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My practice considers where our disenchanted, secularised world a sense of the religious fails to be suppressed, either through unacknowledged ideological attachments (a dogmatic sense of what is correct or true) or through the seductive, mesmerising appeal of contemporary art.  The work arises from a fascination with the rhetoric...
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My diverse art practice is united by ongoing research exploring the relationship between images created for public or personal consumption, focusing on the language of domestic photography. Traditional family album images are shaped by strict, but generally unacknowledged, conventions that form a series of fixed narratives. Within my practice...
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View the Open Frequency section for further details. Riccardo Iacono: Artist of the MonthEach month we select an artist from the Axis Directory to feature as our Artist of the Month. This month Ruth catches up with artist Riccardo Iacono to discuss his current work 'Lamp Posts', the limitations of vision and throwing peas...
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My practice is interdisciplinary, combining art and architecture to examine themes of history, identity and place. Much of my work is research based and site-specific, and evolves through a participatory process, which has developed from several years working in youth arts and participatory development. I am interested in creating work in public...
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I make multidisciplinary installations and performances. Allegorical syntheses of traditional and new media; folk tale, parable and contemporary culture; drawing and dance performance.. recent projects: Chorus / in vain I will away (2010) This body of work begins it's life as the conclusive project of my MFA studies at...
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Smaller work made from recycled tin, found objects and stuffed painted fabric; larger public commissions for hospitals, cycle ways, parks etc, in steel, copper, terrazzo, concrete cast iron and plaster polymer. A wide range of subjects gleaned from observation of people, animals, scenarios and environments. Influences ...
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