28th June – 20th July

The Marmite Painting Prize is a not-for-profit organization. The selection process is anonymous, with no artist cvs or biographies admitted. Their concern is to be as fair as possible to every entrant. They aim to promote artist communities and networks, locally and nationally, connecting artists through the touring exhibition and related activities.

The Marmite refers to the Old English term for a cooking pot, alluding to the mixing of diverse practices encouraged, and also to the prize itself – a specially made interpretation of a ‘marmite’ which is donated by an artist; this is a symbol of exchange, a recognition that any ‘prize’ is unequal and no value may legitimately be put on an artwork; it also stands for the alchemy of the process of making – whether divine inspiration or rigourous working process; sweaty excitement or long, cool labour? A witch’s cauldron, a vat of nourishment, a scientist’s test tube?

20th Jun – 24th Jun 2013

Falmouth University is showcasing an exhibition over fifty up-and-coming photographers from the BA Photography course. Questioning everything from art theory to the social status quo, f-Lux photographers push boundaries and seek to create engaging, impacting and relevant work; designed to launch them from their degree at Falmouth.

The figures in Chloe Rosser’s work are photographed in a contorted fashion, the body becomes inhuman. It is a mindless mass of flesh, both intriguing and repelling us. Here, what should be intimately familiar is transformed into an unfamiliar sculpture. The work is an unsettling exploration into the human condition and our alienation from our own bodies.

See more photographs by Chloe Rosser

21st Jun – 5th Jul 2013

The name Foxes and Hounds is derived from a childhood game I used to play with friends. One group of kids would go and hide in the dark, while the other group had to find and tag them, gathering members as they progressed until the last man (fox) was standing. We played for hours, sometimes all night. It was part scary, part exhilarating.

I chose the name for the exhibition because it conjures up strong memories of nostalgia. Most of the work in the exhibition is autobiographical and uses images from my past, drawing upon my childhood through to more recent times. Collecting and preserving imagery is important to me and by recreating these images in various ways in my paintings, i attempt to understand and preserve my memories. The act of defacing the imagery makes it more important to me, more significant and the amalgamation of several images together often then suggests a new narrative. Much of the work draws upon growing up in Middlesbrough, an industrial northern town, and how this has shaped my outlook on the way I see things today.

See more paintings by Dan Cimmermann

12th June – 16th June 2013

Lucy will be displaying some of her new paintings with the Long and Ryle Gallery at the Affordable Art Fair in Hampstead, where 113 galleries will be exhibiting a huge array of contemporary art, from emerging artists to established names.

Lucy’s paintings draw inspiration from many sources including animals, wilderness, journeys, memories, imagination and dreams. Working freely and intuitively with paints and inks, she allows secret worlds to reveal themselves. Creating comforting images familiar to children’s illustrations, they also have an unsettling feeling, as if something darker may lurk beneath.