Press Release
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Neil Davies
Connections: Travels in Orkney & West Penwith
with ceramics by Jin Eui Kim
1stto 28thJuly 2023
Neil Davies |Yesnaby Castle Sea Stack
This new collection by Penwith based artist Neil Davies is inspired by a recent holiday in Orkney, where he was struck by the comparison between the two places, by the similarity of wild beauty and rawness of landscape. Works in the exhibition are inspired by Orkney's bleak but spectacular landscape of ancient hedgerows and stone monuments, its wind-bent, salt-stunted trees and the untamed forces of the Atlantic, its coastal rock formations and its far-off horizons, all of which echo the landscape of West Cornwall, a thousand miles away to the south. These emphatic oil painted landscapes exhibit Neil's typicallyenergetic brushwork, powerful compositions and dramatic palette, and offer a unique change of subject by one of Cornwall's foremost artists.
Jin Eui Kim |OPverse cylindrical forms
Also on show are ceramics by Korean born ceramicist Jin Eui Kim.His practice explores how the perception of three-dimensional forms can be emphasized and manipulated through the application of tonal bands of colour. His series titledOPverseis comprised of hand-built pieces that incorporate complex patterns for optical effect, and his collection titledGeometric Harmonyuses clays toned with primary colors, arranged to form geometric patterns. Jin Eui studied at Cardiff School of Art & Design, graduating with an MA and PhD in Ceramics. He then undertook a residency at Fireworks Clay Studios, Cardiff, where he now lives and works. He is a member of Contemporary Applied Art and the Craft Potters Association, and exhibits internationally. His work is held in collections including those of Manchester Art Gallery and The National Museum of Wales.
New Craftsman Gallery, 24 Fore St, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 1HE.01736 795652 | info@newcraftsmanstives.com | www.newcraftsmanstives.com
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Print Ready 300dpi images for press use:
NEIL DAVIES Yesnaby Castle Sea Stack
JIN EUI KIM OPverse Cylindrical Forms
Editors Notes
New Craftsman St Ives
With an international reputation amongst art and craft collectors for its painting, sculpture and quality studio ceramics, the New Craftsman is regarded as one of the most important spaces for contemporary artists in St Ives. Founded in the mid-1960s by potter Janet Leach, it holds an unrivalled reputation as one of the country's leading art and craft venues. Today the gallery's annual programme of mixed and solo exhibitions continues to support the work of Cornwall's and the UK's very best painters and craftspeople.
New Craftsman Gallery, 24 Fore Street, St. Ives, Cornwall TR26 1HE | Tel: +44 (0)1736 795652 |info@newcraftsmanstives.com|www.newcraftsmanstives.com
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