Author: msp.adm@joshuaobaranorwood

Lavve_Up’s work in the 2024 Show explores the lives of orphaned children and the absence and trauma that they feel while being orphaned. Lavve_Up’s work highlights how there is a need to feel as though one belongs and the process of getting better through grief. In Meet (2024), two figures enter the room; their relationship…

This is a curatorial review of Selma Selma Eduarda Pereira in the 2024 Show. You can see the show here. Hands AR (2024) utilizes contemporary technology to allow for the work to appear in person as it rotates itself showing numerous forms of gestures that speak to the viewer. The hands are not only simply…

This is a curatorial review of Sally de Courcy’s work in the 2024 Show. De Courcy’s work highlights the peril that our coral reefs are facing within this present age: bleaching. Bleached (2024) reflects the devastating and careless impact of human activity on marine ecosystems. Through using the process of casting multiple times, de Courcy…

Daphne O’Connell’s work in the 2024 Show includes detail versions of Stephen (2024) and Constantine (2024). The work is hand-stitched and embroidered, the stitchingwork is precise and talented allowing for the artwork in O’Connell showcases in the exhibition to come alive with its great depth of colour and composition. Stephen (2024) is a great example…

Randy Klinger’s work is comtemplative and extremely aesthetic- the skillful techniques of the shading and lighting create a very realistic scene . You can see the exhibition here. Self Portrait 74 (2024) has Klinger himself with his back turned to the viewer; which invites us into a private and reflective moment. The shadows and lighting…

This is a curatorial review on Alisher Ilkhamov’s work in the 2024 Show. Ilkhamov’s work in the show explores existentialism and the natural world. For context on Appeal (2024) which uses Ikebana, Ikebana is a Japanese art of flower arrangement translating to “giving life to flowers”. Thus through following the principles of Ikebana, the work…

This is a curatorial review of Angélica Guerrero in the 2024 Show of the work: Le Jardin des Delices Artistiques (2024). Guerrero’s Le Jardin des Delices Artistiques (2024) is filled with iconic art history references, from Yayoi Kusama’s yellow polka dot Pumpkins to Duchamps Fountain (1917) (which perhaps should also be credited to Elsa von…

This is a curatorial review by our curator Joshua Obara Norwood of Charles Parry’s work in the 2024 Show. Whitby Abbey is the abbey featured in Stoker’s 1897 Dracula- though Dracula is a fictional character, the abbey itself is in ruins. It thus gives a haunting and dreary atmosphere, which this painting perfectly encapsulates. Especially…

This is a curatorial review on Holly Nerreters work; Shame Must Change Sides (2024) in the 2024 Show. Nerreter has successfully and meticulously rendered every wrinkle and fold and shadows. These features show the endurance and the lived trauma that Madame Gisèle Pelicot has experienced. The drawing’s heavy detail and texture in the strokes and…