Dark Silence In Suburbia

London-based painter Clare Chapman produces work that finds beguiling beauty in the dark and disturbing. Some of her subjects resemble the pus-filled pods or cocoons from which aliens and other horror film staples burst forth, others are more abstract, uncertain outlines in fleshy colours that unnerve without us quite knowing why. The ever-brilliant Brighten The Corners have just redesigned Clare’s website and by keeping the navigation nicely simple they have done a tremendous job at letting us viewers chart and enjoy Clare’s evolution as an artist over the past few years.

http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/brighten-the-corners-clare-chapman

http://clarechapman.com/

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Filed under: Clare chapman abstract art

May 8, 2013

actegratuit:

Frank Dale,

varnish on canvas

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Filed under: Frank Dale Art abstract

May 7, 2013

artchipel:

Mark Chadwick (UK) - Abstract Fluid Painting. Acrylic on canvas

The British artist Mark Chadwick’s art practice is concerned by the use of machines in the production of an artwork. With our culture becoming more and more engaged with new technologies, Mark’s work questions the implications of handing over control of an artwork to a mechanical device. Through experimentation with using a number of crude technological devices and minimising his interaction with the decision making process. Mark’s work investigates the status of the artist and what the artwork actually is. With the actions of any machine the result of human intention, Mark uses machines to allow chance to enter the creative process, exploring ideas surrounding authorship, consciousness and interaction.

[more Mark Chadwick | found at darksilenceinsuburbia & The Lloyd Gill Gallery]