2008
Hand and Heart Gallery, Nottingham
A group exhibition, curated by Aaron Juneau, centered on the notion of "making marks" or 'mark making' in its broadest sense.
From the early Palaeolithic era and the very dawn of mankind, human beings have had an innate compulsion to externalise their thoughts and feelings, to pause and reflect on the past and present or prophetically envisage the future by way of creating images or simply producing visual or audible gestures.
A phenomenon that has continually diversified throughout history, from the first marks of humankind found deep within the Lascaux caves of Southern France to improvised music as a form of expressionistic sound drawing, ‘making marks’ has expanded to encompass every artistic medium and has been firmly established as a crucial provisional process in the formulation of all creative ventures. It might be said that much of an artists work goes unseen, becoming relegated to the recesses of the studio space. However, perhaps it is this unseen work that is pivotal to the constitution of all masterworks; an essential formative process, rooted in irresolution yet loaded with latent possibility.
The show encompasses many practicing visual artists including those within artist’s collectives in Nottingham and the surrounding areas with artist’s submissions from around the country. Work includes: textual, drawn, scrawled or scribbled, painted, photographed, filmed or videoed, recorded, spoken and performed.
'Over Drawn', reflection hologram on glass, on show at 'Making Marks'.
Photo © Keith Bryant 2008
Exhibition dates: 4th - 21st September 2008
2014
Bonington Gallery, School of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.
Celebrating its 170th anniversary, Nottingham Trent University's School of Art & Design brought together artworks by more than 100 former students to illustrate the impact of the school on the visual arts and creative industries nationally and internationally.
The exhibition took place across the University’s City site and featured a wide range of work from Turner Prize winner Simon Starling, artist duo Tim Noble & Sue Webster, David Bachelor, Hetain Patel, Nigel Cook, Jon Burgerman and many more…
Film, video, holography, performance, installation, painting, sculpture, photography, illustration, design.
Andrew Pepper, a graduate of Nottingham Trent Fine Art, showed two reflection holograms; Corner Level and Centre Level.
A podcast, the first to be produced by the Bonington Gallery, is hosted by Professor Terry Shave and acts as a guide through the exhibition. Andrew Pepper's works are mentioned towards the end of the tour.
The video below, produced by the Bonington Gallery, highlights the exhibition opening. It can also be found in the Video Gallery.
Exhibition dates: 8th January - 7th February, 2014.
