David Cheeseman: Drawn Breath
Working mainly with sculpture, installation and photography David Cheeseman鈥檚 practice was informed by specific links and analogies. He was profoundly interested in process to analyse and construct a visual proposition.
Materiality was as important as image; his fascination with the methodologies and philosophies of science and magic culminated in works that are conceptually complex and visually rich.
David Cheeseman died of cancer in September 2018. He worked on new pieces right up to the end of his life and in the summer of last year we had cheerfully talked about and planned a second solo-show at Tintype. Drawn Breath is not that show but it is an appropriate way to honour his work, introduce it to new audiences and offer a considered look at the practice of a remarkable artist.
The work we are showing touches on the concept of dark matter, physics, Duchamp鈥檚 pipe, astronauts, and the moon. It has been completed by David Cheeseman鈥檚 partner and long-term collaborator, the artist Mhairi Vari.
David Cheeseman鈥檚 work is currently featured in the Coventry Contemporary Art Biennale, and Domobaal Gallery in London will be showing one of his more astonishing glass pieces Once ever After: Thrice Removed from 15 November until 14 December.
鈥淐heeseman鈥檚 work makes visible fleeting visions and stabilises them in sculptural forms and installations. He captures the nebulous giving it presence, whilst still managing to retain a lightness, developed through carefully considered material handling. Cheeseman鈥檚 conjuring of auratic artworks, makes us feel as if we were seeing something that should not exist in the world. It is this facility expressed through his work which makes his oeuvre so compelling and of great interest to contemporary sculptural and arts practice today.鈥� -Mona Casey, Artist & Curator
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Working mainly with sculpture, installation and photography David Cheeseman鈥檚 practice was informed by specific links and analogies. He was profoundly interested in process to analyse and construct a visual proposition.
Materiality was as important as image; his fascination with the methodologies and philosophies of science and magic culminated in works that are conceptually complex and visually rich.
David Cheeseman died of cancer in September 2018. He worked on new pieces right up to the end of his life and in the summer of last year we had cheerfully talked about and planned a second solo-show at Tintype. Drawn Breath is not that show but it is an appropriate way to honour his work, introduce it to new audiences and offer a considered look at the practice of a remarkable artist.
The work we are showing touches on the concept of dark matter, physics, Duchamp鈥檚 pipe, astronauts, and the moon. It has been completed by David Cheeseman鈥檚 partner and long-term collaborator, the artist Mhairi Vari.
David Cheeseman鈥檚 work is currently featured in the Coventry Contemporary Art Biennale, and Domobaal Gallery in London will be showing one of his more astonishing glass pieces Once ever After: Thrice Removed from 15 November until 14 December.
鈥淐heeseman鈥檚 work makes visible fleeting visions and stabilises them in sculptural forms and installations. He captures the nebulous giving it presence, whilst still managing to retain a lightness, developed through carefully considered material handling. Cheeseman鈥檚 conjuring of auratic artworks, makes us feel as if we were seeing something that should not exist in the world. It is this facility expressed through his work which makes his oeuvre so compelling and of great interest to contemporary sculptural and arts practice today.鈥� -Mona Casey, Artist & Curator
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An exhibition of the late David Cheeseman鈥檚 work; to honour his work, introduce it to new audiences and offer a considered look at the practice of a remarkable artist.
