Laura McNamara Ltd Has Found a Bright New Star in the Art World
Peter Medlicott aka Sola is currently one of the only contemporary Light Artists making images with strong aesthetic values and artistic merit.
Birmingham, United Kingdom, April 17, 2010 --(PR.com)-- A Bright New Star for the Art World
It’s not often that something truly new and exciting appears in the art world but now the previously elite, and rather niche practice of Light Art is gaining a huge momentum and is reinvigorating fine art photography with a British artist spearheading its development.
You will be forgiven for asking exactly what Light Art is, after all, it’s been a practice which has been low on the art worlds radar until now with more conventional artists taking the limelight in recent years.
The basic technique is no real secret; you take a photograph with a long exposure and move a light source in front of the camera. The path of the light source is captured on film giving enchanting results.
Picasso started the ball rolling in the 1940’s and since then there has been some notable fine artists working with Light Art such as Adam Fuss and Gary Fabian Miller.
There’s no doubting Light Art’s accessibility and appeal; with websites like Flickr packed to the rafters with amateur attempts and there’s no denying that it’s lots of fun both for the photographer and the viewer.
But one artist in particular is breaking through the chaotic and unstructured imagery of the amateurs and breathing concept and intellectualism into the practice with staggering results.
Peter Medlicott aka Sola is currently one of the only contemporary Light Artists making images with strong aesthetic values and artistic merit. His work is both energetic and timeless and he is certainly tipped to be a new British star of the contemporary fine art world in the future.
Medlicott harnesses and exploits the fundamental principles of photography to command the subject matter and become fully in charge of the entire image making process. He has two distinct yet equally stunning styles of working.
His site-specific street work, which he dubs Lightbombing (after the graffiti term for quickly painting tags and logos) and produced under the name Sola, is concerned with introducing light sculptures and forms into the urban landscape to contrast or compliment the textural and atmospheric urban surrounds.
His studio works exploit the properties of light to create form and structure that can be either painterly or structural in their representation.
The unwritten rule of Light Art is one of purity; no special effects and no Photoshop tricks. In short, what the artist shoots is what you see and Medlicott strictly adheres to this policy.
However, wherever Medlicott’s work is set it is certain that the results are always hugely impact and positively oozing with aesthetic qualities. Their highly esoteric nature add to the impact and mystery of the work as in Medlicott’s own words: “I try to bring something new and unique into the world through my photography”.
With his work appearing at art shows across the globe this year, such as Stroke 02, Munich; being represented by artist agency Laura McNamara Ltd (www.lauramcnamara.co.uk), a number of commissions underway and TV appearance on Europe’s ARTE channel combined with the recent launch of seven new collections on his website ( www.lightbombing.com ) this year looks to be a bright one for both Medlicott and Light Art.
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Notes to editor:
Hi res images and others are examples available upon request.
Further information:
Biography and additional works can be found here:
http://www.lauramcnamara.co.uk/artists/artwork/11/
Medlicott’s website can be viewed here:
http://www.lightbombing.com/
It’s not often that something truly new and exciting appears in the art world but now the previously elite, and rather niche practice of Light Art is gaining a huge momentum and is reinvigorating fine art photography with a British artist spearheading its development.
You will be forgiven for asking exactly what Light Art is, after all, it’s been a practice which has been low on the art worlds radar until now with more conventional artists taking the limelight in recent years.
The basic technique is no real secret; you take a photograph with a long exposure and move a light source in front of the camera. The path of the light source is captured on film giving enchanting results.
Picasso started the ball rolling in the 1940’s and since then there has been some notable fine artists working with Light Art such as Adam Fuss and Gary Fabian Miller.
There’s no doubting Light Art’s accessibility and appeal; with websites like Flickr packed to the rafters with amateur attempts and there’s no denying that it’s lots of fun both for the photographer and the viewer.
But one artist in particular is breaking through the chaotic and unstructured imagery of the amateurs and breathing concept and intellectualism into the practice with staggering results.
Peter Medlicott aka Sola is currently one of the only contemporary Light Artists making images with strong aesthetic values and artistic merit. His work is both energetic and timeless and he is certainly tipped to be a new British star of the contemporary fine art world in the future.
Medlicott harnesses and exploits the fundamental principles of photography to command the subject matter and become fully in charge of the entire image making process. He has two distinct yet equally stunning styles of working.
His site-specific street work, which he dubs Lightbombing (after the graffiti term for quickly painting tags and logos) and produced under the name Sola, is concerned with introducing light sculptures and forms into the urban landscape to contrast or compliment the textural and atmospheric urban surrounds.
His studio works exploit the properties of light to create form and structure that can be either painterly or structural in their representation.
The unwritten rule of Light Art is one of purity; no special effects and no Photoshop tricks. In short, what the artist shoots is what you see and Medlicott strictly adheres to this policy.
However, wherever Medlicott’s work is set it is certain that the results are always hugely impact and positively oozing with aesthetic qualities. Their highly esoteric nature add to the impact and mystery of the work as in Medlicott’s own words: “I try to bring something new and unique into the world through my photography”.
With his work appearing at art shows across the globe this year, such as Stroke 02, Munich; being represented by artist agency Laura McNamara Ltd (www.lauramcnamara.co.uk), a number of commissions underway and TV appearance on Europe’s ARTE channel combined with the recent launch of seven new collections on his website ( www.lightbombing.com ) this year looks to be a bright one for both Medlicott and Light Art.
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Notes to editor:
Hi res images and others are examples available upon request.
Further information:
Biography and additional works can be found here:
http://www.lauramcnamara.co.uk/artists/artwork/11/
Medlicott’s website can be viewed here:
http://www.lightbombing.com/
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www.lauramcnamara.co.uk
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