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Artist Statement: Terry Setch – Lavernock Point I have been using the pollution of the local beach, particularly the plastic detritus, as my major subject since the mid 1970s, long before concern about the damage caused by the ubiquitous, none biodegradable plastic became widespread in this country. I concentrate on a two-mile stretch of the local beach, between Penarth and Lavernock Point. I have regarded that area, the beach, cliffs and the margin with the waters of the Severn estuary, as my place. I have observed it, worked in it and thought about it almost daily since I settled in Penarth in 1969. It has become for me the source and inspiration for ideas about the genre of landscape and about living within an environment. And it has been the catalyst for ideas about painting as an activity, about finding forms of visual expression for the experience of powerful phenomena and about how images assume an identity. The paintings in the Lavernock Point series can be described as a personal response. They engage with the sensation of being in a sharp terrain of ancient geology, of clambering over rocks and becoming so familiar with the surroundings that you can interpret from where ... Further Information |
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Artist Exhibitions: From 2000 Solo Exhibitions 2000 ‘Oil, Water’, Centre for the Visual Arts, Cardiff, UK 2001 Terry Setch Retrospective: Royal West of England Academy, UK Bristol; University of Wales Institute Cardiff, Howard Gardens Gallery; Cardiff Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, UK 2002 Collins Gallery, Glasgow: Scotland Wrexham Art Centre, Wrexham, north ... Further Information |
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Artist Galleries: Art Space Gallery Michael Richardson Contemporary Art www.artspacegallery.co.uk 84 St. Peter's St Islington, London, N1 8JS 020 73597002... Further Information |
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Artist Reviews: Major UK Reviews since 2000 2000 The Post, Chance to Put Focus on Art (Oil & Water), Jan 20, colour image 2000 The Western Mail, 8 Feb, colour images 2000 Penarth Times, Have Paint Will Travel for Artist, 28 April 2000 Telegraph, July 15, 'And the revolution's still not here', ... Further Information |
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Collections: UK Collections The Tate Gallery, London, UK National Museum and Galleries of Wales, UK Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK Welsh Arts Council, UK British Council, London, UK Glynn Vivian Museum &Art Gallery, Swansea, UK Arts Council of Great Britain Contemporary Arts Society of Wales Wakefield City Art Gallery Coleg ... Further Information |
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Commissions: Coming Soon! |
Terry Setch's Free Artist Portfolio
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