5/6/2013
Static
Scream, London
Phantasms of the Living. This exhibition sees the multidisciplinary skills of London-based artists Tom Jackson and Craig Evans whose backgrounds in Graphic Communications and Fine Art fuse to create a unique body of work using screenprinting techniques and layered glass.
Scream are proud to present two-man collective STATIC. This exhibition sees the
multidisciplinary skills of London-based artists Tom Jackson and Craig Evans whose
backgrounds in Graphic Communications and Fine Art fuse to create a unique body
of work using screenprinting techniques and layered glass.
The title of the exhibition
is taken from a journal written by a member of the Society of Psychical Research in
1886 - Phantasms of the Living –which provided a study of paranormal activity and
apparitions. This sets the tone for the works displayed in this exhibition – where
evanescent figures haunt the gallery walls. STATIC present their signature style of
layering glass, but they have incorporated texture and materiality into the work using
wood slats, ash, dried flowers and reclaimed wallpaper.
STATIC continue to push the boundaries of portraiture and image making, previously
explored in their earlier bodies of work Moments of Clarity and the Holi Series. The
graphic and patterned imagery is created through a combination of screen printing
and mixed media techniques. The figures oscillate between the layers of glass and
the detritus of flowers, wood, ash and printed paper. Although seductively beautiful
and rich with colour and texture, there is an underlying tension between beauty and
decay, the real and the imagined, the figurative and the abstract.
Inspired by the ideas of dreams, hallucinations and the ephemeral and by combining
these found materials, STATIC have created works that evoke notions of memory,
the transcience of time and which allude to the phrase ‘memento mori’. The artists
comment, “we want to encourage people to look beyond the surface and connect
with the images, where each piece carries an echo of the one before”. This
succession of figures combined with the regeneration of these organic elements
could also be interpreted as a subliminal nod to the cyclical nature of life and death.
Jackson and Evans have collaborated since 2006 and have shown internationally
including solo shows in Japan, Milan and Singapore and in group shows in India and
the UK.
Opening reception: Thursday 6th June 6 – 8pm
Scream
27 - 28 Eastcastle Street, London
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm; Sat, 11am-4pm
Free Admission