Ifan Bates - Upper Gallery

Midland Gothic

Monday 2 May - Thursday 2 June 2005

ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I studied graphic design at Wolverhampton University but have alway been keen on the various disciplines outside of that field. After working in Birmingham and Rotterdam as a designer, I now manage a small design studio in North West London and continue to make my art/ design projects as well as developing my interest in audio work. I am currently studying part-time at Central St Martins.

Midland Gothic is a body of work that came into being during my final year at University. In it I compare and contrast the films Deliverance (John Boorman) and Southern Comfort (Walter Hill). I felt compelled to add a visual element to my thesis whereupon I created Midland Gothic. I took photos of various woods throughout the greater midlands that echoed the look and feel of the two films. Like the films, the photos play on the primevil fear of the woods and the isolation of such places. In them one has the sense that something has happened or is about to happen.

I felt inspired by these two films to illustrate my belief that 'Ugly is Beautiful', and to portray the desolate landscape as picturesque

Also showing at Mwldan Lower Gallery - Charlotte Swann 'Large Scale Paintings'

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