Brighton Art Fair and The Hove Civic Society

Brighton Art Fair takes place between 28 - 30 September, 2007 at Brighton’s Corn Exchange and showcases affordable artwork mostly between £50 and £1500. Artists are carefully selected from over 300 applications received each year to showcase orginal and innovative artwork across a wide mix of media and styles.

The Hove Civic Society was formed over 40 years ago in response to a boom in building in the sixties. Its aim was to protect the conservation areas, to ensure high standards of architecture and town planning and to encourage the public's interest in the urban environment. It maintains that aim to the present day by monitoring planning applications, working with other conservation societies, by representation on the Conservation Advisory Group and liaison with the Civic Trust.

The Hove Civic Society is offering a £500 prize for:

"An original piece of artwork focussing on the urban environment"

The work will be judged on artistic merit and subject matter. This should comprise any architectural theme or detail, or any reference to design or planning in the urban landscape. The society's aim in offering this award is to increase the public's appreciation of these factors in their everyday surroundings. The Hove Civic Society would expect to use the winning image for publicity purposes.


The work can be in any medium approved for display at the Brighton Art Fair and must be on show at the event.


The prize will awarded by a panel comprising a guest judge, John Small, President of the City's Conservation Advisory Group. The other judges are Lesley Clarke, Chairman of the Hove Civic Society and Decorative and Fine Arts Society Church Recorder and Sarah Young of the Brighton Art Fair.

The prize will be judged and presented at the Brighton Art Fair Private View on Thursday 27th September.




Wednesday 1 August 2007

Michael Sibley

'www.' (2007) Cotton and ink on canvas 140 x 90 cm

WWW. looks at the the world as a global city. Whether at the top of an Alpine mountain or at the depths of silicon valley, being so connected means the concepts of urban and rural living are becoming increasingly blurred.




'Construction (Birmingham)' (2007) 76 x 61 cm

Having spent time drawing inspiration from the deconstruction and renovation of some of Birmingham's more neglected areas, I also wanted to involve my paintings with the futuristic progression of Birmingham's hi-tech architectural and cultural landscape.







Demolition
size: 76 x 61 cm
medium: Acrylics and Indian ink on Canvas
Price: £2400

This piece is part of a series I am working on looking at the city of Birmingham and it's regeneration. Whilst researching this body of work, I was struck by the contrast of old industrial Birmingham and newly regenerated Birmingham. This painting focuses on the changing landscape and especially the derelict and 'soon to be demolished or renovated' buildings that are still abundant only streets away from the shiny new Bullring.
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1 comment:

jetmorg said...

I bought this painting in 2007 as Ifelt it had the power and emotive feel that reminded me of the Birmingham where I was born over 80 years ago.

The print in no way does justice to the original in which the contrast between colour and dark contrast so vividly.

2 November 2008 at 02:06

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