"Fine Art Show"

'Alluvium are the exhibtors of "Fine Art Show" which runs in both the main gallery and gallery 'B' from Friday 2nd April to Thursday 22nd April 2010.

'Aluvium' [definition-fertile soil deposited by flowing waters] are a group of five artists and a poet comprising of Derek Allport, Ashley Clinton, Paul Dearden, Rebecca Moss, Austin Pinkney and Andrew Hodgson.

Together they form an eclectic group, showing an equally eclectic exhibition of ideas and concepts in a wide range of genre's mediums and material which urges the viewer to explore, question and debate.

A brief synopsis of their work shows that :

Paul Dearden pursues a continuous quest to achieve spontaneously well coordinated spatial statements which explore elements of landscape, colour, surface texture etc. He quotes Samual Beckett, 'Have you ever tried. Have you ever failed - no matter, try again, fail again, fail better'.

 Derek Allports recent collage and paint based images based on slum dwellings, explore the juxtaposition of found materials as well as posing questions regarding the implications of beauty.

Austin Pinkney treads a non-elitist pathway as he developes digital images from sources such as journals,newspapers, magazines and comics. He describes himself as an ambassidor for 'art without boundaries'.

Andrew Hodgsons short poems  are influenced by the structure of Oriental Haiku and concerned with individual paintings from the Graves Art Gallery in Sheffield

Derek Allports contribution is a series of visual images influenced by these poems but with minimal if any reference to their original influences.

Rebecca Moss considers her work to be an alchemistic process in the sense that it is an investigation into possibilities. The transference of matter from one form to another. The surface acts as a kind of map, offering infinite routes, which can be traced.

Ashley Clintons structures rely on instinctually assembing and fabricating materials to provide small intimate and intriguing structures that invite the viewer to observe familiar materials in a different context.