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Artist Statement:
The blurred edges of our
reality has been a discussion
for philosophers since time in
memoriam, but more recently,
Jean Baudrillard has informed
contemporary thinking on
reality by suggesting that it
is merely an "experiment". He
proposes that we are living in
a simulated world in which the
principles of scientific
evidence and verification are
used to convince us that we
are encountering it. But
"reality" he says "is nothing
more than the apocolypse of
simulation".
The art I propose, allows us
to walk the tightrope between
our own perceptions of reality
and our imagination which is
fuelled by instinct. When we
learn to build the bridge
between reason and
imagination, then we can run
riot in the most terrifying
place - the human mind.
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Artist Galleries:
http://www.artcontact.co.uk
http://www.workplaceart.co.uk
http://www.via.demon.co.uk
http://www.bowarts.com...
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Artist Reviews:
If you have encountered Alison
Raimes for the first time just
now, you have been taken in.
She seems to hold out the raw
immediacy of the Web. You
start to forget her real
gift—a painterly imagination
that instant communication can
never capture.
Alison puts deceptively
familiar images right ...
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Collections:
Overbury's London W1 March
2003 to present - work on
loan.
mindAmp Corporation
www.mindamp.com, South
Carolina, USA
Evans Collection,
www.evanscollection.org,
London
Reuters International, Fleet
Street, London
Landmark Business Centre, The
Royal Mint Court, London
Aylwin Solicitors, Farnham,
Surrey
Overburys, London W1: Nov 2000
- May 2001
William ...
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Commissions:
mindAmp Corporation, South
Carolina, USA Nov 2002 - Jan
2003
Art Projects Ltd, November
2002...
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Exhibitions for Alison Raimes:
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Group Show: Bow Arts Trust Open Studios, 18th - 22nd June 2004
Group Show: HYPE, Brick Lane, London - Feb 2004
Group Show: Bow Arts Trust Open Studios, 21st - 25th June 2003
Artlives Exhibition: Reconcilable Differences, Jersey galleries, Osterley Park House, Heathrow, London 3 - 27th April 2003
Group Show:"Blurred Edges" - Alison A Raimes, Sam Stork, & Jules Sykes - Seven Seven Gallery, London 20 Feb-3rd March 2003
Group Show:Evans Collection, www.evanscollection.org 23rd Jan - 9th Rivington Gallery, 69 Rivington Street, London Feb 2003
Group Show: Seven Seven Gallery, Broadway Market, Hackney, London "Snapshots" Nov 2002
Bow Arts Trust Open Studios June 2002
Artlives:Reconcilable Differences, London Apr 2002
Bow Arts Trust, Open Studios June 22-24th 2001
Skylark Gallery, Gabriel's Wharf, South Bank, London SE1
Group Show: Art Beyond Borders, Sweden May 2001
Group Show: Art Beyond Borders, Drachten, The Netherlands, Feb 2001
Open Studios: Cable Street Studios, London E1 18 -20th December 2000
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London SW1 October 2001
Open Studios: Cable Street Studio, London E 1 9-11th June 2000
Greenwich Arts New Generation: Blackfriars Arts Centre, January 2000
Barley Mow Centre, "Invest in your sole" London W4 Aug - Sept 1999
Open Studios: Cable Street Studios, London E1 July 2-4th 1999
"Intimate Inquiry into Nothingness" Bedford Hill Studios, Battersea, London Nov 1998
Solo Exhibition: Peterborough Art Centre May - June 1999 (previewed on Anglia Television)
Solo Exhibition: Eltham College, London SE9 July 1998
54 degrees, Manchester Metropolitan University Degree Show July 1997
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