The life and works of contemporary British artist Martin Herbert. Symbolic paintings, philosophical musings, and occasional whimsically altered junkshop finds.
Just finished the last piece for my solo exhibition "Synthesis" at MoMA Wales, Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth, which opens on 29th April. This is one of the ongoing series of illustrations for James Stephens 1912 book of Irish mythology-based fantasy "The Crock of Gold". There will be a private view of the exhibition at noon on Saturday May 18th - please be there, and bring friends! Mail me for further information.
In the meantime, to receive prints of art by myself and my wife Vivi-Mari Carpelan, (here seen wearng The Hat) in our brand new radical 'change-the-art-market' publishing venture - please check out our crowd-funding project at indiegogo.com/wowlookwhatigot ! Don't forget, the funding campaign closes on Monday 15th April, so please go check it out soon and if you can, contribute a modicum towards our small yet significant total!
The project I've been working on all summer is entitled “Synthesis”.
I received a grant earlier in the year from the Arts Council of Wales to
support the development of a new body of work, which is now going on
show in a one-man exhibition at the Radnorshire Museum in Llandrindod
Wells.
Exhibition details:
“Synthesis: New works on paper by Martin Herbert”
at the Radnorshire Museum, Temple Street, Llandrindod Wells, Powys,
LD1 5DL
Friday 2nd November 2012 – Saturday 12th
January 2013
Open Tues-Fri 10:00 – 4:00, Sat 10:00 – 1:00
For more information, mail me, or call the museum on 01597 824 513
Private View:
Thurs. 1st Nov. 2012 - 6:30 - 8:00 - all welcome
About the Project:
The “Synthesis”
project has two distinct strands with one theme in common – they
both concern the relationship between digital 'new media' and
traditional drawing and painting techniques. My goal is to explore
ways in which computers and the internet can be used to source
material which inspires illustrations and innovative new work to be
carried out using traditional materials and techniques.
The
first strand concerns the production of new organisms, machines and
organic constructs using 3D computer modelling technology, which I
then use as inspiration for new drawings done using the earthiest and
most organic of materials – sepia ink, clay pencils, earth pigments
etc.
The
second strand involves sourcing written material from the internet -
I am using these texts as the basis for new illustrated editions of
neglected or beloved books which have now passed into the public
domain through expiry of copyright and are now available to anyone
who cares to download them from web archives. The illustrated
editions will then be uploaded back to the internet as e-books,
completing the cycle. The first book to receive this treatment is
Irish author James Stephen's 'fairy tale for grownups', The
Crock of Gold (Reviews here).
The illustrations are a work in progress, leading up to publication
of a new illustrated edition in 2013.
A
selection of work from the “unlikely
realms”
series of digital organic abstract prints, which were part of the
original inspiration for the Synthesis
project “organic construct” strand.
Project
Synthesis
has been made possible with the support of:
