#welsh art

byJess Bugler
from the series Syria
Aleppo
2013
reduction linocut /linoleikkaus
32 x 42 cm

“Jess Bugler (b. 1971, London, England) studying BA Fine Art at Bangor University, Wales.Selected group exhibitions include:  FRESHLY PRESSED, The Printmakers Council, London, England (2014); Royal Cambrian Academy Open, Conwy, Wales (2014); Bangor Art Gallery Open, Bangor, Wales (2014); Galeri Open, Caernarfon, Wales (2013); Awards and commissions include:Winner of the People’s Choice award in FRESHLY PRESSED (2014); Highly commended in Royal Cambrian Academy Open (2014). She lives and works in Conwy, Wales.  Nationality British.

My linocut prints are produced using the reduction method in very limited editions.  They are intentionally intricate prints that aim to reveal the intensity and density of their subjects. My current work is based on the war in Syria.   In my prints of “ALEPPO” and “HOMS” I want to convey the darkness and chaos of war, where the structures of the urban landscape are distorted by bombing and emptied of people. The destructive reality.  In the modern world of 24 hour news, images of Syria flick past our eyes and may briefly rattle our consciences.  However I hope it is when we stop and contemplate work in the space of an Art gallery that we can start to comprehend the brutality of what is occurring on a deeper level. 

You will find Jess Bugler’s work at Hatton Gallery.”
source: the International Print Biennale 2014 

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