Showing posts with label Mirela Bistran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mirela Bistran. Show all posts
Monday, 10 June 2019
Monday, 20 May 2019
Tuesday, 14 May 2019
Preparing plate for hectograph
Fellow artist, Mirela Bistran and I are going to do some experimental hectograph printing. The initial stage is to make the plate using gelatine, glycerin and water.
We have left the (rather smelly) concoction to set overnight in the cool environment of my NewBridge Studio, and are hoping to do some printing later in the week. Watch this space!
Friday, 29 July 2016
MFA Summer exhibition website up and running!
As we head towards the MFA Summer exhibition, check out the MFA Summer exhibition website containing information and images about all the artists involved:
http://fineart.ncl.ac.uk/ma2016/
Anna MacRae
Bex Harvey
Hannah Elizabeth Cooper
Harriet Sutcliffe
Helen Shaddock
James Quin
Jim Lloyd
Liying Zhao
Mehan Fernando
Michael Mulvihill
Mirela Bistran
Yein Son
http://fineart.ncl.ac.uk/ma2016/
Anna MacRae
Bex Harvey
Hannah Elizabeth Cooper
Harriet Sutcliffe
Helen Shaddock
James Quin
Jim Lloyd
Liying Zhao
Mehan Fernando
Michael Mulvihill
Mirela Bistran
Yein Son
Thursday, 3 September 2015
Newcastle University MFA 2015 Summer Exhibition - Mirela Bistram
Mirela Bistran
is a Romanian artist living in the UK.
In her “
Unfolded Dowry
” she explores the cultural significance of objects
.
The imagined space of the installation is a layerin
g of references alluding to
Romanian cultural heritage and veiling Bistran’s ow
n memories.
In seeming together old and new fabrics - hand fini
shed and machine fabricated –
the past and the present, the real and the artifici
al combine.
The installation is a journey out of time, it is ab
out past traditions – though traditions
which have become increasingly alien – and it is th
rough memory: but it is a memory
re-imagined, remembered and manufactured.
Mirela Bistran
is a Romanian artist living in the UK.
In her “Unfolded Dowry” she explores the cultural significance of objects.
The imagined space of the installation is a layering of references
alluding to Romanian cultural heritage and veiling Bistran’s own memories.
In seeming together old and new fabrics - hand finished and machine
fabricated – the past and the present, the real and the artificial combine.
Mirela Bistran
is a Romanian artist living in the UK.
In her “
Unfolded Dowry
” she explores the cultural significance of objects
.
The imagined space of the installation is a layerin
g of references alluding to
Romanian cultural heritage and veiling Bistran’s ow
n memories.
In seeming together old and new fabrics - hand fini
shed and machine fabricated –
the past and the present, the real and the artifici
al combine.
The installation is a journey out of time, it is ab
out past traditions – though traditions
which have become increasingly alien – and it is th
rough memory: but it is a memory
re-imagined, remembered and manufactured.
The installation is a journey out of time, it is about past traditions – though traditions which have become increasingly alien – and it is through memory: but it is a memory re-imagined, remembered and manufactured.
Tuesday, 18 August 2015
The risographs have arrived!
Rather than designing a bound catalogue as such, we decided to produce a set of double sided A3 risograph prints for the MFA Summer Exhibition. We used Risotto, Each artist has chosen an image of their work for the front of their risograph, and on the back of all the risograph prints is an essay by Matthew Hearn titled inbetweenness... which discusses the work of each artists in the exhibition.
Liying Zhao
Sofija R.L. Sutton
Paul Martin Hughes
Nigel Morgan
Sarah Dunn
Mirela Bistran
Alex Charrington
Yein Son
Here is a sneak preview of the risographs, but as each print is an artwork in itself, the only real way to appreciate the work is to see it in person. All the more reason to come along to the exhibition, and buy a print or two for you to enjoy in your own home.
Helen Shaddock
Helen Shaddock
Ute Kirkwood
Soon Hwang
Liying Zhao
Sofija R.L. Sutton
Paul Martin Hughes
Nigel Morgan
Sarah Dunn
Mirela Bistran
Alex Charrington
Yein Son
Send me an email if you would like to buy a signed limited editioned risograph print.
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Many thanks to all who came to the preview of SNIPPET
I would like to thank everyone who came to the preview of SNIPPET at Newcastle University last night. There was a great turnout, a really good atmosphere, and people were very generous with their comments.
Here is a little insight into what was a brilliant evening.
A fragment. A glimpse. A squint to unveil the work of artists exploring painting, sculpture, textiles, sound and video. Geometric colourful shapes along with abstract moving images and experimental sculpture are brought together in SNIPPET. The works shown are manifested from the tensions between painting and sculpture, society and technology.
A central feature to this exhibit is the artwork emerged from the exploration of new approaches to the artists’ usual practices.
Whether they are textiles or paintings, Mirela Bistran’s works start guided by instinct and intuition. Then evolve into journeys of emotions and feelings expressed through lines and marks or cut-outs and stitches. Sometimes playful, sometimes shy or bold and other times solemn and melancholic, they take on a personality of their own.
Starting with collages, Jodie Dunnil creates 3D models that help her understand the depth and illusion she later represents in painterly images that inhabit a space between figuration and abstraction. Her methodology explores the representation of space on a two-dimensional surface introducing sculpture and exploring ideas of perspective, depth and angle.
In a burgeoning momentum of excessive technological consumerism and electronic mediation, Bartira Sena's work attempts to juxtapose the idea of nature, spirituality and technology. Her installations create situations in which we experience alternative cultural representations.
Helen Shaddock’s playful approach invites us to enjoy surfaces, textures, forms and colour. Process is a central aspect to her practice, whereby she strives to make art that embraces chance and the unpredictable. Objects made from coloured plaster are juxtaposed with other, more mundane materials such as cardboard. Her work investigates dynamics between the audience and the space.
Yein Son is concerned in finding the right balance between consciousness and unconsciousness. She depicts images from the theme of absorption in art. Her artwork narrates with a confident mark, a very fluid and dynamic story that seems to have endless possibilities. In her new paintings, the atmosphere becomes more enigmatic and calligraphic.
Liying Zhao is motivated by her life experience and emotions which become the main characters in her artwork. She is interested in using video and different kinds of materials to create an illusory sense. The contrast between the real and the fantasy becomes more dramatic and amusing in her current artworks.
Interested in the bond between art and reality, Tan Zou creates documentaries about household affairs and level of societies. Currently based in Newcastle, the artist creates narratives through film and photography in an attempt to grasp the significance of her own experience in between two different cultures.
Qingchan Li explores the complexity of human emotions with an emphasis on enigma and horror. The artist uses different shapes and patterns to explore the delicate mental activities of human beings. Using simple shapes she presents us a video in which the sound takes on the main role. The purpose is to embark us on a frightful experience.
Here is a little insight into what was a brilliant evening.
A fragment. A glimpse. A squint to unveil the work of artists exploring painting, sculpture, textiles, sound and video. Geometric colourful shapes along with abstract moving images and experimental sculpture are brought together in SNIPPET. The works shown are manifested from the tensions between painting and sculpture, society and technology.
A central feature to this exhibit is the artwork emerged from the exploration of new approaches to the artists’ usual practices.
Whether they are textiles or paintings, Mirela Bistran’s works start guided by instinct and intuition. Then evolve into journeys of emotions and feelings expressed through lines and marks or cut-outs and stitches. Sometimes playful, sometimes shy or bold and other times solemn and melancholic, they take on a personality of their own.
Starting with collages, Jodie Dunnil creates 3D models that help her understand the depth and illusion she later represents in painterly images that inhabit a space between figuration and abstraction. Her methodology explores the representation of space on a two-dimensional surface introducing sculpture and exploring ideas of perspective, depth and angle.
In a burgeoning momentum of excessive technological consumerism and electronic mediation, Bartira Sena's work attempts to juxtapose the idea of nature, spirituality and technology. Her installations create situations in which we experience alternative cultural representations.
Helen Shaddock’s playful approach invites us to enjoy surfaces, textures, forms and colour. Process is a central aspect to her practice, whereby she strives to make art that embraces chance and the unpredictable. Objects made from coloured plaster are juxtaposed with other, more mundane materials such as cardboard. Her work investigates dynamics between the audience and the space.
Yein Son is concerned in finding the right balance between consciousness and unconsciousness. She depicts images from the theme of absorption in art. Her artwork narrates with a confident mark, a very fluid and dynamic story that seems to have endless possibilities. In her new paintings, the atmosphere becomes more enigmatic and calligraphic.
Liying Zhao is motivated by her life experience and emotions which become the main characters in her artwork. She is interested in using video and different kinds of materials to create an illusory sense. The contrast between the real and the fantasy becomes more dramatic and amusing in her current artworks.
Interested in the bond between art and reality, Tan Zou creates documentaries about household affairs and level of societies. Currently based in Newcastle, the artist creates narratives through film and photography in an attempt to grasp the significance of her own experience in between two different cultures.
Qingchan Li explores the complexity of human emotions with an emphasis on enigma and horror. The artist uses different shapes and patterns to explore the delicate mental activities of human beings. Using simple shapes she presents us a video in which the sound takes on the main role. The purpose is to embark us on a frightful experience.
Sunday, 22 February 2015
SNIPPET introduces... Mirela Bistran
Mirela Bistran
My practice is fed by the way I perceive the world around me, my beliefs, memories and feelings. Together they make up my life journey, the sense of belonging, of identity, of feeling at home with myself.
I have a particular interest in finding the right balance between free, gestural brushwork, sometimes unplanned, and the fine, delicate and intricate work of precision. The colours play a very important role; they almost have their own story. And by that, I mean that they always express feelings, very often in a narrative way.
A major part of my art is owed much to chance, the subconscious and to dream imagery. I would make rapid sketches directed by instinct and intuition using inks and pencils on paper. Very often these sketches are the beginning of a journey of emotions and feelings expressed through lines and marks that come to life following each other. Sometimes playful, sometimes shy or bold and other times solemn and melancholic, they take on a personality of their own.
The imagination dictates the tools I work with. At times they are embodied in fabrics, buttons, scissors and threads. Most of the fabrics I use are dear to me, they retain memories. The process is the same. It starts like a spontaneous game and evolves into a passage of structured layers interacting with each other.
At intervals I use cardboard, wood, recycled materials to build objects
Monday, 16 February 2015
SNIPPET - Preview: Tuesday 24th February 2015, 6-8pm, Fine Art Department, Newcastle University
SNIPPET - Preview: Tuesday 24th February 2015, 6-8pm, Fine Art Department, Newcastle University
Sunday, 23 November 2014
Mirela Bistran: Interior Garden
Interior Garden
Exhibition by Mirela Bistran at St Oswald's Church, Durham
Today I visited St Oswald's Church in Durham to see an exhibition of paintings and prints made by one of my colleagues on the Master of Fine Art course at Newcastle University.
Mirela Bistran moved to England from her Romanian home in 2008, and one can see the influence that her culture has on the art she produces.
Often using warm, earthy colours, I find Mirela's work comforting and welcoming. I liken this feeling to being wrapped in a blanket, and when speaking with Mirela she explains that she is inspired by the Romanian tapestries that are often displayed on the walls. One of the purposes of these tapestries is to provide a warm surface when someone leans against the wall.
Just as tapestries sometimes depict a narrative, Mirela's work often has a story behind it, or is related to personal experience. Her soft and peaceful personality is echoed in her work. The series of three paintings titled Embrace were made shortly after she married, and when creating these works she was thinking about how two pine trees grow and interconnect or intertwine with each other.
Mirela speaks of how she wants her work to reference "encounters; sometimes timid, sometimes explosive, close to recalling prayer.” I believe that she creates these contrasting emotions through her use of material, tone and colour. Pale, fluid washes are made with watercolour, giving a gentle and calm atmosphere. In other areas, layers are build up with more opaque, bolder colours, adding intensity and depth to the paintings. Similarly, she contrasts empty, or sparse spaces with highly detailed areas that draws one's attention into her inner world within the painting.
I admire Mirela's ability to represent the figure, and enjoy the spontaneity and freeness within her work. One can sense the connection that she has with the act of mark-making. In contrast to the fluidity of working with watercolours, Mirela also makes lino prints. This form of printmaking involves carving into a sheet of linoleum to produce a relief print. The linoprints in her current exhibition are monotone, black and white images. Whereas I previously thought of linoprints being rather hard and bold, Mirela manages to create flowing lines, and by removing lots of the lino, she creates space within the image.
http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/news/11607099.Art_inspired_by_prayer_on_show_at_church/
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11607099.Art_inspired_by_prayer_on_show_at_church/
Exhibition by Mirela Bistran at St Oswald's Church, Durham
Today I visited St Oswald's Church in Durham to see an exhibition of paintings and prints made by one of my colleagues on the Master of Fine Art course at Newcastle University.
Mirela Bistran moved to England from her Romanian home in 2008, and one can see the influence that her culture has on the art she produces.
Often using warm, earthy colours, I find Mirela's work comforting and welcoming. I liken this feeling to being wrapped in a blanket, and when speaking with Mirela she explains that she is inspired by the Romanian tapestries that are often displayed on the walls. One of the purposes of these tapestries is to provide a warm surface when someone leans against the wall.
I know all your corners
Just as tapestries sometimes depict a narrative, Mirela's work often has a story behind it, or is related to personal experience. Her soft and peaceful personality is echoed in her work. The series of three paintings titled Embrace were made shortly after she married, and when creating these works she was thinking about how two pine trees grow and interconnect or intertwine with each other.
Above the rain
Mirela speaks of how she wants her work to reference "encounters; sometimes timid, sometimes explosive, close to recalling prayer.” I believe that she creates these contrasting emotions through her use of material, tone and colour. Pale, fluid washes are made with watercolour, giving a gentle and calm atmosphere. In other areas, layers are build up with more opaque, bolder colours, adding intensity and depth to the paintings. Similarly, she contrasts empty, or sparse spaces with highly detailed areas that draws one's attention into her inner world within the painting.
I admire Mirela's ability to represent the figure, and enjoy the spontaneity and freeness within her work. One can sense the connection that she has with the act of mark-making. In contrast to the fluidity of working with watercolours, Mirela also makes lino prints. This form of printmaking involves carving into a sheet of linoleum to produce a relief print. The linoprints in her current exhibition are monotone, black and white images. Whereas I previously thought of linoprints being rather hard and bold, Mirela manages to create flowing lines, and by removing lots of the lino, she creates space within the image.
http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/news/11607099.Art_inspired_by_prayer_on_show_at_church/
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11607099.Art_inspired_by_prayer_on_show_at_church/
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