1st - 10th February
10am - 6pm
opening night
Friday 1st February 6 - 9pm
EN PLO Gallery
paphos harbour
an exhibition of new art work by
marcus cope
paulina hortynska
sarah misselbrook
stephanie moran
four international contemporary artists in Paphos
press release
How To Tell Yourself From A Television
Opening Friday 1st Feb 2008 6-9pm
Exhibition continues 2-10 Feb, 10-6.
+357 99296359
art@grishart.co.uk
En Plo Gallery is bubbling with joy to announce 'How To Tell Yourself From A Television', an exhibition of new work by Marcus Cope, Paulina Hortynska, Sarah Misselbrook and Stephanie Moran, four international contemporary artists working in Paphos.
Marcus Cope has made a life size replica of a 1970 Cadillac Coupe DeVille using papier mache. The car is emblazoned with basketball logos. The idea for the work stemmed from Cope's house being the only one on the street without a car in the driveway. For reasons unknown to him he chose to make the Cadillac which measures almost 6m x 2m x 1.5m, of which he says, 'It was a stupid idea, I wish I'd just made a Mini Cooper. It would have been a lot easier to make a Mini Cooper'.
Paulina Hortynska is exhibiting paintings influenced by travelling which are inspired by things that surround her from nature and the environment. This art represents figurative, abstract and surrealistic styles. The artist adds, 'the most important thing for me is to use my imagination to characterize the atmosphere of an unusual world similar to a fairy tale'.
Sarah Misselbrook's work addresses issues surrounding the body, the feminine and the feminist, drawing on personal, cultural and societal experiences. Her observations of natural life with its beauty, symmetry and perfection as well as its defence, aggression, self-preservation and ageing has provided raw material for her work. Misselbrook adds, 'these works show the polarities of beauty and ugliness, ruining perfection by excessive consumption'.
Stephanie Moran is showing paintings from two new series, pictures for two girl bands which exist only in her head (as yet). The first of these is a Riot Grrrl group, 'Sisters of SCUM'; the paintings show imaginary photoshoots based on mythological, fictional and real figures of female revenge. The second is a gothic/experimental band, 'Tallulah and the Vampire Bees', with influences from Mazzy Star, Daisy Chainsaw, the Raincoats and All About Eve. Like most pop songs, the paintings are about love and relationships.
Cope's bold, iconographic sculpture is echoed in intensity by Hortynska's brightly shiny compositions, while Misselbrook and Moran share a delicacy of line, a preoccupation with the figure and the Dangerous Woman. The artists appropriate images and objects ranging from cartoonish giant snails to spiky anatomical drawings and mythological characters.
Marcus Cope completed his MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art, London, in 2006. He is currently looking forward to the publication of, 'One New Design for Holes of Varying Sizes' (at bob press), a collection of his new drawings and watercolours.
Paulina Hortynska graduated from the University of Marie-Curie Sklodowska in The Faculty of Fine Art in 2004 in Lublin gaining her diploma of oil painting and Master of Fine Arts Degree. She is currently continuing her art education under Cypriot artist Stass Paraskos, at The Cyprus College of Art in Lemba.
Sarah Misselbrook received a first class honours degree in Fine Art from the Nottingham Trent University and has recently completed a Post Graduate Diploma at the Cyprus College of Art. Misselbrook's works are in private collections in the UK, Cyprus and Australia.
Stephanie Moran studied Fine Art in Manchester and Cyprus and has spent the past five years working as an artist in London and Cyprus. She has exhibited in numerous group shows in England, Italy and Cyprus as well as curating exhibitions and writing articles for art publications.