Fri, 28 Jun
|The Pie Factory -Margate
Evolution Art Exhibition -Private View Party
This exhibition encapsulates the development of GeGe Hirst, Pari Aazami, Richard Poole and Sarah Lake whose talents have placed them under the spotlights of UK and international art galleries.
Time & Location
28 Jun 2024, 18:00 – 20:00
The Pie Factory -Margate, 5 Broad St, Margate CT9 1EW, UK
About the event
GeGe Hirst - Committed to fine art throughout her career as an architect, GeGe’s passion and skill in both representational and abstract techniques is evident in these highly emotive faces, which bring a fresh look to the conventional genre of portraiture. They are not depictions of recognisable people but enigmatic, multifaceted characters bursting from undefined backgrounds to attract attention. They mesmerise through unexpected colours applied softly or energetically; crisp anatomical details where full lips are often slightly apart as if in conversation; and the most striking eyes!   Web: www.gegehirst.com - Email: gegehirst@gmail.com   Â
Pari Aazami - lifelong loves of photography and fine art emerge as mixed-media transformations of nature’s ordinary subjects that become extraordinary, abstracted versions of the world around us. Small-scale dental skills are adapted to excellent effect, evidenced by Pari’s close-up photographs of tree bark, later enlarged before combining with portions of delicate, coloured metal leaf. Framed, they become beautiful, abstract artworks but their complexity tells us there is more to them than meets the eye: Those irregular patterns; carefully placed highlights of sparkling metal that vary the light and shade.   Web: www.pariaazami.co.uk - Email: pariaazamiart@gmail.com  Â
Richard Poole - A simple day course at Aylesford Pottery was enough to hook Richard Poole, and to spark an obsession in clay which would come to dominate his time outside of working in software engineering. He considers his ceramics as decorative pieces reflecting Lloyd Wright’s mantra, Form over function; but for me, they offer the best of everything – elegant, decorative, contemporary forms, and some with practical functions such as his trinket bowls.   Web: www.rpceramics.com - Email: rp.ceramics.uk@gmail.com  Â
Sarah Lake - An award-winning wildlife artist, Sarah’s meticulous art form primarily uses photography, glue and a scalpel with amazing results! Photographs are computer separated into delicate layers, printed onto hammered paper then ready for her drawing skills to edit areas or add highlights. Cut-outs of each layer from her adroit scalpel handling are glued onto the next layer until a detailed composition emerges. Each evolves from a single photograph and only when viewers look closely can they appreciate the layering and an artwork far greater than the sum of its parts.   Web: www.sarahlakepaperart.co.uk - Email: sarahlakepaperart@gmail.com