Author: Ingrid Barber
Acid Drop Copse final works
“My personal tribute to Sydney Hurst is a small casket, which distills all the information I managed to amass from the fragments of his short life. Photos of his own relatives and his male descendants, Peter, William, Dan and Boris who only knew him from two surviving photos. A map shows the exact location… Continue reading Acid Drop Copse final works
Acid Drop Copse final work
Ingrid Barber “The Front 1” Wax soldiers, oil, window 50 x 20
Finished works for Acid Drop Copse “The Somme”
A World War One boot embedded in wax crops entitled “Legitimised Contempt for Individual Life” is an expression of my personal response to the raw horror of the battlefield. A solitary body part and name tag lie alone in a burnt field, since destroyed by the ravages of war, echoing the beauty of what is no… Continue reading Finished works for Acid Drop Copse “The Somme”
Acid Drop Copse
A day of wax pouring preparing for Acid Drop Copse “Somme” exhibition
Busy days in the studio preparing for Acid Drop Copse exhibition for the Somme in June
New Project : Commemoration of the Battle of the Somme for July 2016
A summer of silence and research. Now the work begins for a group exhibition at Honeywood from 22nd June until 31st July 2016. Honeywood Museum www.friendsofhoneywood.co.uk/ Commemoration : from the verb commemorare, ‘bring to remembrance’
The Somme: “Sitting Target” (90 x 90cm collage on board, set in resin)
Minden, Germany and Sutton: twin town art exhibition photos
Jeremy Clark, Sculptor, and myself presented with certificates for participation in the “Die Bildner “exhibition, signed by the mayor, no less! The Vintage collection Jeremy Clark sculptures Town festival with lots of beer and sausages and “Major Healy” playing sounds of the seventies, surreal fun. Eva Kutschera, twin town exhibition organiser, opens the show… Continue reading Minden, Germany and Sutton: twin town art exhibition photos