lizcliffordart

Weaving in the litter

I have a large scale work in progress – a 7 metre long drawing using the line of beech trees that borders Byway 745. I’m in the planning stages of further work on this drawing, considering the various options for weaving imagery of the litter I’ve been collecting from the track beneath the line ofContinue reading “Weaving in the litter”

Laying New Ground

Work has finally started on Byway 745 to stop it becoming more eroded and to allow access to it for a wider cross section of users. The County Council have subcontracted the work to a company who specialise in conservation groundwork. The three workers are setting about installing what is known as a French drainContinue reading “Laying New Ground”

Becoming Geology

The group exhibition, Beyond the Boundaries, discussed in my previous post, is now fully launched and showing @undertowprojects on Instagram until 21st March 2021. The exhibition is an entirely online affair. However, the piece I have made for it will stand in my garden for the duration. The work was originally proposed for an urbanContinue reading “Becoming Geology”

Making It Public.

It is time to show new work and a great way to do that is in a group exhibition. The opportunity has arisen as part of the Fine Art MA I am doing at UCA Farnham. Having had to postpone a previous show last year because of the pandemic, the group set about planning anotherContinue reading “Making It Public.”

Taking Over.

Undertow Projects is a new platform for emerging and established artists to share their art practice on Instagram and beyond. It is an artist-run collective set up by current MA Fine Art students at UCA Farnham, in part as a reaction to the lack of physical spaces available in which to show work, due toContinue reading “Taking Over.”

Viewpoint – point of view.

I have recently been reading artist, writer and film maker Hito Steyerl’s essay In Free Fall: A Thought Experiment on Vertical Perspective in which she charts the rise of linear perspective as the dominant tradition in Western Art and the triumph of today’s ubiquitous aerial view. The view from above has become a norm ofContinue reading “Viewpoint – point of view.”

Limited Access.

Notice has been given that Hampshire County Council’s Countryside Access Team is going to ‘repair’ Byway 745. Only walkers and cyclists are allowed to use it until the work has been completed. To allow this to happen it has been closed by a barrier at either end. Over the past month I have witnessed aContinue reading “Limited Access.”

Sarah Sze in Paris.

In these times of pandemic and the accompanying restrictions it seems that any art event is only as good as its website. Faced with the challenge of putting on a show that may have to close to the public at short notice some galleries have been more successful than others in reaching an online audience.Continue reading “Sarah Sze in Paris.”

Drawings, photographs and litter.

Drawing from observation is part of my art practice. This is undertaken in the landscape as well as in the studio. Drawings are made from natural forms and from the found objects that appear in my three dimensional work. I am currently experimenting with ways of reconciling this 2D part of my practice with theContinue reading “Drawings, photographs and litter.”

Cubic Measure

This work is a response to a description of a measure of the Anthropocene, the period since the beginning of the twentieth century during which human activity has triggered irreversible change on Earth, outlined by geologist Jan Zalasiewicz in his lecture ‘Visualising the Anthropocene’. This was delivered as part of the Lovelock 100 conference atContinue reading “Cubic Measure”