Liminal Gallery Podcast host, Louise Fitzjohn, speaks with contemporary artist Emma Richardson to coincide with 'The Pull of the Tides' a two person exhibition, also featuring Anna Blom, in our Main Space at Liminal Gallery in Margate. The exhibition delves into the depths of human emotion, nature's mysteries, the interplay between the conscious and unconscious realms and the passage of time.

Emma Richardson's intricate paintings draw inspiration from the dichotomy of the ocean, which embodies both vitality and devastation. This mirrors the unconscious mind's uncharted depths, encompassing fears, desires, and impulses. Within these canvases, the interplay of tides, tempests, climatic transitions, historical imprints, and a transcendent essence converges to abstracted painterly mark-making. Through these new works, Richardson captures not only the ocean's all-encompassing resonance with humanity but also its contrasting, apathetic might.

Anna Blom's paintings delve into co-existence and its emotional echoes. Blom's diaristic approach, characterised by layers of sketches, white noise, and writing, culminates in semi-abstract observational portraitures. Her technique involves immersing raw canvases in baths of watery pigments, allowing colours to flow like meandering rivers. These intricate layers mirror the multifaceted layers of human existence, as they interrogate overlooked states that form the backdrop of our daily lives.

‘The Pull of the Tides' entwines the visions of Anna Blom and Emma Richardson, offering an exploration of the intricacies of water's influence on human life, the psyche and our shared experiences.

Read the full press release here:

https://www.liminal-gallery.com/the-pull-of-the-tides

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Liminal Gallery Podcast host, Louise Fitzjohn, speaks with contemporary artist Anna Blom to coincide with 'The Pull of the Tides' a two person exhibition with Emma Richardson in our Main Space at Liminal Gallery in Margate. The exhibition delves into the depths of human emotion, nature's mysteries, the interplay between the conscious and unconscious realms and the passage of time.

Emma Richardson's intricate paintings draw inspiration from the dichotomy of the ocean, which embodies both vitality and devastation. This mirrors the unconscious mind's uncharted depths, encompassing fears, desires, and impulses. Within these canvases, the interplay of tides, tempests, climatic transitions, historical imprints, and a transcendent essence converges to abstracted painterly mark-making. Through these new works, Richardson captures not only the ocean's all-encompassing resonance with humanity but also its contrasting, apathetic might.

Anna Blom's paintings delve into co-existence and its emotional echoes. Blom's diaristic approach, characterised by layers of sketches, white noise, and writing, culminates in semi-abstract observational portraitures. Her technique involves immersing raw canvases in baths of watery pigments, allowing colours to flow like meandering rivers. These intricate layers mirror the multifaceted layers of human existence, as they interrogate overlooked states that form the backdrop of our daily lives.

‘The Pull of the Tides' entwines the visions of Anna Blom and Emma Richardson, offering an exploration of the intricacies of water's influence on human life, the psyche and our shared experiences.

Read the full press release here:

https://www.liminal-gallery.com/the-pull-of-the-tides

Contact us for all questions and enquiries: [email protected]

Follow us on Instagram: @liminal_gallery

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Liminal Gallery Podcast host, Louise Fitzjohn, speaks with contemporary artist Thelma Speirs to coincide with her solo exhibition 'Night Walks ' in The Cupboard at Liminal Gallery in Margate. Located inside our Margate gallery, The Cupboard is a tiny but sleek space is open to artists living and working in Thanet. Aimed to help support the local creative community, we accept all proposals from all practices and it is free to apply. It is a unique and playful space for artists to experiment with new ideas, to build on their existing practice and a valuable opportunity for a solo exhibition to further their careers. The residency spans 3 months and is selected by Liminal Gallery Founder and Director, Louise Fitzjohn. It was created as a way to ensure we don't just take from our community, but that we give back and support local creatives.

'Night Walks' is a solo exhibition by Margate-based artist Thelma Speirs, which reveals a collection of evocative drawings and paintings, meticulously documented within the pages of a vintage French accounts book. Through Speirs' artistic lens, the urban and natural landscapes of London and Margate converge, giving way to a tapestry of ethereal nightscapes, enchanted woodlands, abandoned sports pitches, mythical creatures, and the enchanting winter skies, intertwining the realms of reality and imagination.

Using a diverse array of mediums, such as acrylic paint, pencil drawing, felt-tip pens, and nail varnish, Speirs captures the elusive moments experienced during nocturnal excursions. Each brushstroke, every pencil mark, and vibrant hue on the paper breathes life into snapshots of a dreamlike narrative.

Visitors have the unique opportunity to delve into the artist's intimate sketchbook-turned-diary. To further enhance the immersive experience, personalised archival gloves are provided, allowing viewers to delicately leaf through the pages for an intimate exploration.

Read the full press release here:

https://www.liminal-gallery.com/night-walks

Contact us for all questions and enquiries: [email protected]

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Liminal Gallery Podcast host, Louise Fitzjohn, speaks with contemporary artist Henrietta Armstrong to coincide with her solo exhibition 'Sanctum Futurum: Relics and Forbidden Desires' in our main space at Liminal Gallery in Margate. The exhibition opened on Friday 11th August and continues until 26th August 2023.

A journey into a shrine-like space where old gods are left behind and new ones emerge. 'Sanctum Futurum: Relics and Forbidden Desires' questions the historical authenticity and often gruesome nature of sacred objects, including reliquaries which traditionally house fragments of human remains and curios believed to be from saints or even Jesus himself. Often acquired through questionable means, history proves it is a lucrative trade. Armstrong takes these ideas and using plaster, wax and a touch of satire, rebuilds her own pseudo relics for a contemporary world.

'Sanctum Futurum' is a poignant reflection on the complexities of human desire. The works in the exhibition interweave themes of witchcraft, charms and apotropaic practices whilst exuding a queer sensuality. While the gallery itself has been transformed into a sanctuary-like space, 'Sanctum Futurum' forges a realm of new gods and ideologies.

We are delighted that this exhibition forms a part of Margate Pride Art Map, the trail spans across galleries and venues in Margate and Cliftonville.

Read the full press release here:

https://www.liminal-gallery.com/sanctum-futurum

Contact us for all questions and enquiries: [email protected]

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Liminal Gallery Podcast host, Louise Fitzjohn, speaks with contemporary artist Catherine Chinatree to coincide with her solo exhibition 'Again Again' in our main space at Liminal Gallery in Margate. The exhibition opened on Saturday 22nd July and continues until 5th August 2023.

Featuring bespoke work created for Liminal’s unique space alongside Christie’s saturated wall-based minimalist sculptures, the exhibition invites viewers to question notions of infallibility, self-identity, and the intersection of art and spirituality while showcasing the artist's ability to ignite meaningful conversations. 

Created during her transformative Artist Residency in Motherhood amidst Sintra's picturesque landscapes in Portugal, the new artworks in 'Again Again' are powerful reflections Chinatree's experience.

Immersed in the vibrant tapestry of local life and culture for three months, Chinatree embarked on the artistic journey alongside her young son. The resulting works on paper capture the essence of her surroundings, resonating with the repetitive rhythms of artistic creation and everyday life. This series intricately weaves together themes of motherhood and the significance of everyday rituals, delving into the realms of social surrealism. Symbolising personal journeys and the echoes of historical narratives, including colonial histories, the artworks portray the ebb and flow of movement. Water, a recurring motif in Chinatree's work, carries its inherent symbolism of fluidity and transformation, interwoven with the ethereal strands of Romanticism.

'Again Again' stands as a testament to Chinatree's immersive research methodology, blending elements of the fairytales, myths, and folklore that are deeply rooted in Sintra's rich historical tapestry. This series of works invite viewers on a visual voyage through the realms of personal and cultural exploration.

Read the full press release here:

https://www.liminal-gallery.com/again-again

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Liminal Gallery Podcast host, Louise Fitzjohn, speaks with contemporary artist Cedric Christie to coincide with his solo exhibition 'Infallible' in our main space at Liminal Gallery in Margate. The exhibition opened on Saturday 3rd June and continues until 29th June 2023.

Featuring bespoke work created for Liminal’s unique space alongside Christie’s saturated wall-based minimalist sculptures, the exhibition invites viewers to question notions of infallibility, self-identity, and the intersection of art and spirituality while showcasing the artist's ability to ignite meaningful conversations. 

‘Infallible’ delves into the concept of unquestionable authority, asking viewers to reflect on their own perceptions and beliefs, to contemplate the idea of surrendering oneself to an unquestionable power. It encourages an exploration of the question, "Who do you think you are?" and to confront your own place within the world. By blending the realms of art and spirituality, Christie comments on the interplay between human fallibility, the divine, and the role of art in this ongoing struggle.

Internationally renowned artist Cedric Christie has exhibited across the globe and his works are held in prominent collections, notably he is currently exhibiting at The Biennale Architettura in Venice, Italy and has previously shown work at Documenta, Germany, Flowers Gallery, London and is represented by Rocket Gallery, London. 

Read the full press release here:

https://www.liminal-gallery.com/infallible

Contact us for all questions and enquiries: [email protected]

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Liminal Gallery Podcast host, Louise Fitzjohn, speaks with contemporary artist Andrew Torr and Director of the AOP Gallery Gemma Peppé to coincide with Torr's solo exhibition 'Nocturnes' in our main space at Liminal Gallery in Margate. The exhibition is co-curated by Liminal Gallery and The AOP Gallery and opened on 6th May 2023.

It isn’t too far-fetched to say that Torr has invented his own version of landscape painting with his Nocturnes. Each painting has a thin bright line that runs along the horizon and below the trees. The line contains a hive of city life, car lights brightly lit houses and is placed within a setting that owes more to an old master than an urban location in London’s zone 2. Torr says; “there are no figures or recognisable buildings in the paintings but the pictures are packed with activity”.

This series of urban landscapes began in 2015, seen from afar and across the parks and commons. The setting is archetypally modern while the application of the medium and the format itself are reassuringly traditional, with the beautifully thin application of oil paint delicately applied in stark contrast to the concrete city landscape. They are love letters to the city which the artist has spent most of his life, seen from a new angle which celebrates the possibilities it has to offer.

Born in Yorkshire in 1965, Andrew Torr moved to London in 1983 to study painting under Bernard Cohen at Wimbledon School of Art. He has lived and worked in the capital since completing his degree in 1987 initially from a studio in the East End and latterly in Wandsworth.

Much of his work has been an attempt to render and explore the city, especially the open spaces of the parks and commons at night or the bridges crossing the Thames. The city at night has been a particularly rich inspiration and recurrent motif for Torr; the muted, unreal light that is reflected off the clouds above the commons – yellows, reds, eerie whites – the strange melancholy of those spaces and their unnatural underwater quality have provided a great formal exercise in using paint for Torr. How do you re-present that vastness on a flat canvas? The Thames paintings complement the nocturnes, typically by pushing the horizon high up the canvas. In this way, the water becomes the star rather than the sky. 

In 1992, Torr took a forced sabbatical after suffering a serious accident which severed the all the tendons and nerves of his right hand. This may well have finished his career but surgeons were able to reattach the connective tissue and, through therapy and determination, he regained enough dexterity to return to painting. Part of this therapy was to learn how to use a computer mouse with his left hand and led to a second career as a graphic artist. He became Creative Director at The London Marathon in 1998 and worked there for 20 years.

Torr is currently represented by Oliver Contemporary gallery in London.

Read the full press release here:

https://www.liminal-gallery.com/nocturnes

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Liminal Gallery Podcast host, Louise Fitzjohn, speaks with contemporary artist Jemima Sara, who is the first artist to exhibit in our new exhibition space 'The Cupboard' with a solo exhibition titled 'The Toilet' which opened on 11th March in our Margate-based Gallery. 

Jemima Sara is a multidisciplinary artist who incorporates the fluidity of everyday life, mental health and freedom of expression into her practice. Her formal training in Puppetry at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (graduating in 2018) followed by a MFA in Drawing at Camberwell (graduating in 2021) has enriched her drawing practice, allowing her to merge diaristic texts with the figurative. Her practice has evolved to investigate drawing as a form of expression and communication. Driving meaning from the ‘nitty-gritty’ and the day-to-day, her work reflects the tumultuous experience of the mundane existence to ignite conversation as a form of self-therapy or so-called catharsis.

A form of personal outpouring, her illustrative journals are suggestive of wider experiences within both private and public spheres. Scraps of humour provide some relief from the discomfort or awkwardness they may impose. Jemima’s work aims to transform how we perceive our environment.

Jemima’s recent exhibitions include ‘Catalogue’ (November 2022-January 2023, Galería F&deO, Madrid), The Crossover Project (September 2022, Edward Bulmer / The London Design Festival, London), ‘DON’T FLUSH IT DOWN’ installation (July-August 2022, The Royal Exchange, London) and 'I'VE LOST MY FAITH IN THIS CRAP' (May 2022) and 'My mind is a toilet' (October 2021, CRATE Gallery).

Liminal Gallery are delighted to announce the launch of their second exhibition space ‘The Cupboard’; an open call space for artists living and working in Thanet, to further support local creatives. The residency spans three months and is selected by the Founder and Director of Liminal, Louise Fitzjohn. We are thrilled to be working with our first artist JEMIMASARA with her installation ‘The Toilet’.

A NOTE FROM THE ARTIST, JEMIMASARA:

“'The Toilet’ is a miniature installation which explores the main themes in my work. Perhaps women’s art belongs in the toilet…at least it would get more viewing time. 

‘The Toilet’ encapsulates a place of safety, contemplation, expression, privacy and the invasion of privacy, puppetry and day to day life. ‘The Toilet’ scene is laid bare like a dollhouse inviting the audience to traverse and play with the traditional boundaries of privacy, personal autonomy and manipulation. As if we are under the control of the invisible hands and the pressures of society.

I have wanted to create something that utilises the toilet, which is a universal experience and touchstone of the mundane. Whilst also highlighting the current narrative of the public toilet - being vulnerable, inaccessible and unsafe spaces too. This miniature installation investigates the main themes within my practice: feminism, text, accessibility, slogans, freedom of expression, everyday life and boundaries.”

Read the full press release here:

https://www.liminal-gallery.com/the-toilet

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Liminal Gallery Podcast host, Louise Fitzjohn, speaks with contemporary artist Flora Bradwell, who has artwork in our current group exhibition 'Try a little...Tenderness' which opened on 4th February in our Margate-based Gallery. 

A compulsion towards the carnivalesque and a vibrant trashy aesthetic are key to Flora Bradwell's playful practice. Encompassing painting, sculpture, video and performance Flora's work revels in the generously grotesque. Compositions of frescoes, cult manifestoes and nursery rhymes are squeezed through a fantastical filter to create dimly recognisable imagined worlds. Camp and theatrics are employed to demonstrate the ridiculousness of patriarchal systems and gossip fuels visual flights of fancy as the props of daily life are put on a pedestal.

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Bradwell completed her BA in Painting at City & Guilds of London Art School in 2009 and her MFA at The Slade School of Fine Art in 2021. While at the Slade Bradwell received the The Felix Slade Award, The Jeanne Szego Prize and Sarabande Emerging Artist Bursary.

Bradwell is a recipient of the Gilbert Bayes Award 2023 and artist in Residence at Van Gogh Huis in April 2023. Bradwell's work has been exhibited, screened and performed internationally including at the Whitechapel Gallery, Nunnery Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, The Royal Academy of Arts in London, at Future DMND, LA, Zaratan, Lisbon and at the European Media Arts Festival, Osnabruck. Bradwell has completed residencies at Elephant Lab, London(2022), Cyprus College of Art, Paphos, SIM, Reykjavik (2021) and Colart, London (2019). Bradwell also curates art events, exhibitions and happenings across the UK and is Co-Director of Bad Art.

Tender moments, tender flesh, tender touch, tender thoughts, tender heart, tender mind; try a little tenderness. 

A tender moment is encapsulated in an act of thoughtfulness; a cup of tea at the end of the day, a gift of flowers, a display of love. Tenderness is to give up one's time, attention, precious moments devoted to another. Tenderness is also pain, a moment of fragility, of weakness. It evokes skin which expands, shrinks, multiplies, and shivers to the touch. Skin which is a dying organism, for surely that is what we all are. A tender morsel of meat, deliciously melts in the mouth. 

Exploring these themes in contrasting ways ‘Try a little Tenderness’ brings together the works of Ingrid Berthon-Moine, Flora Bradwell and Damien Flood whose practice is unified in the attempt to capture these fleeting moments. 

Read the full press release here:

https://www.liminal-gallery.com/try-a-little-tenderness

Contact us: [email protected]

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Liminal Gallery Podcast host, Louise Fitzjohn, speaks with contemporary artist Ingrid Berthon-Moine, who has artwork in our current group exhibition 'Try a little...Tenderness' which opened on 4th February in our Margate-based Gallery. 

Ingrid Berthon-Moine is a French multi-disciplinary artist based in London. Her work examines the construction of gender identity and its behavioural consequences in our society. In 2020, she created the online project ‘I Lack it, I Like it’ where she interviews womxn, who work in various fields of the artistic and creative industries, on their notion of lack.

Berthon-Moine has exhibited in various group shows at venues including Love, Celebration and the Road Ahead, TJ Boulting, London, Open Mic by Abbas Zahedi, Frieze Art Fair, London, ‘Mãe’ at 55SP, Sao Paolo, Brazil (2022), ‘Drawing Biennial’ at Drawing Room (2021), Faire Corps, Galerie Paris-B, Paris, France, ‘Blame The Algorithm’ Stadtmuseum München, Germany (2019), ‘Playground’ Världskultur Museerna, Sweden (2018), Espace Temoin, ‘You Tear Us’ Kelder Projects, solo show, London (2018). She was short listed for the Mark Tanner Award 2021, The Ingram Prize 2021 and won a Barbican Art Trust residency in 2019.

Tender moments, tender flesh, tender touch, tender thoughts, tender heart, tender mind; try a little tenderness. 

A tender moment is encapsulated in an act of thoughtfulness; a cup of tea at the end of the day, a gift of flowers, a display of love. Tenderness is to give up one's time, attention, precious moments devoted to another. Tenderness is also pain, a moment of fragility, of weakness. It evokes skin which expands, shrinks, multiplies, and shivers to the touch. Skin which is a dying organism, for surely that is what we all are. A tender morsel of meat, deliciously melts in the mouth. 

Exploring these themes in contrasting ways ‘Try a little Tenderness’ brings together the works of Ingrid Berthon-Moine, Flora Bradwell and Damien Flood whose practice is unified in the attempt to capture these fleeting moments. 

Read the full press release here:

https://www.liminal-gallery.com/try-a-little-tenderness

Contact us: [email protected]

Follow us on Instagram: @liminal_gallery

With original music by Lorenzo Bonari.

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