Red - new exhibition at CRATE

A new exhibition at CRATE featuring Sculpture, Painting, Photography, Installation and Video.

RED brings together new works made in 2011 by Margate-based artists Tom Swift and Mark John Smith.

Private view: 19 March 2011 6PM – 9PM
Exhibition continues: 19, 20, 26, 27 March 11am – 5pm

RED aims to explore the interdependencies between: gallery – museum, location and place.

Although the works on show were conceived and produced separately, they share both a common aesthetic and conceptual approach.

Tom Swift’s practice relies on a ‘make and do’ ethos. The final works shown are a reduction of this process.

Mark John Smith’s practice is concerned with the juxtaposition of the ‘elite’ with the mundane. His sculptural works include essences from 1960’s Minimalism. These key historical aesthetic signifiers are then represented through the engagement and appropriation of utilitarian objects sourced from the everyday.

TOM SWIFT
tomswift76.blogspot.com
highwallmargate.blogspot.com

MARK JOHN SMITH
markjohnsmith.com
facebook.com/markjohnsmith

Appointments are available for those requiring alternative viewing times. Please email: markjohnsmithstudio@me.com to book.

Crate Studio and Project Space
6 Bilton Square Margate CT9 1DX
Charity No: 1105867
Company Limited by Guarantee 5163003

Crate is designed to give artists access to affordable space and resources.

For further information on Crate visit: www.cratespace.co.uk