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Monday 20 January \u2013 Friday 11 April 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n In partnership with Pratt Contemporary (http:\/\/www.prattcontemporaryart.co.uk<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n There is an expression in French to describe dusk: \u2018entre chien et loup\u2019. At the end of the day, in the dying of the light, it is hard to distinguish \u2018between dog and wolf\u2019 and objects take on an indeterminate menace in this state of perceptual ambiguity. This is the moment inhabited by the art of Marcus Rees Roberts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Working together with Pratt Contemporary, Studio 3 Gallery presents an exhibition of the darkly poetic work of Marcus Rees Roberts. The focus of the exhibition will be recent short films from\u00a0The Winter Journey<\/i>\u00a0cycle, and related work in diverse media including\u00a0By the Black Window<\/i>\u00a0(2013) \u2013 a work consisting of 24 drawings conceived for Studio 3 Gallery \u2013 and paintings from the\u00a0Echo Song<\/i>\u00a0series (2012-13). Also exhibited are the book works\u00a0Ash to Dark Water<\/i>\u00a0(2005),\u00a0The Sad Sea<\/i>\u00a0(2009) and\u00a0Night of Four Moons<\/i>\u00a0(2009), and the sets of prints\u00a0Between Dog and Wolf<\/i>\u00a0(2008),\u00a0Memory\u2019s Wound<\/i>\u00a0(2010) and\u00a0Echo Song<\/i>\u00a0(2012).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In his current work Rees Roberts has taken inspiration from the poetry and writings of Mikl\u00f3s Radn\u00f3ti, Federico Garci\u00e1 Lorca, Paul Celan and Walter Benjamin: all of whom were victims of fascist persecution. Underlying his concern with modernist stylistic experimentation is the insistent political question of how the artist should bear witness to the atrocities of our times. Rich in poetic connotations and thematic leitmotifs, it is uncertain whether the\u00a0Winter Journey<\/i>\u00a0envisaged by Rees Roberts is Radn\u00f3ti\u2019s forced march, Schubert\u2019s\u00a0Winterreise<\/i>, or Odysseus\u2019s voyage to Hades\u2019 \u2018dark shore\u2019.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Biography:<\/strong> Marcus Rees Roberts studied English at Cambridge, before moving to the Slade School of Art where he studied Film Theory and Printmaking, and was awarded the Slade Prize in 1977. He lectured on printmaking at Edinburgh College of Art from 1980 until 1995 when he moved to London. He is currently a Visiting Lecturer at West Dean College in Sussex. His work is represented in leading collections throughout the UK including the British Museum, the V&A, UCL Art Museum, the Ashmolean Museum, Scottish Arts Council and Pallant House Gallery.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Monday 20 January \u2013 Friday 11 April 2014 In partnership with Pratt Contemporary (http:\/\/www.prattcontemporaryart.co.uk) \u00a0Winter Journey There is an expression in French to describe dusk: \u2018entre chien et loup\u2019. At the end of the day, in the dying of the light, it is hard to distinguish \u2018between dog and wolf\u2019 and objects take on an … Continue reading Winter Journey: Marcus Rees Roberts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65798,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studio3gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studio3gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studio3gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studio3gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studio3gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studio3gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studio3gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions\/422"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studio3gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/studio3gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/h2>\n
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