Artist Information:
Terry Setch
Penarth,
United Kingdom
Member Since: Mar 2001
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Artist Statement:
Paul Moorhouse in an essay
about the work of Terry Setch
says -
Setch's art has developed as a
means of expressing his
relationship with the beach
and his experience of it, in
particular the processes of
metamorphosis which are
evident in the landscape. Such
changes may be sudden and
transient. For example, when
rain or mist dissolve the
view. Other transformations in
the landscape are more
gradual: the result of opposed
elements in a continuous state
of exchange. The beach is a
place where land and sea come
together. Its appearance
records the perpetual dialogue
between earth and water. The
sea erodes the headland which
spills its shattered masses
onto the beach. These mingle
with man-made rubbish washed
up by the tide. All kinds of
objects are visible: tangles
of fishing line; plastic
bottles and bags; bits of
furniture, clothing and
carpet; fragments of
push-chairs and cookers; even
rusting car bodies which have
been pushed over the edge of
the headland. As a result of
weathering these synthetic
intrusions in the landscape
undergo an imperceptible but
inevitable process of
transmutation. Simultaneously
sand, rocks and detritus are
bonded together and fixed,
repeatedly buried and
unearthed, or constantly
shifted ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
The painting, Once upon a time
there was OIL III, in the
collection of the Tate
Gallery, London, UK will be on
show throughout April 2003 at
the Tate Britain, Millbank,
London, UK in the exhibition
Broken Ground.
solo exhibitions
2001/2002
Terry Setch Retrospective
touring exhibition:,
Royal West of ...
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Reviews:
Major UK Reviews since 1990
2002 The Guide, The Guardian,
Exhibitions, Terry Setch
Retrospective
2001 Sunday Telegraph, by John
McEwen
2001 South Wales Echo
Weekender, 24 Mar, The Beach
Comber,
2001 Galleries, March, Terry
Setch by Paul Gough
2001 Modern Painters, Spring,
Terry Setch by Hugh Adams
2000 Daily Telegraph, ...
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Collections:
UK Collections
The Tate Gallery, London
National Museum and Galleries
of Wales
Victoria and Albert Museum,
London
Welsh Arts Council
British Council, London
Glynn Vivian Museum &Art
Gallery, Swansea
Arts Council of Great Britain
Contemporary Arts Society of
Wales
Wakefield City Art Gallery
Coleg Harlech
Contemporary Arts Society,
London
Northampton ...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Terry Setch's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Terry Setch's Portfolio. Browse Setch's body of work: Paul Moorhouse in an essay about the work of Terry Setch says -
Setch's art has developed as a means of expressing his relationship with the beach and his experience of it, in particular the processes of metamorphosis which are evident in the landscape. Such changes may be sudden and transient. For example, when rain or mist dissolve the view. Other transformations in the landscape are more gradual: the result of opposed elements in a continuous state of exchange. The beach is a place where land and sea come together. Its appearance records the perpetual dialogue between earth and water. ... |
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