#artistsupportpledge campaign

#Repost

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many artists around the world have found themselves without work, teaching, technical support, gallery work, exhibitions and sales have disappeared. In an attempt to help alleviate some of this stress @matthewburrowsstudio has instigated the #artistsupportpledge
The concept is a simple one. You post images of your work to sell for no more than $200 (£200, €200) each (not including shipping.) Anyone can then buy the work. Every time you reach $1000 of sales you pledge to buy another artist's work for $200.

This creates a small but dynamic market where all can contribute whatever their level of success. This is a culture dependent on the honesty and generosity of our artistic communities at every level. So, make a pledge, post your work with the #artistsupportpledge
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Alex's latest new works on paper, recalling studio wip from my adapted kitchen corner

Midpoint VI B, 2020

Midpoint VI C, 2020

#artistsupportpledge £200/ €200 each (unframed) plus P&P

Midpoint VI B, 2020. Watercolour and pastel pencil on paper/ Aquarell und Pastellstift auf Papier 24 x 17cm
part of Choose Art | Give Light to Refugees, the international online exhibition/ auction launching on Monday 8 June 2020. Artwork available for sale via the silent auction. To follow the benefit auction please visit @ngartcreativeresidency @chooselove - SOLD 

Midpoint VI C, 2020. Watercolour and ink on paper/ Aquarell und Tinte auf Papier 24 x 17cm

Midpoint V, 2020. Watercolour and pastel pencil on paper/ / Aquarell und Pastellstift auf Papier  24 x 20cm

Midpoint VI A, 2020. Watercolour and pastel pencil on paper 24 x 17cm

Midpoint VII C, 2020. Watercolour and graphite on paper 24 x 17cm

Midpoint VII D, 2020. Watercolour and pastel pencil on paper 24 x 17cm - SOLD 

Midpoint VI D, 2020. Watercolour, ink and pastel pencil on paper/ Aquarell, Tinte und Pastellstift auf Papier 17 x 17cm. This one exclusively: £175/ €175 (unframed) plus P&P

Midpoint VIII A, 2020. Watercolour, ink, wax and pastel pencil on paper 21.5 x 17cm - SOLD

Please DM if interested - alexroberts975@gmail.com

 

Midpoint VI A, 2020

Midpoint V, 2020

Midpoint VII C, 2020

Midpoint VII D, 2020

   

Midpoint VI D, 2020

Midpoint VIII A, 2020

Bauhaus Summer School August 2020 - courses are live!

Following last year’s success of delivering a drawing course at Bauhaus Summer School, this year Alex would like to share summer 2020’s knowledge.  Alex will be returning to Bauhaus Universität-Weimar to impart a two-week painting course this August.

Free Your Painting! The Bauhaus and Kandinsky inspired course will confront paintings’ agency, palpability, perceptibility, physicality, materiality and reflexivity (02 - 14 August 2020).  

Bauhaus Universität-Weimar speaks for itself, along with BSS’s strength of attracting and hosting a rich international mix of students from Fine Art to Architecture.  There are only fifteen places available and it is competitive, so swift submissions are encouraged.  

·       All Bauhaus Summer School – 2020 courses, 02 – 28 August 2020 are live.  Accessible via the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar website.  Instagram: @bauhaus_summer_school @bauhaus_uni. FB: @bauhaussummerschool

·       January 2020 - students can inform themselves and register for courses.  Registration and applications are open until 1 May 2020.  Early registration is advised.

Weimar August 2020 here we come!

Welcoming 2020!

Studio play, WIP and research plans are finally underway... welcoming 2020! 

WIP Alex Roberts Studio.  Photo credits, Laurin Gutwin & Tudoran Andrei

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#kunst #kunstlerin #malerin #femalepainter #contemporaryart #zeitgenössischeKunst #wip #berlin #europeanpainting #britishartistinberlin #britishartist #berlinkunstlerin
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#painting #transparency #layers #colour #playwithpaint #paintedmarkmaking #immediacyofmarks #encounters #transient #perceivedidentity #humantrace #palpableessence #humantangibility #figurativepainting 
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#curatorialresearch #gesture ...
More to follow... 

KUNST OFFENE - documented insights!

Danke an alte und neue Freunde, unseren offenen Ateliers-Tag unterstutzt haben. KUNST OFFENE in Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Berlin hat spass gemacht. Diese Fotos zeigen einen Einblick.

Thank you to all those that supported and recently visited the Kesselhaus for KUNST OFFENE (our open Ateliers day) in Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Berlin. A fun-filled day was shared and these documented snippets reveal an insight. More works and updates will follow…

For more info about specific paintings or upcoming events please DM Alex
Midpoint Series III & IV 2019 - details. Photo credits: Laurin Gutwin.

 

KUNST: OFFENE Sunday 16 June 2019

Image credit: Alex Roberts studio, in progress.

Midpoint III, 2019 detail - image credit: Laurin Gutwin

Summer is here, atelier doors are open!

Alex is pleased to be showing new works, part of KUNST: OFFENE in Marzahn-Hellersdorf on Sunday 16 June 2019 at the Altes Kesselhaus. The open studios, workshops and galleries day is open 10 - 6 with free entry.

Alex nimmt teil am Tag der offenen Ateliers, Werkstätten und Galerien in Marzahn-Hellersdorf am Sonntag, den 16. Juni 2019, 10 - 18 Uhr - der Eintritt ist frei.

The Kesselhaus is located amid Berlin’s secluded Lichtenberg/ Marzahn-Hellersdorf borders, just off Beilsteiner Str. please see detailed directions. The converted retreat houses a collective of approx. 14+ artists, performers and musicians who are opening their doors to offer an opportunity to see their work, chat and enjoy some ‘al fresco’ downtime. For further info please visit the FB event page

For those interested to see Alex’s new paintings but are unable to attend, please get in touch to arrange an alternative studio visit.

Happy Hour Extended - Open Until 6 July

Thanks to FAD Magazine and Tabish Khan for listing Happy Hour as their TOP 7 MAY exhibitions to visit. The exhibition has been extended until 6 July. Please contact Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery for viewings.

Image credit Alex Roberts, image use courtesy of Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery.

New Lecturer Posts for summer 2019...

Alex is pleased to announce two new roles for summer 2019.

From mid June Alex will be joining the staff at De Montfort University Leicester as a full-time Lecturer in Fine Art. This will accompany her other recently acknowledged, new position as a lecturer at Bauhaus Summer School, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

Both roles will champion the tutoring of Fine Art with a wide outlook and expansively encourage, varying creative outputs.  Bespoke course contributions will focus upon painting and drawing specialisms.

As a collaborative researcher who curates, and an educator, Alex will continue to support Drawing Projects UK and deliver The Drawing Week (2-6th Sept) at Bath School of Art & Design, Bath Spa University as a visiting Artist Tutor.

Life drawing at Edge Arts, University of Bath.  Image credits: Anna Barclay.

However... still sign up while you can!  Two summer intensives at Edge Arts, The University of Bath conclude Alex's six years working as their Artist Tutor.  A handful of spaces are available on Saturdays, 29th June and 6th July.  Drawing/ painting from the life model for three-hour, or all-day sessions are in the offering.  For more info please click here