Band of Skulls' Emma Richardson announces 'Cruisin for a Bruisin' art exhibition

Londonnewcastle Project Space, Redchurch Street 2nd - 12th February 2012

In February 2012, Emma Richardson, the bassist and vocalist in Band of Skulls,  presents her first solo exhibition in London, a series of paintings created in response to music by the Southampton three-piece whose debut album Baby Darling Doll Face Honey enjoyed widespread critical acclaim. They release their second, much-anticipated album, Sweet Sour, in February and this exhibition marks another artistic highlight for Richardson, in a year that looks set to see the band’s meteoric rise continue.

The exhibition consists of two groups of works, corresponding to the first two albums by Band Of Skulls. The first series formed the artwork for their debut album, released in 2009, when Richardson’s paintings were photographed and then digitally manipulated to create the cover. The process was extended and developed for their forthcoming second album, for which Richardson worked with the designer Vincent Toi and the creative team at The PHI Centre in Montreal, Canada, who by turn enlisted glass artists Cédric Ginart and Karina Guevin to make a glass sculpture inspired by Richardson’s paintings. The resulting collaboration was photographed and became the cover image for the album.

Heavily influenced by painting masters including Cy Twombly and Lucian Freud, Richardson’s large-scale abstract paintings exploit the medium of oil on canvas to explore the nature of the human form, whilst making use of the visceral quality of themedium against the rough texture of the linen on which she works. Richardson’s work is concerned with the ambiguous and the abstract, as well as the nature of symmetry and reflection. Music is a key part of Richardson's life, and she acknowledges a strong link between her musical and her artistic outputs, enlisting similar processes of re-working and revisiting until a finished product is reached within both disciplines. The relationship between the two mediums is a reciprocal marriage of creativity, with the music informing and inspiring her paintings, and the paintings lending the music a visual identity.


Notes to Editors
Emma Richardson: Cruisin’ For A Brusin’

LONDONEWCASTLE PROJECT SPACE, 28 Redchurch Street, E2 7DP

Thursday 2nd February - Sunday 12th February 2012

Private View: Wednesday 8th February 2012Opening Times: Daily 11am-6pm

About the Artist:

Since graduating with a BA in Fine Art (Painting) from Winchester School of Art in 2004, Emma Richardson has split her time between her fine art practice, and performing in Band Of Skulls. Richardson was born in Southampton in 1982, and currently lives and works in her hometown.


About the Partners:

Band of Skulls

Band of Skulls is an alternative rock band from Southampton, consisting of Russell Marsden (guitar / vocals), Emma Richardson (bass / vocals) & Matt Hayward (drums). Their new album Sweet Sour will be released through Electric Blues Recordings on Monday February 20th 2012. The 10-track album was recorded at Rockfield studios in Wales with producer Ian Davenport and mixed in Los Angeles by Nick Launay (Nick Cave / PIL / Yeah Yeah Yeahs). It follows their critically acclaimed debut, Baby Darling Doll Face Honey, which was released in September 2009. This summer saw the band play the Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee as well as sold-out shows in Los Angeles and New York. Additionally their music is currently being used in both the new Hugo Boss advert and on the trailer for the film Hangover Pt II. 

www.bandofskulls.com


Daydreaming With...

Daydreaming Projects is a creative and artistic management agency, created to nurture and facilitate collaborations between music and the visual arts. They have worked with a number of internationally acclaimed artists, including Jonathan Glazer, Warren du Preez & Nick Thornton Jones, Jamie Shovlin and Doug Foster. They also curate the arts and music festival 'Daydreaming with... James Lavelle'. 

www.daydreamingwith.com

London Newcastle

The Londonewcastle Project Space is a gallery and exhibition space in Shoreditch created by property brand Londonewcastle as a platform for creatives and artists to display their work and further their practice. The gallery is donated to users who might not otherwise have the opportunity to show their work and forms part of the ongoing local cultural discourse.

www.londonewcastle.co.uk

January 25, 2012 7:00pm ET by Bang On PR   Comments (0)

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