antony clarkson
  • CODEX
    • plane >
      • Apophenia: An Uncanny Presence.
      • Control(s)
      • Personal Topographies
      • The Self-Isolation Residency
      • Americana
      • Mauve Skies
      • Scotland
      • Selected Drawing & Paintings,
      • The Teaching Years
      • Spatial Paintings 2006-2008
      • Paintings 2006
    • mass >
      • The Blind Men and the Elephant.
      • Spatial Conceptions 2014 - 2022
      • Painted Objects
      • Autograph
      • The Newtonian Nightmare
    • volume >
      • Enso nest
      • Someone else's storey
      • Shower, The Process Residency 2013,
      • Concrete Haiku
      • Atypical
      • The Murder of Crows.
      • Composition in White (Painting), The Breathe Residency:
      • Composition in White (Sculpture), The Breathe Residency:
      • Floorplan
      • Paper Scissors Rock
      • Pilgrimage
      • The Fifth Column
      • Tension
      • Arch
    • blogs >
      • The Self-Isolation Residency: Blog 2020-2021
      • Apophenia: An Uncanny Presence. 2022
    • artist statement
    • cv & education
    • contact

The Athole House Studio
Self-Isolation Artist Residency
30th March 2020 - 7th November 2021

​

Picture
Over my career I have taken part in many artist residencies in various parts of the world; I have even organised and run a residency program myself. 2020 has brought new challenges to us all, I however intend to treat these challenges as opportunities. With this in mind today, the first day of my self-isolation having arrived back from my studio in the Untied States last night, I I launch my new blog which will become an integral part of this website as I redesign is over the coming weeks.

Artist Residencies give artists the space and perhaps more importantly the time to make new work; I intend to treat my time in self-isolation in the same way that I would if I were on an artist residency in another studio in another part of the world. Athole House Studio maybe one of my home studios but for me it is a work space, and lets face it, we all now have the time.

THE SELF-ISOLATION RESIDENCY 6th APRIL 2021: DAY 373

4/6/2021

0 Comments

 

Composition in White (Painting), 501 Artspace, situation-specific installation, Chongqing, China, June 2012.

Picture
Picture
'Composition in White (Painting)', 501 Artspace, situation-specific installation, Chongqing, China, June 2012.
In 2012 I was fortunate enough to be awarded both an Arts Council England grant and an artist residency at the 501 Artspace in Chongqing China as visiting artist in association with The Sichuan Fine Art Institute.

The 501 Artspace is housed in an old munition’s factory in Chongqing, which is regarded as the world’s biggest municipality at some 30, million inhabitants. The Artspace itself sits between two worlds, our, now outdated, view of ancient, romantic China and this 21st century urban sprawl. The building is entered of a busy, bustling main road, where seemingly all of China is gathered together, but the small widows in the gallery space above open onto an unseen garden full of birdsong and light. This however being an art gallery, and one in pragmatic 21st century China, the windows are constantly covered by vinyl/canvas blinds which do their best to cut out both the bird song and especially the daylight. 

On engaging with the space over several visits at all times of the day and night I became more and more aware of how much I wanted to draw attention to the windows and the light; indeed, I became fascinated with the idea of “drawing” the light back into the space. I wanted to pull the light into the space much as I do as a painter when I pull oil paint across a canvas. Once again, my mind considered the available materials, the space, the light, the windows and the blinds covering them. Everything else in the space was an addition and I striped them out of my thinking. This finally led to the removal of the original blinds and the construction and anchoring, or the new “blinds” above that echo and follow the line of the ambient light as it falls is drawn into the space.

To be continued...
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • CODEX
    • plane >
      • Apophenia: An Uncanny Presence.
      • Control(s)
      • Personal Topographies
      • The Self-Isolation Residency
      • Americana
      • Mauve Skies
      • Scotland
      • Selected Drawing & Paintings,
      • The Teaching Years
      • Spatial Paintings 2006-2008
      • Paintings 2006
    • mass >
      • The Blind Men and the Elephant.
      • Spatial Conceptions 2014 - 2022
      • Painted Objects
      • Autograph
      • The Newtonian Nightmare
    • volume >
      • Enso nest
      • Someone else's storey
      • Shower, The Process Residency 2013,
      • Concrete Haiku
      • Atypical
      • The Murder of Crows.
      • Composition in White (Painting), The Breathe Residency:
      • Composition in White (Sculpture), The Breathe Residency:
      • Floorplan
      • Paper Scissors Rock
      • Pilgrimage
      • The Fifth Column
      • Tension
      • Arch
    • blogs >
      • The Self-Isolation Residency: Blog 2020-2021
      • Apophenia: An Uncanny Presence. 2022
    • artist statement
    • cv & education
    • contact