A small article about The Door Prize has been written in AN magazine, p.21. A link to the online flip book: http://www.a-n.co.uk/an_docs/a-n_magazine_1202.flip/#/20/
I will be exhibiting a selection of primarily figurative paintings at The Cafe, Truro Arts / Royal Cornwall Museum, River Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR12SJ. Exhibition runs from 14 February- 01 March 2012.
I have dabbled in digital music a few times over the years, mainly in 2004 and 2009. I have renamed the project hypertheta and developed new artwork based on recent photography and areas of research. The work, along with examples of sound ideas for installation are now on Soundcloud. You can listen to the pieces on the music page of this site.
Update* Feb.2012: This post was the result of a phone call I received from the organizers. Since then, I have received an email saying I didn’t make it through to the next stage! I put on my best phone voice, obviously I said or didn’t say something – at least I don’t have to fund [...]
I am in a place. I sense the place, myself within the place. What is the place? What is my connection to the place? My body is in that place; through my sensual faculties I begin to comprehend the place and my place in it. This is the process of perception. I hear any sounds. [...]
22.12.2011 (Footage: 12.2010, Cornwall, UK. Music: ‘Winter Solstice’ by Thema [© D.J.Hopkins 12.2009])
A new project; started on the 19th Dec 2011, on the verge of the Winter Solstice. A daily documentation of the day; the objective – a photographic image as a momentary reminder. http://www.duncanhopkins.net/portfolio/photographs/
I have been shortlisted for the first Door Prize for Painting, which will be held at Centrespace Gallery, 6 Leonard Lane, Bristol, 17-28 March 2012. For more information about the shortlisted artists and the Prize, view their website: http://thedoorprize.co.uk/ A short article in AN magazine, Feb 2012 issue: http://www.a-n.co.uk/an_docs/a-n_magazine_1202.flip/#/20/
Painting selected for the St. Ives Society of Artists Christmas Open, Crypt Gallery, Norway Square, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 1NA. Exhibition runs from 7 December 2011 – 9 January 2012. View Larger Map
Some new and older paintings on display at the Courtyard Deli, 2 Bells Court, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3AZ. Great food and drink. Many thanks to Phil Rushworth for curating the hang. Some of the works in situ: View Larger Map
New work is available to see at 2 locations in Penzance, nearby to each other: A Mounts Bay Contemporary is showing 5 MA paintings from this year, plus a selection of linocuts, as part of the ‘Arts And Crafts For Winter’ show. The gallery, located on the seafront, sells a wide variety of crafts, cards [...]
NOSTALGIA, Camden Collective Gallery, 37 Camden High Street, London, NW1 7JE 16 – 28 November 2011 Some of the work, Pre-Private View, 18th November 2011:
Duncan Hopkins is a visual artist, based in Cornwall, South West UK. He is a 2011 graduate in MA Fine Art: Contemporary Practice from University College Falmouth. His primary media is painting. Drawing on notions of Shamanism and Phenomenology, he questions preconceptions of landscape painting, and asks how a predominantly rural landscape can be portrayed [...]
That evening, unexpectedly, I suddenly noticed that one of my paintings had been selected for the ‘Art Of The Day’ by Saatchi Online… To view: ‘Art Of The Day’ To view my Saatchi Online page: http://www.saatchionline.com/duncanhopkins Saatchi Online Blog
I will be showing 2 video works in this event. There will also be some video work by other recent Falmouth MA Fine Art graduates, including Ann Haycock, Paul Farmer, Nathan Sealbarrow and Daniela Palimariu, who will also be using her Platform. I hope some of you may be able to make the day-long event, [...]
This performance is a brief improvised event. It is the dystopian rave. It is the fixed grin of the cordoned-off fool. It is the confinement of the village idiot, and every village needs that freedom fighter. Son Of Light from Duncan Hopkins on Vimeo.
Painting is not about enjoyment or relaxation. It is not the hobby of sensitivity. It is the drip, the snake, the smear and loss of colour in the twilight of Autumn. It is the exorcism and embrace of your inner saboteur. It is neurosis, knowledge, loss of knowing, the need to know. It is not [...]
Temporary new studio space at home which has useful access to the front door, and is ideal for storing the lawn mower too.
MA Show 6 – 10th September 2011, Lamorva House, Woodlane, University College Falmouth New States Of Alignment
NEW STATES OF ALIGNMENT Sometimes, when I am unsure what to paint, I walk with no defined destination. I follow predetermined paths and ‘desire’ paths. This is, in a sense, an attempt to have a two-way responsive interaction with an energetic environment. We can be aware of our existence within two simultaneous landscapes – the [...]
This Will Make You Human: MA Graduating Show – Private View Tuesday 6th September, 7-9pm: More info
DOWNLOAD ‘This Will Make You Human’ – MAFA 2011 Catalogue (pdf)
The UCF MA Show website is now live. I have designed it to showcase each graduating student, and the graphic design will be echoed in the catalogue and other publicity material. View at: http://www.thiswillmakeyouhuman.co.uk/
3 part shaped canvas, showing stages of progress. Currently completed and installed in MA space. Design developed from ‘To find a painting’ walk, 25.05.2011
The UCF MA Show website is a comprehensive introduction to each of the individual artists involved in the show, and with details of the event and location. Design: Initial prototype design, developed into final install. I designed the logo, fonts and colour scheme, and these were echoed in the catalogue and other publicity material developed [...]
“In primordial perception, Merleau-Ponty writes, subject and object, noesis and noema, are blurred to the point of disappearing into one sole “intentional fabric,” namely, the “flesh of the sensible.” Rather than claiming that the body extracts the emotional essence of things, we should instead speak of a single reverberation out of which perception, gesture, painting, [...]
After crit and time spent with work and potential layouts, narratives and relationships, I start to hang work that has more space between it. This allows each work to take on more significance.
Given MA space on July 25th. 6 weeks to work and plan the final show. Private large, light space. Spent couple of days moving work around, testing layouts. Is the display to be selected, or a visual overload? There is not room for most of the work. Is it just a display of paintings, or [...]
A photographic documentation of my studio space at the original 110 year old Falmouth Art School, home to MAFA. Used until July 25 2011, before moving to final MA Space.
Playing with ideas of a 3D representation of old paintings; as object / sculpture / satire.
Designed a demo potential website for MAFA Show in September. To be developed through consensus and design process.
Exploring, photographing, experiencing and sensing energetic nature of place. Ancient village on moors above Penzance. View Larger Map
Went to Penzance to submit for Jerwood Drawing Prize. A reductive drawing in acrylic. Got obsessed by ghillie suits as transformative costumes. Not selected.
Day 1 – 25.05.2011 Walk Voice Recorder 25-05-2011 PM 02-16-30 Walk away from this chosen track. Do not use any maps. Follow your intuition. If you know an area well enough, see where your feet will take you. Become focussed and open-minded. Let yourself be guided by the light on a leaf, the sound of [...]
Woke up this morning and my woman was gone. My head ached and my chest pounded. (She was using Facebook in the other room. Last night I drank too much wine and smoked too many cigarettes.) I sit in the garden. The rain has stopped and some brief, gentle sunlight illuminates the back fence, a [...]
SYNOPSIS 24.05.2011 HOW TO PAINT! Issue 1 – The World Is Not As Solid As It Appears The essay will document the making of one painting from conception to possible completion. The essay will follow the processes of idea, preparatory work and image sourcing, canvas / surface making, use of materials and the various stages [...]
Synopsis – draft 1 22.05.2011 THE WORLD IS NOT AS SOLID AS IT APPEARS Why do I make paintings? Painting as a core of my identity, even through long periods of inactivity and work in other areas. Making pictures as enjoyment, communication or secret codes. This MA has brought the emphasis on painting to the [...]
