an exhibition of collaborative works by the poet Robert Sheppard and the artist Pete Clarke
April 11th -26th, 2013
The Arts Centre
Edge Hill
University
Here is a general view of the exhibition followed by a list of works in the exhibition.
MANIFEST:
Edge Hill University Arts Centre
Exhibition of the Collaborative works by the poet Robert Sheppard and the artist Pete Clarke. The works may be seen here.
LIST OF WORKS
1. In mid seas stands a tower, 2013
Mixed media/collage on card
2. Dead as a door step, 2013
Mixed media/collage on card
3. Walled in a Lost City, 2013
Mixed media/collage on card
4. A song that does not sing, 2013
Edition 1/7 Silkscreen and wood relief on somerset paper
5. TIRED SAD TOWERS, 2012
Edition 1/8 Letterpress and wood relief on somerset paper
6. Moving through the conventions
A/P Letterpress and wood relief on somerset paper
7. Tangled Scree, 2012
Edition 2/9 Letterpress and wood relief on somerset paper
8. MANIFEST, 2010
Edition 5/10 Silkscreen and Letterpress on somerset paper
9. Tangled Scree, 2011
Edition 1/10 Silkscreen and Letterpress on somerset paper
10. Tangled Scree, 2011
Edition 1/10 Letterpress on somerset paper
11. THIS IS NOT GUILT [3], 2011
Edition 1/10 Silkscreen and Letterpress on somerset paper
12. THIS IS NOT GUILT [2], 2011
Edition 1/10 Silkscreen and Letterpress on somerset paper
13. LYRIC, 2010
Edition 5/10 Silkscreen and Letterpress on somerset paper
14. ODE TO FORME, 2010
Edition 1/10 Silkscreen and Letterpress on somerset paper
15. Invisible Cities, 2009
Oil, acrylic and screened text on constructed canvas
All works are for sale, framed or unframed, contact Pete for details
Pclarke2@uclan.ac.uk
Pete Clarke lives in Liverpool and is the MA Course Leader and Principal Lecturer in Fine Art at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston. He also makes paintings, prints and installations with the artist Georg Gartz from Cologne exploring collaborative strategies within contemporary practice questioning individuality, authorship and authenticity in a European context.
www.peteclarke.org.uk
Other works were shown on a continuous video presentation. It was a shame to see the exhibition being taken down, but the symposium I organised at Edge Hill on Literary Collaboration during the exhibition was a great success.
Here are images of a new collage work (number 1 above) which takes the phrase ‘Walled in a lost city’ from my work somewhere, but I don’t recognise it off-hand!
I was amusing myself with a reproduction of the wonderful Brazilian concrete poet Augusto de Campos and made this translation of his poem about the Portuguese poet ‘Pessoa’, whose heteronyms (fictional poets) have obviously influenced my own recent obsessions, but whose name means ‘persona’, rather incredibly. I came up with the neologism ‘persong’ to deal with this concept. Pete has adapted the lineation of de Campos’ original and my version. Number 4 in catalogue.
That was a new work, as is ‘Moving through the Conventions’ that takes a part of a sentence from a very defamiliarised new text of mine from the ongoing prose collection, Unfinish, called ‘Venus and Adonis’. The full sentence by the way is: ‘I can see her moving through the conventions, solving crimes with the bristles that grow out of her chins.’ I’m glad Pete works selectively! Patricia Farrell (who took these photos in the exhibition) likes this one too. Number 6 in the catalogue.
The ‘Tangled Scree’ text has been shown before on the last post, but here are some details of that piece in situ. This is the re-working of a quennet and was shortlisted for the Adrian Henri Prize.
Finally, here are some more details of the ‘This is not Guilt’ series of prints.
More here. Later images may be seen here.
