Welcome to Master Copy! We’re excited to use this blog to
give you sneak peeks into the archives, feature artist profiles, bring you the
latest Masterworks news, and more! So for this, our inaugural post, let’s talk
about what’s happening right now at Masterworks. Let’s talk Charman Prize.
If you’ve ever wondered what artists in Bermuda are up to,
look no further than Masterworks’ main gallery. On view until January 2014 are
one hundred and three dynamic perspectives of life and culture here in Bermuda,
by both professional and amateur artists. Through this event a community of artists is
created. The works, taken as a whole, give new context to one another sparking
dialogue and creating new relevancy. They breathe life into our imaginations,
they challenge and delight. So stop on by and become immersed in a world where
swordfish glow, pears grow as large as (and out of?) trees, and Gombey
schoolgirls bend conventions.
A Fish Eye’s View of Bermuda. Beth Lewis, 2013
Beth Lewis truly exploited the potential of the medium in
her stained glass work A Fish Eye’s View
of Bermuda. In her expert hands individual
pieces of brittle glass, illuminated from behind to reveal their inner swirls
and textures, are transformed into a thrashing swordfish mid-leap. The effect of
this larger than life piece is, of course, much more majestic seen in person.
What at first may seem a weathered tangle of Bermuda cedar,
casuarina, and bay grape driftwood resolves itself into an intricate puzzle
where every piece is integral. Amanda Temple’s artist’s statement breathes life
into her sculpture The Fruit of Time and
Tide: “The waves crash furiously onto the shore below my house. High tide
leaves behind nattered branches, silver and speckled by time.” This piece blends
whimsy with a feeling of permanence and repetition: the tide rolls in and out,
trees bear and lose their fruit each year, and yet through all of this change a
deeper structure remains.
Formalities.
Dany Pen, 2013
Artist Dany Pen challenges us with themes of
displacement and re-appropriation with this playful yet subversive image. Created
using photography, digital media, and organic materials, Pen cleverly adds
layers and meaning to this depiction of schoolchildren wearing the masks of
traditional Bermudian Gombey dancers. We’re left to wonder what exactly these
“formalities” are, as historical narratives are combined and reinvented,
un-spoken boundaries are crossed, and conventions are tossed to the wind.
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