RWA 164 Annual Open Exhibition 

MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS - November - December 2016

Here are a series of eclectic work produced by a mixture of Academicians and external artists using a combination of media including textiles, oil paint, photographic and stitched which I found inspirational. The range and quality of work was variable yet resonant; particularly the sculptural work of Tim Shaw, the Renaissance style pastiche portrait by Rosalind Robinson and the intimate, detailed portraits of Leslie Glenn Damhus. 
The intricate lace pointillist inspired patterned photograph 'Armour Studies - Lace IV' by Jessa Fairbrother was reminiscent of Elizabethan lace detail. Also the beautifully ornate handmade golden frame surrounding the sinister, translucent oil portrait of 'Miss X', appealed as it is the combination of emotive portrait with exactly this style of frame that could be used for my own digital print work. 
The majority of work was figurative or contained some aspect of 'humanity' which, in my opinion, was mirroring the Renaissance ideal -  'production of its own invention of humanism' ergo 'man' really is the measure of all things.

Tim Shaw

Tim Shaw’s sculpture ‘Eric’ is both other 0worldly and yet very much of this world. It is politically charged and confrontational, yet beneath the rough-hewn surfaces – often welded, stitched or bound together – there is a fragility and tactility that is inherently human.

 Rosalind Robinson

‘We Two Together Leaning’

oil on panel

Leslie Glenn Damhus

Lady of the Columbine

Oil on board

Leslie Glenn Damhus

Lady of the Celandiine

Oil on board

Jessa Fairbrother

Armour Studies (Lace IV)

Black and white unique photograph,

Pin pricked by hand

Mark Sheeky

Miss X

Oil on canvas in custom frame

The intellectual basis of the Renaissance was its own invented version of humanism, derived from the rediscovery of classical Greek philosophy.  "Man is the measure of all things."