Visual art exhibitions and events with a platform for critical writing
By: Rebecca Woodcock
The study revolves around ‘survival'.
Surviving as a result of using art as a language,
to make room to move, to find space and healing.
The process follows the grief after a personal loss;
dealing with post traumatic stress and
caring for a loved one with cancer.
Their distress and the treatments,
the operations and procedures;
their suffering and yours,
a painful death, the Funeral
and the nightmares that follow.
# 13 [15 April 2008]
What a wonderful reception i recieved from all the visitors to my exhibition at 'The Custard Factory' on the 12th and 13th April.
I would like to thank everyone who visited my show. Please click on the link below to find a virtual gallery tour with comments from the guest book.
http://www.rebeccawoodcock.org/
New work will be found shortly on my project blog www.fortheloveofarts.com with updates included within this space.
Thank you again for attending my show.
# 12 [4 April 2008]
Exhibition Dedicated to my dad, Christopher Woodcock
Sat April 12th until Sun April 13th 2008
11.00am until 5.00pm
rebeccawoodcock1971@hotmail.com
www.rebeccawoodcock.com
www.ForTheLoveofArt.com
The Custard Factory
Gibb Square
Birmingham
B9 A44
‘Children and young people are welcomed’
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rebecca woodcock.
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# 11 [4 April 2008]
But what happend when you cant let go, when you cant walk away!
You find yourself ordering stretchers from catalogues, running to shops to grab whatever stretchers they have just to continue with your mark making, because you can not let go.
I made another 8 images of my dad without knowing why. Then I read an artical about Melvin Bragg -in 'The Sunday Times' 30th March 2007- he disscusses how he is unable to let go, how he is constantly reminded, and how he revisits this in his writting about his first wife and in doing so reopend termoil of suffering and pain when before hand he was doing ok.
I could understand this, in revisiting these images i put myself under a tremendous amount of pain and pressure; but rather that than nothing! do you understand?
Therefore I can not ever imagine finishing this project, I will always revisit it, I will always be painting my dad in one way or another.
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rebecca woodcock, 'untitled'.
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rebecca woodcock, 'untitled'.
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rebecca woodcock, 'untitled'.
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rebecca woodcock.
# 10 [4 April 2008]
So as I come to the end of this project what am I communicating with you in these last images, what is it that I want you all to know after being so open when normally I am so very closed.
* How it feels to let go of painting images of my dad.
* How it feels to come back from the blackness of loss.
* How it feels to look back at all the work I have made and too see my feeling and emotions lay naked for all to see.
The three original compositions have been worked into further to aid in their communication and new compositions have been added
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rebecca woodcock, 'untitled'.
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rebecca woodcock, 'untitled'.
# 9 [4 April 2008]
After finishing the images I sat with them, watched them, and realised they where not fully communicating what I wanted them to communicate.
I worked further into the two portrates of my father, they now communicate -i feel- the image i see in my head of my father, they are now.
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rebecca woodcock, 'untitled'.
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rebecca woodcock, 'untitled'.
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rebecca woodcock, 'untitled'.
# 8 [17 March 2008]
A further three images have been made; these three canvas are working out from the project into a new faze.
An Exhibition of the work will be on display at Birmingham Custard Factory 12th and 13th April 2008 10.00am until 5.00pm.
Everyone welcome.
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Rebecca Woodcock, 'Portrait 1'.
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Rebecca Woodcock, 'Portrait 2'.
# 7 [5 March 2008]
February was the start of series 4 - the work has been painted onto stretched canvas; painted with acrylic paint.
Series 4 is about the furthered development into the paining process; whilst investigating further into memory and what a memory means.
The two images shown are the last in the series of 4 painting. The images are not correct in perspective or dimention as they are recalled images from the memory and painted directly into canvas.
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Rebecca Woodcock, 'Full Stop'.
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Rebecca Woodcock, 'Forward'.
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Rebecca Woodcock, 'Reading'.
# 6 [16 January 2008]
4th December 2007 saw the start of Series 3.
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Rebecca Woodcock, 'Bed'.
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Rebecca Woodcock, 'Bed1 '.
# 5 [16 January 2008]
From the drawings further canvases where produced, series 2:
keeping clear communication with the viewer by.
Exploring size of canvas to compound feelings, mood and emotion.
Using colour to enhance understanding and clarity.
Bold minimal lines outline the seriousness of the situation.
Building and working into layers to uncover dissolving memories.
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rebecca woodcock, 'hidding canvas6 and artist statement', acrylic and ink on canvas, september 2007.
# 4 [16 January 2008]
The canvas from series 1 where exhibited at Worcester University from 21st November 2007 until 7th December 2007, in the foyer of the digital art block.
There was possitive feed back from the exhibition and the work was well recieved.
I am now finalising a solo exhibition at The Custard Factory Gallery for April12th 2008.
Within this exhibition will be the full collection of canvas made and a selection from the 200 drawings.