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Our Home Natural World Amazon Version
Here is the Paperback Amazon version. Please let me know if you would like to be included in this before the 20th of March 2025 which is around the time I will publish it to Amazon. I will remove artists from the Amazon version if they choose not to consent to being in it as…
Curatorial Review of Lee Smith in the Meta Space Spring Show
Portrait of Chucky (2024) is a realistic painting of Chucky that successfully captures the menacing presence of Chucky and the eeriness of the character. The painting technique pays great attention to the details within Chucky’s face, especially with the scars and staples within the face adding to the menacing atmosphere of the painting. Furthermore, the…
Our Home, Natural World Press Release
The Meta Space Gallery is proud to announce the launch of our exhibition (and the subsequent publication that complements the exhibition): Our Home, Natural World. From the 13th of March through to the 27th of March 2025, we present this exhibition showcasing works that relate both conceptually and literally to the theme of the natural…
Curatorial Review of Sean Bw Parker in the Meta Space Spring Show
Ricky Gervais (2024) is a very stylised, possibly Cubist-influenced approach to a portrait of Ricky Gervais. The structure of the face has been fragmented and slightly overlapping each other yet still retains the base facial structure. However, what sets it apart from a more Cubist style is that it seems to be more organically shifted…
Meta Space Spring Show – Open Call For Artists
The Meta Space Spring Show is an annual spring edition of the Material publication and exhibition, which showcases artists’ works in both high-quality publication forms (of which you will receive a copy!). There is no general theme for this edition and any work is acceptable (as long as it doesn’t violate our guidelines). The exhibition…
Curatorial Review of Dr. Jasmine Pradissitto in Our Home, Natural World
Aetherkind (2025), at first glance, is set against the static Bolton Watt Engine while the installation itself is suspended, flowing down. The Bolton Watt Engine is one of the iconic engines that powered the Industrial Revolution, and it contrasts highly with the installation of plant prints and collages. Therefore, this has pitted industrialisation against ecology.…
Curatorial Review of Eliana Ruby I Davis in Our Home, Natural World
The Swans (2024) seems, at first glance of the photograph, a peaceful and happy moment with two figures holding children on the shore watching a group of two swans swimming by. The swans seem to be drifting towards them, yet one can see the solitude disrupted when one looks above them and further out into…
Draft Copy of Our Home, Natural World.
CURATORIAL REVIEWS COMPLETE. ONLINE EXHIBITION PAGE COMPLETE. VIRTUAL EXHIBITION COMPLETE. ALL ARTISTS CONFIRMED. The online exhibition and virtual exhibition are here: https://metaspacegallery.co.uk/our-home-natural-world/
Curatorial Review of Adam Wilson in Our Home, Natural World
Water (2007) is a vibrant macro photograph of a water droplet. The leaf’s colours and structure in the background make it as though the water droplet is perhaps a microorganism. The water droplet would usually just be something that a viewer would simply ignore or think is mundane; however, turning it into the focal point…
Curatorial Review of David J. Pittenger in Our Home, Natural World
Untitled #4 is a monochrome black-and-white photograph of a dogwood blossom. By stripping the colour of the blossom, we are brought to view the veins, shadows, and blemishes. These textures create an intricate flower that guides us as it seems to unfold, each petal seeming to do from the centre. Furthermore, this helps to give…