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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 ...
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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...
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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', ...
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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 ...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Exhibitions for Terry Setch:
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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 Wales, UK
2004 Skateboarders: New paintings by Terry Setch, Campden Gallery,
Chipping Campden, UK
2006 Birthday Exhibition, Tate Gallery, London, UK
2006 Foyer display of Towards Lavernock in celebration of Alfred Sisley’s paintings of south Wales, Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea, UK
2008 Art Space Gallery, Islington, London, UK
2009 Art Space Gallery, Islington, London, UK
2010 Art Space Gallery, Islington, London, UK
2011 Art Central, Barry, South Wales, UK
Shared exhibitions
2006 Setch, Boswell, Foster and Legget, Square 1 Gallery, London
Selected group exhibitions
2000 'Painting the Dragon, National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff, UK
2000 The Rugby Collection Comes Home', Rugby Art Gallery, Rugby, UK
2000 Absolut Secret, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2000/1 Cardiff Digital Portfolio, CBAT, Cardiff, UK
2001 Welsh Artists Talking, National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff, UK
2001 Digital Portfolio, House of the Future, National Museum of Wales St Fagan’s, Cardiff, UK
2001 RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2001 Small is Beautiful, Flowers East, London, UK
2002 Butetown Artists, Bay Art, Cardiff, UK
2002 Autumn Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2002 Small is Beautiful, Flowers East, London, UK
2002 RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2003 Encore, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2002 Broken Ground, Tate Gallery, London, UK
2002 235th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK
2002 Autumn Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2002 The Contemporary Landscape, Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden, Glos, UK
2002 Small is Beautiful, Flowers East, London, UK
2003 RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2003 Winter Exhibition, Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden, Glos, UK
2004 Naked, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2004 Summer Exhibition, Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden, Glos, UK
2004 Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2004 RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2004 Winter Exhibition, Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden, Glos
2005 Print Works, Campden Gallery, Chipping Campden, Glos, UK, UK
2005 Virtually 6, St David’s Hall, Cardiff, UK
2005 Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2005 Site-Actions International Europe, Bay Art, Cardiff, UK
2005 RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London UK
2006 ‘50 Years of the 56 Group’, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. UK
2006 Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2006 RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London. UK
2007 Winter Journey, Art Space Gallery, London, UK
2007 Welsh Landscape, National Museum Cardiff, UK
2009 Drawing Room II, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
2009 Art Cymru: Modern Art in Wales, Pallant Gallery, Chichester, UK
2009 Mertz Barn Auction Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2009 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (invited exhibitor), London, UK
2009 RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2009 Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of Emgland Academy, Bristol
2010 Changing Landscape, Oreil y Parc, St David's, Pembrokeshire
2010 Sea Fever, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southamptom
2010 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK
2010 John Moores Prize Paintings in Korea, Seongnam Art Centre, Korea
2011 10 Years On, Bay Art, Cardiff, UK
2011 Flashback, Arts Space Gallery, London
2011 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK
2011 Royal West of England Academy Autumn Exhibition, Bristol, UK
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