Sci-lence of Man
5 March – 27 April 2012

Private View 8th March, 6.00pm – 7.30pm. All Welcome

The concept for Sci-lence of Man, including its physical construction was developed and created by the three artists Lee, Richard and David. The piece is an installation that invites the gallery goer to be part of the artwork itself, to interact and enter into the world that has been created. The theme is distinctly masculine, but not misogynistic. In fact, it is quite the opposite, being more suggestive or condemning than prescriptive.

Sci-lence of Man came about through a project offered to the graduate artist Lee Gascoyne as part of the MADE FRESH series of exhibitions initiated by University Campus Barnsley. Lee was invited to create, develop and lead an exhibition in collaboration with undergraduates at UCB as well as existing practitioners. During the developmental stages those invited and able to be part of the project were Richard Turner and David Jarvis. As an extension of this collaboration, an alliance with the curator of the Hive Gallery and DMC was needed in order to bring the exhibition to fruition.

Artist Information

Lee Gascoyne graduated with a first class honors degree in Interdisciplinary Art & Design from University Campus Barnsley in 2011 and was awarded the Chancellor’s Prize for outstanding achievement. Lee is currently working on a private painting commission as well as preparing for an exhibition in Sheffield of paintings and sculptures at Heartbeat Art.

http://leegascoyne.blogspot.com/

Richard Turner, Art Technician at the University Campus Barnsley, graduated in 2003 with a BA (Hons) degree in Combined Studies (Art & Design). He has completed many private commissions for clients including Kirklees Council and the University of Sheffield.

David Jarvis is currently in the third year of an Interdisciplinary Art and Design degree at University Campus Barnsley. He has painted since the age of eleven and see’s painting as his primary focus. David has collaborated on several occasions creating works for local art groups, seeing this as an important part in the development of his own practice.

http://davidstevenjarviszero.blogspot.com/

The Art of the Gig Poster
31st October – 25th November

‘This is a gig poster’ is a new exhibition at d-space gallery, Barnsley. The exhibition is celebrates the growing popularity of ‘limited edition gig poster’.  It brings together seven poster designers from England and Scotland. The exhibition runs until 25th November and the gallery is open Mon-Fri 10.00-4.00pm.

The exhibition is on loan from West Yorkshire Print Workshop. The idea for the exhibition came from WYPW technician and course organiser Kate Desforges. She noticed a growing number of gig poster artists using the screen printing facilities at WYPW to make their art. The posters were showing at UK poster events such as Poster Roast and international festivals such as Germany’s Flatstock. She said ‘ It seemed a shame that we could not show off their talent in the place where the posters were made’.

The posters are in very small editions and are hand screen printed in up to six colours yet they sell for prices between £12 and £60 making them an excellent way to start collecting art. Over 20 are on display at the gallery and show a diverse range of styles.

Artists

ArmyofCats – Leeds
Ferres Design – Leeds
Handcooked Posters – Stirling
Nick Rhodes – Preston
Telegramme Studio – London
twoducksdisco – Manchester/Leeds
WeThreeClub – Cambridge

If your inspired to want to screenprint your own posters, please contact West Yorkshire Print Workshop. Visit www.wypw.org

d-space eBoy exhibition featured in GRAFIK

The superb GRAFIK Magazine covered our eBoy exhibition this month. Please read feature by clicking here.

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d-space eBoy featured in Computer Arts Magazine

eBoy are much in demand this month they have an excellent interview in Computer Arts Magazine. Read full article here and appreciate their pixel skills

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d-space is very proud to present an exhibition by pioneering ‘pixel-art’ and ‘vector-art’ exponents eBoy. Featured in the exhibition are eBoy’s famous pixelated cityscape series of posters featuring giant gorillas and sumo wrestler balloons, rampaging robots, girls, guns and rooftop tennis.

eBoy is a German based pixel art group founded in 1997 by Kai Vermehr, Steffen Sauerteig and Svend Smital. They have been commissioned by the likes of MTV, VH-1, Adidas, Nike, Honda, DaimlerChrysler, Paul Smith, Levis, Coca Cola, Kellogg’s, and many publications including Wired, The New York Times and The Face.

eBoy’s work has been seminal in influencing a generation of creative designers and artists by always remaining on the cutting edge. They manipulate, stretch and twist the limited possibilities of the most basic computer tools to produce works of enormous detail, thought, originality and humor.

The cityscape series of posters is very complex and makes intense use of popular culture and commercial icons. “If we don’t work on other projects at the same time it takes about six to eight weeks to finish a very detailed cityscape, three eBoys working on it, nearly full time. But, if we have to do it in our spare time, which happens often, it could take years to finish a picture since we can’t spend so much time on it.”

Their unique style has gained them a cult following among graphic designers worldwide, as well as a long list of commercial clients. Their latest projects include plastic Peecol toys with Kidrobot, and soon a new line of wooden toys are to be produced under their own label.

Tokyo

New York

London

LA

Venice

Images from eBoy preview evening. Images by Timm Cleasby

The MADE BARNSLEY project explores new ways of curating, exhibiting and selling contemporary art and design produced by the people and businesses of Barnsley.

MADE BARNSLEY is a new initiative to showcase, promote and support the best in contemporary creative talent from Barnsley. MADE BARNSLEY is an exhibition at the new d-space gallery at the Digital Media Centre in Barnsley. The exhibition runs until June 17th and showcases different disciplines such as Fashion, Film, Design & Contemporary Craft from Barnsley. The exhibition provides a glimpse of the wealth of creative talent available locally. There is also a website www.madebarnsley.co.uk showing and selling a wider selection of local work.
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February 9th – March 18th

John Green is an emerging designer poised to become a future leader in his chosen field of product and furniture design. In the two years since graduation from York St John University, he has realised production of a selection of his own designs using local materials and manufacturers and worked with market leaders to develop and produce new pieces for the retail sector.

Benefitting from the innovative incubator programme DesignWORKS in York and a loan from The Prince’s Trust, Green established his own studio and began commercialising his existing designs and developing new ideas. He works closely with York based interiors retailer snowhome and UK and international manufacturers. His work has explored the impact of wasted materials from the design process by recycling offcuts into original works such as clock and hanger. His PANTONE® Wallstore is now licensed to Italian company SELETTI for manufacture and distribution and other products are sold through retailers such as online favourites Pedlars.

Green has shown twice at 100% Futures part of 100% Design, the London based design trade expo. On each occasion he has successfully signed royalty agreements, had products taken on by new companies and secured new commissions. In the world of design, exposure to the right supply chains and marketplaces is key and Green’s ongoing commitment to getting his work under the noses of buyers is helping to perpetuate his success.

This timeline focused exhibition of his work showcases his achievements to date and gives inspiration to other young designers trying to make their own mark.

To help raise funds for the future programming of d-space we have launched an online shop. The shop will sell posters and graphic merchandise related to our exhibitions. We are pleased to stock the CITYSCAPE posters from eBoy. Take a look, click here

LAUNCH D-SPACE GALLERY

It was a great honour to welcome Corin Mellor to officially open d-space gallery. Corin spoke about the need to use innovation in todays business and culture. Born in Sheffield in 1966. Corin Mellor trained as a product designer at Kingston and worked for the London architects YRM before joining his father, David Mellor. He is now Creative Director of David Mellor Design. View more information about Corin.

Corin Mellor has carried out a number of special design commissions. His public seating can be seen at the Lowry Gallery in Salford Quays, the Millennium Galleries and Winter Garden, Sheffield. He has recently worked on new projects for Sheffield Cathedral and Chatsworth House.

At David Mellor Design Corin is responsible for special product development within the company. In 2007 he introduced new ranges of kitchen knives, table glass and woodware. Corin designed the interior of the new David Mellor Design Museum and Café at Hathersage.

He is married to the photographer Helen Mellor and divides his time between the factory and design office in Derbyshire and the London shop, David Mellor Sloane Square.

David Mellor Design
The Round Building
Hathersage
Sheffield
S32 1BA
Telephone:
01433 650220
www.davidmellordesign.co.uk

d-space is a contemporary gallery within Barnsley’s Digital Media Centre dedicated to showcasing digital innovation through the work of emerging and established regional, national and international contemporary artists, designers and makers. A programme of exhibitions and events provides a platform for new ideas, collaboration, knowledge transfer, and networking.

d-space gallery
Digital Media Centre
County Way
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S70 2JW

Opening Hours
10.00am – 4.00pm Mon-Fri
info@d-space.co.uk

d-space is programmed by Culture North for further programme information contact: info@culturenorth.org or visit www.culturenorth.org

DIGITAL MEDIA CENTRE
The home of d-space gallery

The Digital Media Centre is a vibrant, affordable office and meeting environment designed to support the success and development of creative, media and digital businesses. Whether you are just starting up or are looking to grow, your business can benefit from our high quality office and meeting facilities, targeted business support and community of like-minded people.

The DMC has a range of offices available on all-inclusive terms with just one month’s notice period. If you are not quite ready for your own office, we also provide hot-desking options in a lively open plan environment or a choice of virtual office packages. The centre also has a range of well-equipped conference and meeting facilities. For more information about the DMC please visit www.barnsleydmc.co.uk, or call 01226 720 700