Phoenix Studios Open Weekend

Fascinating open weekend at the Phoenix Studios in Brighton.

There are over 100 studios over 6 floors which gives a wonderful glimpse into different artists’ worlds. I love the fact that each room smells differently because of the variety of materials they use. We set the whole afternoon aside to go round and spent time chatting to artists we talked to last year and meeting new ones.

There was a small exhibition on the ground floor highlighting the work of some of the artists under the theme of Present Tense.I liked Oliver Hain’s installation projecting a live feed of the traffic outside eon the floor also Kiki Stickl’s lines of pencil and silverpoint drawn directly onto the wall.

Highlights of the studios themselves included Natalie Papamichael’s wonderful Caravaggio inspired paintings. It was fascinating to see two large pictures commissioned by a London club being worked on in the studio. We had a chat to Denise Felkin, who had changed the theme of her display to pictures of people who didn’t vote as the General Election had been called recently. I liked David Watson’s installation of pieces of vintage glass shown beautifully lit in a dark room.

I just love the variety of work on show from traditional paintings through illustrations, sculpture, jewellery, textile art, photography, upholstery and so much more.

Closed on 14 May 2017

 

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