{"id":91917,"date":"2021-03-01T17:42:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T16:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=91917"},"modified":"2021-03-02T15:16:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T14:16:47","slug":"combined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=91917","title":{"rendered":"Combined"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Coming together?  that&#8217;s a phrase we have not mentioned much but as spring draws ever closer the idea of coming together sits heavily on our minds.  But coming together is not just about meeting up with people again it can be a description of creative work from collaborations or of mixed materials.  \u2018<em>Combined\u2019 <\/em>draws upon artists that experiment with multimedia, assemblage, and collage; breathing new life into mundane objects, reclaimed instruments, and even trash to become explosive, energising, works of art. Each opening the mind to the exquisiteness of every day and how by bringing items together something new can be created out of something old or overlooked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-3.jpg?resize=580%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-3.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-3.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-3.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Photograph by Luke Andrew Walker of &#8216;Metal, Ink and Dye&#8230;&#8217; exhibition Bastian Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">One American artist known for collage, screenprints, and reclaiming items was Robert Rauchenberg. He is particularly well known for his body of work called &#8216;Combines&#8217; (1954-1964); which blurs the lines between painting and sculpture, using everyday objects, embodying <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/art-terms\/p\/pop-art\" target=\"_blank\">Pop-Art<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/art-terms\/n\/neo-dada\" target=\"_blank\">Neo-Dada<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-6.jpg?resize=580%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-6.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-6.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-6.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Photograph by Luke Andrew Walker of &#8216;Metal, Ink and Dye&#8230;&#8217; exhibition Bastian Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">During the 1980s Rauchenberg explored Houston, Texas collecting metals that lost their luster, disused signs from forlorn gas-stations, and industrial pieces from Houston\u2019s glory days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"871\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-7.jpg?resize=580%2C871&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-7.jpg?w=682&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-7.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Photograph by Luke Andrew Walker of &#8216;Metal, Ink and Dye&#8230;&#8217; exhibition Bastian Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">This assemblage produced the sculptures and wall-hanging reliefs known as \u2018Glut\u2019. Bastian Gallery, London, has launched the exhibition &#8216;Metal, Ink and Dye: Late Works from Captiva Island&#8217; running from 13<sup>th<\/sup> January to 27<sup>th<\/sup> March showcasing a selection of Rauschenberg&#8217;s &#8216;Glut\u2019 (1986-1994) alongside pieces from \u2018Short Stories\u2019 and \u2018Anagrams\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-4.jpg?resize=580%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-4.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-4.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-4.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Photograph by Luke Andrew Walker of &#8216;Metal, Ink and Dye&#8230;&#8217; exhibition Bastian Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">The layer upon layer of imagery transcends you into a fantasy of depth, opacity, and nostalgia. Something reminiscent of old photographs, over-exposure, and pools of deep blue plumes, marred and layered text that forms the series \u2018Anagrams\u2019 (1997-2002).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Armleder Interview: We are Always Wrong\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kH6SSJeScNg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">John Armleder Interview YouTube<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">John Armleder is a Swiss artist, critic, and curator. His legendary career spans five decades and he has been dubbed as one of the most prominent artists of his generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-14.jpg?resize=580%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-14.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-14.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-14.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;It Never Ends&#8217; exhibition Kanal Pompidou \u00a9&#xfe0f;Hugard &amp; Vanoverschelde \u00a9&#xfe0f;Fondation\/Stichting KANAL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Armleder is inspired by John Cage (American artist, composer, philosopher, and music theorist).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-15.jpg?resize=580%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-15.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-15.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-15.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;It Never Ends&#8217; exhibition Kanal Pompidou \u00a9&#xfe0f;Hugard &amp; Vanoverschelde \u00a9&#xfe0f;Fondation\/Stichting KANAL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"> Armleder also takes influence from Dada, abstract expressionism, and his participation in the Fluxus movement, bestowing his audiences with painting, sculpture, installation, and performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-18.jpg?resize=580%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-18.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-18.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-18.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;It Never Ends&#8217; exhibition Kanal Pompidou \u00a9&#xfe0f;Hugard &amp; Vanoverschelde \u00a9&#xfe0f;Fondation\/Stichting KANAL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">The Fluxus movement was founded in 1960 by George Maciunas, who describes the movement as promoting &#8216;living art, anti art&#8217;. The movement incorporates a diverse range of art forms and approaches, with artists using what they have to hand, opening-up what the meaning of art is, and incorporating movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-17.jpg?resize=580%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-17.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-17.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-17.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;It Never Ends&#8217; exhibition Kanal Pompidou \u00a9&#xfe0f;Hugard &amp; Vanoverschelde \u00a9&#xfe0f;Fondation\/Stichting KANAL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Though the Fluxus movement, in part, denies painting, it is something Armleder has continued to use and explore among his other mediums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-16.jpg?resize=580%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-16.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-16.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-16.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;It Never Ends&#8217; exhibition Kanal Pompidou \u00a9&#xfe0f;Hugard &amp; Vanoverschelde \u00a9&#xfe0f;Fondation\/Stichting KANAL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">His exhibitions are known as surprising and unbending works of art in themselves and he is currently exhibiting at Kanal Centre Pompidou until the 25th of April 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-19.jpg?resize=580%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-19.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-19.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-19.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;It Never Ends&#8217; exhibition Kanal Pompidou \u00a9&#xfe0f;Hugard &amp; Vanoverschelde \u00a9&#xfe0f;Fondation\/Stichting KANAL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">It Never Ends&#8217; with Kanal Centre Pompidou is a artist takeover of six former Citroen showrooms featuring Armleder&#8217;s personal work and over one-hundred other artists, curated by Armleder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chop Me A Tune, Silly\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/31oGFgq-Pgs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Chop me a tune, silly&#8217; Ammara Jabbar YouTube<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Ammara Jabbar is an emerging artist, living and working in Pakistan. Her art is made of acquired domestic items which are used to subvert female gender roles as part of a performative sculpture. Her piece \u2018Chop me a tune, silly\u2019 uses assemblage of a blender and plunger among other household items to emphasise traditional views of women as facilitators of housework. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-20.jpg?resize=580%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-20.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-20.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-20.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Ghost Box&#8217; Steve Parker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Steve Parker is an artist and musician based in Texas. He works with salvaged musical instruments to create interactive sculptures. His sculpture \u2018Ghost Box\u2019 is modelled after WWII short wave radio, with salvaged brass instruments, tactical maps, wires, and pins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-22.jpg?resize=580%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-22.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-22.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-22.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Ghost Box&#8217; Steve Parker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">When the sculpture is touched, a sequence of sounds plays. There is something truly moving about the inclusiveness of his pieces, in the sense that it doesn\u2019t matter where you are from, or what language you speak, music and sound is a form indiscriminate communication and ancient understanding, the tactile and multisensory element of touch and sound is both encapsulating and all absorbing. You can watch the video on his website <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/steve-parker.net\/ghost-box\" target=\"_blank\">Here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-21.jpg?resize=580%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-21.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-21.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-21.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Ghost Box&#8217; Steve Parker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Parker&#8217;s recent work includes &#8216;Self Portrait&#8217; which uses proximity sensors to trigger humanistic noises which you can watch <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/steve-parker.net\/self-portrait\" target=\"_blank\">Here.<\/a> &#8216;Kyrie, eleison&#8217; is a musical sculpture that encourages the interaction of up to seven people, which you can watch <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/steve-parker.net\/kyrie\" target=\"_blank\">Here.<\/a> Unlike Parker&#8217;s other recent pieces, &#8216;Tubascope&#8217; encourages the viewer to listen to sounds, rather than create them. To read more about the piece click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/steve-parker.net\/tubascope\" target=\"_blank\">Here.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-8.jpg?resize=580%2C583&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-8.jpg?w=682&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-8.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-8.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;The Passage&#8217; Williams Chechet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Williams Chechet\u2019s solo \u2018Hyperflux\u2019 exhibition, which runs until the 14th of March, currently showing at Retro Africa in Nigeria\u2019s capital Abuja, embodies the meaning of being African in a modern context. Vibrant pops of colour are layered with images of pop culture, Nigerian symbols, politics, and tribal leaders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/combined-9.jpg?resize=580%2C585&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/combined-9.jpg?w=682&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/combined-9.jpg?resize=297%2C300&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/combined-9.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;The Otherside&#8217; Williams Chechet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Chechet draws attention to figures that have negatively and positively shaped Nigerian socio-political history, encouraging the observer to question the impact. His art pays homage to the likes of Andy Warhol, Jean Michel Basquiat, and Roy Lichtenstein, infusing African imagery through the perspective of Western Pop-Art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-11.jpg?resize=580%2C580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-11.jpg?w=682&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-11.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-11.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Mon Voyage&#8217; Williams Chechet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Chechet\u2019s Northern Nigerian heritage is heightened through imagery of the Durbar festival and his tribal chief, as he examines inquisitively, themes of self-identity, slavery, gender politics, and Northern Nigerian politics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-10.jpg?resize=580%2C582&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-10.jpg?w=682&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-10.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-10.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Passaport of Maigari&#8217; Williams Chechet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Portraying women as heroic and liberating, the embodiment of Mother Africa. He works spontaneously, using digital collage to examine historical imagery, sourcing inspiration from a multitude of music genres, with Biggie Smalls featuring in one of his pieces. The combined clash of historical imagery used within modern technique, and African meets westernised culture, collides beautifully, evoking contemplation and curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-12.jpg?resize=580%2C582&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-12.jpg?w=682&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-12.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Combined-12.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;H.E.R Priceless&#8217; Williams Chechet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Nicholas Pope is an Australian born, British, sculptor, who works with a wide range of materials such as felted wool, stone, wood, metal, and glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"871\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-27.jpg?resize=580%2C871&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-27.jpg?w=682&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-27.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Nicholas Pope<strong> <\/strong>&#8216;Mr and Mrs Pope knitted, shrunk and hung&#8217; 2012 The Holburne Museum <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">His works address everyday existence and spirituality through a humorous lens. He will be exhibiting his series \u2018Portraits of a Marriage\u2019 at the Holburne Museum from the 7<sup>th<\/sup> of May until the 30<sup>th<\/sup> of August 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-28.jpg?resize=580%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-28.jpg?w=949&amp;ssl=1 949w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-28.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-28.jpg?resize=768%2C552&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Nicholas Pope &#8216;Mr and Mrs Pope in the garden surrounded by the Ten Commandments or are they clouds&#8217; 1991. The Holburne Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Portraits of a Marriage\u2019 is a series of ten sculptures depicting the artist and his wife through the various stages of their relationship during their forty years of marriage. The sculptures are intriguing, sometimes humorous, and abstract, but most importantly, honest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"927\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-29.jpg?resize=580%2C927&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-29.jpg?w=641&amp;ssl=1 641w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-29.jpg?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Nicholas Pope &#8216;Mr and Mrs Arnolfini&#8217; 1978 Holburne Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">The series began with \u2018Mr and Mrs Arnolfini\u2019 in 1978 and ended last year with \u2018Mr and Mrs Pope Dead and Buried\u2019, which comments on the loss of Janet Pope to terminal cancer. Pope combines the use of metal, wood, glass, and shrunken knitted pieces; beautifully encapsulating his own personal development over the past five decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-26.jpg?resize=580%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-26.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-26.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-26.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Nicholas Pope &#8216;Mr &amp; Mrs Pope Vased and Flowered&#8217; 2014 The Holburne Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Each sculpture explores a different psychological state and a different stage of Pope\u2019s relationship with Janet. Many of the sculptures have related drawings which will be displayed side by side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-23.jpg?resize=580%2C806&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-23.jpg?w=682&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-23.jpg?resize=216%2C300&amp;ssl=1 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Nicholas Pope &#8216;Extra Mr or Mrs Pope&#8217;. The Holburne Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Pope\u2019s sculptures show the distance and closeness that most relationships experience at different stages. An example of a more difficult time is \u2018Mr and Mrs Pope Spiked and Holed\u2019 in 1987, which depicts him with gaping eye holes and his head blown off, and Janet as curvaceous but covered in spikes, which must have tested their relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"1002\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-25.jpg?resize=580%2C1002&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-25.jpg?w=593&amp;ssl=1 593w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-25.jpg?resize=174%2C300&amp;ssl=1 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Nicholas Pope &#8216;Mr and Mrs Pope with holes&#8217; 1985. The Holburne Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">However, Pope professes that he has always loved his wife, which he demonstrates in his \u2018Mr and Mrs Pope Melting\u2019 1991, which shows them with distance, but attached and melted together at the bottom, demonstrating that even through the tough stages of a relationship the love and ties are still there, keeping them together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-24.jpg?resize=580%2C867&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-24.jpg?w=682&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Combined-24.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Nicholas Pope &#8216;Mr and Mrs Pope Melting&#8217; 1991. The Holburne Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Art is freeing, even in the most restricting circumstances. There are no rules, anything can be combined, be it medium or culture. Beauty is all around us, even litter can become captivating. All you must do is open your eyes. If you have enjoyed reading <em>\u2018Combined\u2019<\/em>, you might also enjoy <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/ai-weiwei\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Automated; Ai Weiwei&#8217;<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">The large feature image is &#8216;Girls Like You&#8217; Williams Chechet. The small icon image is a photograph by Luke Andrew Walker of &#8216;Metal, Ink and Dye&#8230;&#8217; exhibition Bastian Gallery. To learn more about Robert Rauschenberg click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rauschenbergfoundation.org\/artist\" target=\"_blank\">Here.<\/a> To find out more about the &#8216;Metal, Ink and Dye&#8230;&#8217; exhibition at the Bastian Gallery click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bastian-gallery.com\/en\/exhibitions\/metal-ink-and-dye-late-works-from-captiva-island\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here.<\/a> To find out more about John Armleder click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/artist\/john-m-armleder\" target=\"_blank\">Here.<\/a> To find out more about his exhibition &#8216;It Never Ends&#8217; with Kanal Pompidou click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/kanal.brussels\/en\" target=\"_blank\">Here.<\/a> To explore more of Ammara Jabbar&#8217;s work click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/vaslart.org\/ammara-jabbar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here.<\/a> To discover more of Steve Parker&#8217;s art click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/steve-parker.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here.<\/a> To find out more about Williams Chechet click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.houseofafricanart.com\/williams-chechet\" target=\"_blank\">Here.<\/a> To find out more about the &#8216;Hyperflux&#8217; exhibition with Retro Africa click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.retroafrica.art\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here.<\/a> To explore more of Nicholas Pope&#8217;s art click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nicholaspope.co.uk\/gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here.<\/a> To find out about his exhibition &#8216;Portraits of a Mariage&#8217; displayed at the Holburne Museum click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holburne.org\/nicholas-pope-portraits-of-a-marriage-coming-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here.<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming together? that&#8217;s a phrase we have not mentioned much 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