artists @home
with ASHLEY HYLAND
Welcome to this little glimpse into my family story….
Putting together this exhibition of contemporary art pieces that normally hang in my family home, I have realised a few important things.
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These pieces have been a constant through house moves, celebrations, times of joy and times of change - they are part of our family story.
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Art collections grow and develop through time. Buy what you love. It tells a story over time about you and what you enjoy in life.
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If you see a piece you love, buy it. Now. Artists change and grow and so does their work. Don’t wait. Make a wish, ask to trade for it. Act.
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Artists - make your work and share it. It will live to tell important stories long after you have stopped creating. Art has its own life once it is made.
These are the art pieces we love living with.
Jonathan Chapman
Print on Canvas. www.illustrationbyjonathan.co.uk
From the Hidden London exhibition, 2010. Gift from artist.
Rob Gibbons
Untitled Etching (Artists Proof 1). 1993. Gift from artist, Sunderland, England, 1995.
Richard Heeps
Ordinary Places, Hubcap, Manea, Cambridgeshire, 1986. Limited edition hand-printed photograph. www.richardheeps.co.uk. Gift from artist following curation of Lloyds/Black Horse exhibition 2003.
Richard Heeps
Harmony Hotel, 29 Palms - California 2002. Artists proof, hand-printed photograph. www.richardheeps.co.uk. Gift from artist following curation of solo exhibition 2001.
Karen Salmons
Sleepers, Oil on Canvas, circa 2002. Artist in residence, Snickerdoodles Gallery, Caerphilly, Wales. Gift from Artist.
Rob Gibbons
Untitled Limited Edition Etching. 1992. Gift from artist, Sunderland, England, 1995.
Dave East
Urban, Limited edition lithograph, 1991. Gift from artist, Sunderland, England, 1995.
Rob Gibbons
Untitled Stone lithograph. Artists Proof. 1993. Gift from artist, Sunderland, England, 1995.
Isobel Quatray
17 Naives from Taiwan, Exhibition Poster, Paris 1998. Purchased after seeing the exhibition in Montmartre on our belated honeymoon.
Karen Salmons
Title Unknown, Oil on Canvas, circa 2002. Artist in residence, Snickerdoodles Gallery, Caerphilly, Wales. Gift from artist.
David Frankel
Limited Edition Woodcut, 1994. Gift from artist following curation of British Art Show 4 Fringe exhibition, Cardiff. 1995. www.davidfrankel.co.uk
Jessica Plagens
Print commissioned by the Blackbird Cafe, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Gift from artist.
David Frankel
Woodcut, Artists Proof, 1994. Gift from artist following curation of British Art Show 4 Fringe exhibition, Cardiff. 1995. www.davidfrankel.co.uk
Dave East
Maddi Market, Limited edition lithograph. Gift from artist, Sunderland, England, 1995.
Giselle Avia-Diaz
Buon Giorno, Oil on Canvas. Won through a charity auction in December 2019, Brighton.
Preparing for the exhibition....
When planning this collection, we pulled everything that was art-related from the house and the folders and put it all in one place. A few stories began to form - we realised that much of the work we had been given was modern.
We also have purchased a lot of traditional landscape work and textiles work over the years, many of which are quite old and delicate now. A lot of this work was purchased to study and learn from as I develop my own art practice.
Framing work we had stored...
As we have moved from house to house, pieces from our collection have been tucked behind each other in frames or into portfolios to keep them safe and dry.
Now that they have been shown together, they will be hung in new places at home - the family have claimed more pieces for their rooms and have borrowed pieces from our traditional and textiles collections to fill the gaps where these pieces normally hang.
The Exhibition Venue
The YHA South Downs draws visitors from around the world with regular visitors from London and Brighton to visit in the South Downs and the south coast.
The team there have supported my Artists Residency in 2020 and 2021, allowing me amazing freedom and space to make and exhibit new work, paint at scale, use curation to interpret my work in new ways, invite other artists to join me and now for 2022 to continue to develop an arts programme there.