{"id":19433,"date":"2021-01-17T18:56:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T18:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/?p=19433"},"modified":"2021-01-17T18:58:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T18:58:04","slug":"some-strange-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/some-strange-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Strange Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcoming in a new year is often a time of mixed emotions, and 2021 is particularly exemplary. Perhaps you\u2019ve shirked resolutions this year, except for making sure to take some daily outdoor exercise.. With the winter air getting sharper and the sky a cooler tone of grey, the season seems to be the best sundial of change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, why not start the new year by turning to something really new\u2026 like art? As famed cartoonist Bill Watterson once said, a new year is like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on! With art there\u2019s always something renewing and creative to tap into, allowing one to draw on fresh reserves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The works below have been picked for their vitality, colour, and strongly abstract elements which put the world into an entirely new light. They\u2019re often puzzling \u2013 as Madeline Rolt\u2019s charming, wonderland-esque sculpture \u201cThe Vestibular Sweethearts\u2019 (2020) shows. Iain Andrews\u2019s \u201cWitches Nest\u201d (2012) similarly works up a rollicking mythological scene, with figurative and craquelure details reminiscent of Early Netherlandish painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geometrical abstracts are also there to lose yourself in \u2013 Lewis Deeney and Lindsay Mapes experiment with doing and undoing their paintings, whilst Toni Harrower and Olga Bezhina have played with three-dimensional textures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In each case, there\u2019s some strange magic happening in these pieces which we hope will make your 2021 bright and propitious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Masters Wine\u00a0
By\u00a0Emma-Louise Grady<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Vestibular Sweethearts\u00a0
By\u00a0Madeline Rolt<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Palm [moment]\u00a0
By\u00a0Glib Franko<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Sanctuary (framed)\u00a0
By\u00a0Toni Cogdell<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Heart\u00a0
By\u00a0Jo Hummel<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flying\u00a0
By\u00a0Rosemary Burn<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Hoodoos\u00a0
By\u00a0Gabrielle J Moore<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Following Bruegel\u00a0
By\u00a0Ana Asavei Pietraru<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Witches’ Nest\u00a0
By\u00a0Iain Andrews<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Our Pattern, Your Interpretation
By\u00a0Lewis Deeney<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Purple Pinch\u00a0
By\u00a0Georgia Dymock<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Clashing memories\u00a0
By\u00a0Toni Harrower<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From Series: “July 3, 1971, 17…
By\u00a0Naomi McClure<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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After John Hoyland-6 days in September
By\u00a0Toni Harrower<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Confusion\u00a0
By\u00a0Lindsay Mapes<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Moss Slither\u00a0
By\u00a0Orlanda Broom<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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House in the Trees\u00a0
By\u00a0Nina Stallwood<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Asters\u00a0
By\u00a0Olga Bezhina<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Motion of the Land (After Turner)
By\u00a0Jan Valik<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Language code\u00a0
By\u00a0Iryna Kitaieva<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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