 St. James Street, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE30 5BZ
Directly opposite Greyfriars Tower and Tower Gardens
Telephone: 0751 714 7444
http://www.greyfriarsartspace.co.uk

IMPORTANT UPDATE;

ALL attendees who submitted their APN portfolios of work in time for external Arts Award marking PASSED on the 16th of November 2013, and each of them have been awarded the coveted Bronze Arts Award.


Well done to you all.

PB.

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You’re invited to our next OOTB Curating exhibition; “Shattered”

As part of the OOTB Curators, I shall be at the Friday 22nd Feb opening of our new solo show for international artist Maria Papadatou at Greyfriars Art Space King’s Lynn. Stunning images of activism, economic hell/destitution, and frail optimism amongst chem-trail clouds of military surveillance… See you there for a glass of wine and a tour of the artworks.

PB.

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Phil Barrington Artwork; “The Lovers”

“Love * Union * Passion * Sexuality * Pleasure * Humanism * Desire * Individual values * Physical attraction * Connection”

In a nutshell; my ‘The Lovers’ tarot card-inspired work is a canvas board-based collage of found items.

Specifically; 18 years ago I acquired a large private collection of photographs (polaroids etc.) shot and processed in the 1960s-1970s that were clearly sent between lovers in a sexual fantasy context, often with accompanying hand-written notes of lust on the reverse side of the home-made prints.

It is a small pasted & matte-varnished selection of these original photographs, together with other elements; ink stamp, dried drops of blood (my own), hand-written annotations, and more, that comprise my tarot card.


“The Lovers” [detail].

Preparatory trimmings for “The Lovers” mixed media collage on canvas. The work features only one facsimile (a blow-up of “The Lovers” tarot card itself) – the rest of the media is original, including actual vintage amateur photographs, a splice of film, and cut-up pages from a 1971 sex manual for couples.


“The Lovers” – with example of frame.
12″X 16″. Mixed media collage on canvas. Original Edition of 1.

“The Lovers”12″X 16″. Mixed media collage on canvas. Original Edition of 1.
Phil Barrington.
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PB.

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Reminder; Brick Lane Gallery Private View on 20th July

Your personal invite to; Phil Barrington at the ‘Art in Mind’ Group Show [20th July – 31st July]


“Phil Barrington brings six new framed Cracktown v2.0 works to the Brick Lane Gallery in London in July 2011. If you are free, please do come along to the Wednesday 20th July Opening Night (from 6pm) – as the private view of the Brick Lane ‘Artist in Mind’ group show promises to be VERY exciting indeed.“

Private Opening Event – Wednesday 20th July between 6.00pm – 8.30pm

Opening times – Gallery open daily (including Sundays) from the 20th July 1pm to 6pm until Sunday 31st July.

As part of the ‘Art in Mind’ group show, Phil Barrington’s six framed works are displayed in the main Brick Lane building, which is accessible to visitors from 10.30am each morning. Admission always free.

The Brick Lane Gallery, 196 Brick Lane, London UK, E1 6SA

Gallery telephone: +44 (0) 207 729 9721 Gallery website: www.thebricklanegallery.com

PBx

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Private View invite 20th July (London Group show)


Your Personal invite to; Phil Barrington at the ‘Art in Mind’ Group Show

“Phil Barrington brings six new framed Cracktown v2.0 works to the Brick Lane Gallery in London in July 2011. If you are free, please do come along to the Wednesday 20th July Opening Night (from 6pm) – as the private view of the Brick Lane ‘Artist in Mind’ group show promises to be VERY exciting indeed.

The work displayed here at the Brick Lane Gallery details a long process personally undertaken by myself for each image. From initial concept to location scouting, from the procurement of suitable models to the actual shoot and subsequent printing process, to distressing each photograph with a range of fluids, paints and scratching, a typical framed gallery image can take up to a year to complete, if not longer.”

This exhibition trailer can be found here.

PB.

Private Opening Event – Wednesday 20th July between 6.00pm – 8.30pm

Opening times – Gallery open daily (including Sundays) from the 20th July 1pm to 6pm until Sunday 31st July.

As part of the ‘Art in Mind’ group show, Phil Barrington’s six framed works are displayed in the main Brick Lane building, which is accessible to visitors from 10.30am each morning. Admission always free.


The Brick Lane Gallery
196 Brick Lane,

London UK,

E1 6SA

Gallery telephone: +44 (0) 207 729 9721
Gallery website: www.thebricklanegallery.com

Links;

www.facebook.com/BarringtonArts

www.barringtonarts.com

www.thebricklanegallery.com

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