Simon Allen 'Shifting Sand / Drawing with Light

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S H I F T I N G S A N D D R A W I N G W I T H L I G H T

I am fascinated by the ephemeral, things that are in a state of flux from one form to another.

Recently the shimmering surface of wet sand has been of particular interest to me. The linear ridges left in the sand, as the tide recedes, seem to perfectly embody wider rhythmic patterns in nature. The coming together of a solid and a liquid, where light can dissolve form, and the reflection of the sky in the land, induces a feeling of weightlessness. The quality of light enveloping, and sometimes obliterating form, is at the heart of the work. I hope to achieve a quiet tension between the static form and an ever changing, living surface.

When creating sculpture I am constantly aware of how its forms will interact with the light, how a reflection can sometimes create shadow, sometimes dissolve line. This linear graphic quality runs through the works in this respect I regard these pieces as drawing with light.

Simon Allen. 2011

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To the Master ’s honour all must turn, each in its track, without a sound, forever tracing Newton’s ground.

Albert Einstein

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Shifting Sand I . silver leaf on carved wood . 50 x 50 cm

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Shifting Sand II . silver leaf on carved wood . 50 x 50 cm

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Shifting Sand III . silver leaf on carved wood . 50 x 50 cm

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Shifting Sand IV . silver leaf on carved wood . 50 x 50 cm

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Shifting Sand V . silver leaf on carved wood . 50 x 50 cm

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Shifting Sand VI . silver leaf on carved wood . 50 x 50 cm

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Shifting Sand VII . silver leaf on carved wood . 50 x 50 cm

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Shifting Sand VIII . silver leaf on carved wood . 50 x 50 cm

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Shifting Sand IX . silver leaf on carved wood . 50 x 50 cm

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Shifting Sand X . silver leaf on carved wood . 50 x 50 cm

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Shifting Sand XI . silver leaf on carved wood . 50 x 50 cm

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Black Sand I . pigment and gesso on carved wood . 82 x 82 cm

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Black Sand II . pigment and gesso on carved wood . 82 x 82 cm

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Black Sand III . pigment and gesso on carved wood . 82 x 82 cm

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Shifting Sand XII . silver leaf on carved wood . 110 x 110 cm

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Shifting Sand XIII . silver leaf on carved wood . 110 x 110 cm

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Shifting Sand XIV . silver leaf on carved wood . 110 x 110 cm

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Shifting Sand XV . silver leaf on carved wood . 110 x 110 cm

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Black Sand IV . pigment and gesso on carved wood . 50 x 50 cm

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Black Sand V . pigment and gesso on carved wood . 50 x 50 cm

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Black Sand VI . pigment and gesso on carved wood . 50 x 50 cm

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Black Sand VII . pigment and gesso on carved wood . 50 x 50 cm

SIMON ALLEN

Born 1967, Bristol. Currently living in Cornwall

EDUCATION

1986 – 1988 BA fine art Falmouth school of Art 1986 -88

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 Shifting Sand / Drawing with Light, Millennium2010 Beaux Arts, Bath 2009 Silent Rhythms, Millennium2008 Beaux Arts, Bath2007 Goldfish Fine Art, Penzance2006 Beaux Arts, Bath2005 Goldfish Fine Art, Penzance2006 National Maritime Museum, Falmouth Galerie Pelar, Long Island, New York2001 Transitions 2, Newlyn Art Gallery

SELECTED MIXED EXHIBITIONS

2011 London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington Millennium Mixed Winter Mixed Exhibition, Clerkenwell, London The Lancasters, Hyde Park, London2010 Art London, Chelsea London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington Millennium Mixed Winter Full Circle Art Consultancy 2009 Art London, Chelsea London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington Millennium Mixed Winter Depth of Vision, Coutts, Full Circle Art Consultancy 2008 Millennium Mixed Winter NSA, The Drawing Room, The Exchange, Penzance Art London, Chelsea 20/21, Royal College of Art, London Mixed Easter, Goldfish Fine Art, Penzance Mixed Winter, Goldfish Fine Art, Penzance London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington2007 London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington Form, Olympia Accenture Exhibition, Accenture Offices, London Tempest Radford Art Consultants Art Now Cornwall?, Goldfish Fine Art, Penzance

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2007 MOVE, Goldfish at Vyner Street, London Artists of Fame and Promise, Beaux Arts, Bath Art London, Chelsea 2006 London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington Mixed Exhibition, Beaux Arts, Bath NSA, Goldfish Fine Art, Penzance2005 London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington NSA, Thompson’s Gallery, London NSA, Norbert Lynton Critic’s choice, Lemon St, Truro NSA new members, Newlyn Art Gallery Lynne Stover Gallery, Cambridge 2004 Messums, Cork St, Art London, Islington Mixed Exhibiton, Goldfish Fine Art, Penzance NSA Christmas Show, Newlyn Art Gallery2003 Messums, Cork St, London London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington2002 Messums, Cork St, London Galerie Pelar, Long Island, NY

COLLECTIONS

The British Embassy, MadridBC PartnersSchrodersCoutts & CoRoyal Bank of Scotland The Forbury Hotel, ReadingLes Ambassadeurs CasinoThe St. Regis, Atlanta, USAHellbay HotelSovereign CapitalKelly HoppenTravelexThe Connaught HotelAdam Lay Terence DisdaleBannenberg & Rowell Princess Firyal of JordanThe Corinthia HotelThe Ritz Carlton, Hong Kong

All work in this exhibition 2010 - 2011

Published by Millennium to coincide with the exhibition ‘Shifting Sand / Drawing with Light’ by Simon Allen

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