Fisher, Craig (2014) The subversive potential of the decorative/ornamental. [Exhibition/show, Installation, Painting, Sculpture]
Homemade Devices | Homemade Devices | Homemade Devices |
![]() Homemade Devices | ![]() Homemade Devices | ![]() Homemade Devices, at Gestures of Resistance exhibition |
![]() Homemade Devices, at Gestures of Resistance exhibition |
Creators: | Fisher, Craig |
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Description/Abstract: | Selected to participate in the group exhibition, Craft Emergency, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth by Joanne Bushnell (Director) Alma Daskalaki, Exhibition Projects Curator, Crafts Council, Dr Outi Remes, Director, New Ashgate Gallery, Fisher presented ‘Homemade Devices’ an ongoing series of sculptural artifacts that are inspired by images of improvised explosive devices found whilst trawling the Internet. The works explore the formal inventiveness and provisionality of such objects, as well as their potent potential as representations of objects of threat and danger. Fisher investigates the subversive potential of the decorative through employing pattern and craft processes such as embroidery/stitch/ in the production of these sculptural objects. Ideas of filmic or cartoon violence are juxtaposed with decorative motifs/patterns and craft techniques from textiles; the sense of saturation at play in the work makes it easy to miss the horror due to the seductive nature and materiality of the artwork. Artists selected to participate in the exhibition were Chia Liang Lisa Kao, Angela Fung, Craig Fisher, Elizabeth Ashdown, Katy Jennings, Malene Hartmann Rasmussen, Olivia Walker, Paula Ortega, Sally Spinks, Kandy Diamond, Keith Varney, Luke Bishop and Lisa Pettibone. |
Item Type: | Art/Design Item |
Date: | 2014 |
Locations / Venues: | Location From Date To Date Gestures of Resistance group exhibition, Romantso Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece 20 April 2017 30 April 2017 'Gettin’ the Heart Ready' group exhibition, The Royal Standard, Liverpool, UK 29 July 2016 11 September 2016 ‘Stand In’ (two person exhibition with Debra Swann), Small Collections Room, Nottingham Contemporary, UK 2015 'Things we didn’t have before' group exhibition, Pump House Gallery, London, UK 19 November 2015 13 November 2015 Craft Emergency 2014 group exhibition, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, UK 10 October 2014 4 January 2015 Up To No Good solo exhibition, Lace Market Gallery Nottingham, 2014 2014 Pile, Subversive Design, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton 2014 |
Additional Information: | 'Gettin’ the Heart Ready' is a group exhibition celebrating The Royal Standard’s coming of age. The 23 artist-strong retrospective showcased artists that have been collaboratively nominated by directors past and present, in recognition of their previous work for The Royal Standard and their careers as practitioners. |
Schools: | School of Fine Art & Photography |
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Depositing User: |
Mr Craig Fisher
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Date Deposited: | 15 May 2017 15:42 |
Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2018 16:52 |
URI: | https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/3353 |
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