Ben Cove / Gill Greenhough / Victoria Lucas / Marion Michell / Aidan Moesby / Lois Palframan
Removed from the virtual plane from which they were brought together, six artists based in geographical locations as far reaching as London and Newcastle exhibit together for the first time as members of The Art House.
These individuals have been united as part of a national network of people, through their commitment to the same principles laid out by the charitable organization. Autonomous motivations and remote geographical locations are reflected in these six varied art practices, however through the physicality of the gallery space the works presented ultimately form associations as part of a network of ideas.
The Art House is a national support network for artists of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, brought together and supported appropriately as individuals. In the act of bringing some of these individuals together, we question how networks shape our perception of the real world, of ourselves, and of each other.
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The Artists
Ben Cove is interested in
the manner in which objects and images are assigned cultural and
intellectual weight or allocated mystical or spiritual significance.
The work is characterised by an exploration between object and image,
both formally and conceptually.
Gill Greenhough expresses our natural resistance to inherent
vulnerability, through the use of materials such as glass, which
becomes a representation of the body as a vessel. A translucent
material that evokes the unseen and unacknowledged whilst knowingly
fragile and inherently dangerous, the works solidity is betrayed by the
fragility and precarious nature of the material.
Victoria Lucas' practice considers traces of the past through
the exploration of the present. In current works insects, animals,
places, sentiments and people are depicted as a way to retell
histories, stories and events; evoking an understanding of human
emotion and mortality.
Marion Michell is looking for ways of considering difference and
how it might be experienced. Most of her art touches on childhood, on
growing up and its anxieties. It is as much an exploration of memory as
of physical experience. Not necessarily concrete memories, more moods
and atmospheres, interwoven with elements from myths and fairy tales.
Aidan Moesby focuses on memory and identity both from a cultural
and personal viewpoint in his text based works, fascinated by how we
communicate and connect. His work is further informed through the
imagery and rituals we use to create and make sense of the everyday.
Lois Palframan documents colours, moments, experiences and thoughts encountered, through the act of drawing.
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 Vicky Lucas 'The Sinking'
 Left: Gill Greenhough '40 Days of Prayer' and paintings by Ben Cove
 Aidan Moesby 'Draft'
 Various works by Marion Michell
 Lois Palframan 'Untitled'
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