Things have been busy and there is allot going on! At the beginning of the year I was accepted for a studio space and a six month long program named ‘Brood’ with Irnbbratz Studios in Glasgow, it is with five other artists and will include mentoring artists looking into applying for art school, workshops and will include a group show of the six of us at the Glasgow Art Club come June. http://www.ironbbratz.co.uk/ironbbratz/

 Also my work is now being showcased on the massive Internationale art and culture blog Lost At E Minor, if your a member of Facebook then please ‘Like’ it and if your a member of twitter then please tweet away! http://www.lostateminor.com/2012/01/28/photography-by-jeff-edwards/

 I have also written several small reviews of artists which can be viewed throughout the Lost At E Minor site.

 And lastly I have new accounts with Behance at http://www.behance.net/JeffEdwards

as well Ideas Tap at  http://www.ideastap.com/people/e72ffb0c-0451-4536-92b6-9fe400f91e09

Feel free to like and follow and I will do the same!

Work by Jeff Edwards on display at The Arches, Glasgow Scotland. On display November 8th – December 3rd 2011.

… Into the light ….. Out from the light …..  is a two person show and the other artist is Simone Kubik, bellow is an example of her work. Or you can see more by going to her website http://www.simonekubik.com/

‘…Into The Light…Out From The Light…’

The Arches presents the work of two recently graduated photographers from Glasgow School of Art- Jeff Edwards and Simone Kubik. This exhibition is a juxtapose between their practices. As a result of this comparison certain long-standing, fundamental ideas of art are examined. Both the depiction of the human form and the values of light and darkness are at the core of this scrutiny. A huge host of comments concerning light, colour, shape and texture can join and separate their works. From Edwards’ partial, close up views and destructed surfaces swallowed up by darkness to Kubik’s studio-like full frontal, arresting poses flooded with stark lighting and smooth finish. And just as choice was presented to the artist’s in how to depict the body choice in our understanding and appreciating of the work is presented to us. Both artist and audience have before them countless, boundless directions and they will behave similarly- just as one goes one way the other goes the other.

Taking place at The Arches, Glasgow http://www.thearches.co.uk/arts.

A two person show with myself

and Simone Kubik http://www.simonekubik.com/

From November 9th – December 5th
Private viewing Nov 8th 6 – 8pm

I have 2 shows this month!

First is a group show, “The Best of Degree Show” taking place at the Six Foot Gallery in Glasgow

Opening is Thursday the 7th of July
http://www.sixfootgallery.com/

Second is a solo show of my work sponsored by 2020art! Taking place at The Old Ambulance Depot in Edinburgh

The opening is Thursday the 21st of July

http://www.2020art.com/page/1/upcoming-events

http://www.theoldambulancedepot.co.uk/?page_id=6

Three additions to the Ink, Burn, Stitch Series mounted on aluminium

These were created with 4×5 color negatives, printing then burning in the black line. Large scale concept of how I edit work in my sketch book

These were created by melting / burning x rays and then color contact printing them.

What colour is skin, is it what we see or is it what we think. Colours change depending on light. Different qualities and sources of light will result in different skin tones. So what really is our natural skin tone?

Within my practice I am unaware of ‘sub text’ or ‘concept’ until the work is done, as for me It is all done subconsciously, I work in a tactile and intuitive way. My primary focus as a photographer is purely visual, where image supersedes any pre-contextualized meaning that has its basis in language: Formalism over conceptualism.

Negating the idea and concept of the perfect negative and perfect print, tactility and physically altering the image in a way which works with it rather than simply to it.

What is skin? Is it flesh, metal, paper, celluloid? I like to see the plain of a photograph as skin, just one layer of the greater whole.

This is the second and final piece for my “One Every Second” work. It was created by taking 300 images and just as the title states they were taken one every second. Each print was then printed out and individually inked by hand then scanned and put back into sequence.

The Final print is 7ft x 3 1/2ft