Crossflows - Edinburgh

1st - 27th August 2006
12- 6pm daily
EVENTS & WORKSHOPS: see below for details

1D Patriothall
Off Hamilton Place
Stockbridge Edinburgh EH3 5AY

Affiliated with Edinburgh Art Festival 'Crossflows' is the name of a travelling exhibition that brings together several artist printmakers of differing backgrounds, who have studied and experimented over the past decade with traditional Japanese woodblock techniques both in Japan, on scholarships, and elsewhere.

The name 'Crossflows' suggests an interchange and exchange of ideas and techniques from East to West and vice versa.
In 'Crossflows', various artists show in their work, that, rather than strictly using the age-old disciplines to produce traditional imagery, they have incorporated their own personal artistic creativity and cultural origins to produce artwork that can be viewed not only within the boundaries of printwork, but also as contemporary, innovative and conceptually developed statements. At the same time, their works make reference to Japan, the country in which they studied for several years, and have been influenced by in many ways, aesthetically and technically.

'Crossflows' has shown previously in Japan and Thailand. In Japan it showed in Kyoto as part of the Japan Print Year 2004, and featured five artists from India, Scotland, Australia, Ireland and England. In Thailand, the exhibition was held in Bangkok with six artists, this time including artists from Thailand.

PARTICIPANT ARTISTS:
Moya Bligh (Ireland)
(Resident in Japan, MFA from Tama Art University, Tokyo)
Wayne Crothers (Australia)
(Resident in Japan, MFA from Tama Art University, Tokyo)
Paul Furneaux (Scotland)
(Resident in Scotland, MFA from Tama Art University, Tokyo)
Vimonmarn Khanthachavana (Thailand)
(Resident in Thailand, MFA from Tokyo National University of Art and Music, Tokyo)
Ralph Kiggell (England)
(Resident in Thailand, MFA from Tama Art University, Tokyo)
Keiko Nakamura (Japan)
(Resident in Japan, MFA from Tama Art University, Tokyo)
Nipan Oranniwesna (Thailand)
(Resident in Thailand, MFA from Tokyo National University of Art and Music, Tokyo)

Wayne Crothers
Extract from the Repository of Forgotten Sensations Installation ,
2004, woodblock, waterbased pigment, mulberry fiber paper, 180x90

P A T R I O T H A L L G A L L E R Y
ARTIST-LED GALLERY/PROJECT SPACE

Patriothall Gallery is an artist-led initiative in the heart of Edinburgh, which aims to provide professional exhibition opportunities for artists.
Patriothall Gallery is on the ground floor of the former Co-op bakery building which Workshop and Artists Studio Provision Scotland (WASPS) converted into a studio complex in 1988.

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