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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:
From 2000
Solo Exhibitions
2000 ‘Oil, Water’, Centre for
the Visual Arts, Cardiff
2001 Terry Setch
Retrospective: Royal West of
England Academy, Bristol;
University of Wales Institute
Cardiff, Howard Gardens
Gallery; Cardiff
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery,
Swansea
2002 Collins Gallery, Glasgow:
Scotland
Wrexham Art Centre, Wrexham,
north Wales
2004 Skateboarders: ...
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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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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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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', Mark Hudson
2000 The Guardian,The guide - exhibitions Swansea Open July 25, Jonathan Jones
2000 Penarth Times, 28 Sept, 'Listen to some superb art'
2000 South Wales Echo, 6 Nov, colour illustration
2000 Big Issue, 3-20 Nov, Talking Liberties, Kate Freeman
page 9 of 11
2001 Issue 1, UWIC on line review of Welsh Artists Talking
(http://adeweb.uwic.ac.uk/fineart/fahta/CRA%201.htm)
2001 Modern Painters, Spring, Terry Setch by Hugh Adams, colour illustrations
2001 Galleries, March, Terry Setch by Paul Gough
2001 Vortex 5, exhibition Review, Terry Setch, Paintings, Paul Gough
2001 Evening Post, 7 Mar, This Art is Rubbish - Official! illustration
2001 Bristol Evening Post, 9 Mar, Why lie’s a beach for Terry, illustration
2001 Western Daily Press. 10 Mar, Terry’s art is rubbish, Simon Steel, illustrations
2001 South Wales Echo Weekender, 24 Mar, The Beach Comber, Sara Welsh,
colour illustrations
2001 RWA Friends Newsletter, Terry Setch at the RWA, Peter Gough, colour
illustration
2001 Sunday Telegraph, 15 July, From Infancy to Decrepitude, John McEwen
2001 New Welsh Review 53, ‘Five old men on a Beach’ by Tony Curtis
2001/2 One Wales, Dec/Feb, My Top Ten, Tony Curtis, colour illustration
2002 The Herald, 1st April. Reviews/Visual Art, Terry Setch Retrospective, Moira
Jeffrey
2002 The List, April, Mixed Media/Terry Setch-A Retrospective, Jack Mottram
2002 The Guide, The Guardian, June 29, Exhibitions, Terry Setch
2003 Western Mail, 26 April, 'The beach is my battlefield', Karen Price, colour
illustration,
2004 Galleries, March, Terry Setch by Martin Holman, b/w illustration
2004 The Guardian, Obituary Nigel Greenwood by Nicholas Serota, 21April
2006 Wales Modern, e-magazine 03/06, http://welshdrawings.useico.com/
2007 London Lantern, Chambers Gallery, 10 Jun (online issue july)
http://www.londonlantern.com/articles/
Terry Setch RWA
2007 The Spectator, The Power and the Glory by Andrew Lambirth, 18 Aug
2007 Babylon Wales, Poster Art in Wales by Anthony Brockway, 10 Sept
online http://babylonwales.blogspot.com/
2008 Burlington Magazine, June, colour illustration
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