Personal Structures

PAPER Pavilion, ECC, Palazzo Mora​​​​​​​, Venice
9 May - 30 November 2019
Iain Andrews / Tim Ellis / David Hancock / Matthew Houlding / Hannah Leighton-Boyce / Jill Randall /

For the fifth edition of the biennial art exhibition “PERSONAL STRUCTURES”, PAPER and the European Cultural Centre will present the PAPER Pavilion at Palazzo Mora featuring a curated exhibition of work on paper that explores the notion of the artist’s studio, and features six artists with links to the North West of England.
The artist’s studio is traditionally seen as the location of individual development. It is a location usually unseen, constructed to encapsulate the artist’s being. It is a hermetic space, a space prone to the creative endeavours of the artist. Ovid’s tale of Pygmalion -- the artists who brings to life his statue, reanimated in the form of Galatea -- is one such example. This is a sacred space, a mythical space in which magic happens.
The studio is the artist’s window to the outside world and informs their response to it. It acts as a filter through which the world is laid before them, a banquet of material. Through their methods of production, their ideas formulate and become tangible. The studio marks a threshold; a physical, tangible realm that marks the start of the artists’ imagination -- a symbolic chamber where the artist draws deep from within themselves. The studio comes pre-formed with its own mythology; a ready made architectural space equipped for the production of art making. Courbet, in his painting, The Studio of the Painter, a Real Allegory (1855), describes his studio as “the world coming to me to be painted.” Courbet splits the world of the studio in two: his muse and subjects representing the germination of the artwork; the other, the artworld who will receive, critique, and disseminate the work. The artist is at the cusp of these two worlds, separating reality from the imagination.
This notion of the artist as the mediator between two worlds is a theme that unites the artists selected for Personal Structures. Whether it is Jill Randall’s recreations of ad hoc structures or David Hancock’s still lives that fluctuate between object and subject; Iain Andrews’ paintings depicting the unconscious world of damaged teenagers or Hannah Leighton-Boyce’s exploration of raw materials and invisible processes; Tim Ellis’ objects that are reinvented to create alternative narratives and reimagined worlds or Matthew Houlding’s homage to the utopian zeal of modern architecture, the artist functions as a conduit between the intangible space of the studio and the reality of the world outside. This is the space they inhabit and create their imaginary worlds.
Tim Ellis

City Limits 
Handmade paper, laser cut cartridge paper, card, ink, oak, plastic and enamel 
24.5cm x 13cm x 14cm 
2019
£2000
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These Days
Handmade paper, laser cut cartridge paper, card, ink, oak, plastic and enamel 
20cm x 24cm x 4cm 
2019
£2000
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New Town Velocity 
Handmade paper, laser cut cartridge paper, card, ink, oak, plastic and enamel 
19cm x 19cm x 8cm 
2019
£2000
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Hannah Leighton-Boyce

Consequences of progress, remnants for the future
6 Giclée prints on Hahnemüle Photorag
26cm x 32cm each
Edition of 3
2019
£600 each
£3000 for the set of 6
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Iain Andrews

Salome
Acrylic on Paper
75cm x 60cm
2019
£3000
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Wilderness I
Acrylic on Paper
60cm x 42cm
2019
£1500
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Wilderness II
Acrylic on Paper
60cm x 42cm
2019
£1500
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The Temptation of Saint Anthony
Acrylic on Paper
60cm x 76cm
2019
£3000
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Jill Randall

Sheds of Rochdale. Shed on Stilts
Mixed media
13cm x 10cm x 12cm
2013
£1000
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Photography: David Bennett.

Sheds of Rochdale. Caravan shop 
Mixed media
13 cm x 13 cm x 9 cm
2013
£1000
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Photography: David Bennett

Sheds of Bocholt 
Mixed media
20cm x 10cm x 9cm
2013
£1000
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Photography: David Bennett

Sheds of the Grand Canal & Rochdale
Mixed media
20cm x 10cm x 9cm
2012-19
£1000 each
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Sheds of Bocholt & Rochdale
Mixed media
20cm x 10cm x 9cm
2011-16
£1000 each
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David Hancock

Selena & Eos
Watercolour on Paper
76 x 56cm
2019
£2000
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The Dream that I Dream of
Watercolour, Brusho & Stickers on Paper
150 x 110cm
2019
£4000
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Matthew Houlding

Essential Joys and New Pleasures (Red)
Coloured paper and Card
32cm x 32cm x 3cm each
2019

Essential Joys and New Pleasures (Yellow)
Coloured paper and Card
32cm x 32cm x 3cm each
2019

Essential Joys and New Pleasures (Blue)
Coloured paper and Card
32cm x 32cm x 3cm each
2019

Essential Joys and New Pleasures (Green)
Coloured paper and Card
32cm x 32cm x 3cm each
2019
£2700 (for set of 4 works)
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Installation Views
Opening at Palazzo Mora
The PAPER Pavilion is an ambitious curated project for the biennial art exhibition “PERSONAL STRUCTURES - Identities" that has been generously supported by Arts Council England and University of Salford.