A vase of flowers handpicked from the Garden Pentaptych.
… Flowers from the Garden
Author: Duke Mitchell
Artist, Technician & Curator based in South West England
Garden Pentaptych
Formerly the 1.7x5m painting which provided the background for the photographic portraits of academicians made during the Court Painter Residency at the Royal West of England Academy of Art.
… Garden Pentaptych
Water Ain’t Blue, But It Wants To (Tagged)
A painting about migration, ‘tagging’, eyes in portraits that follow you and birds following magnetic fields.
… Water Ain’t Blue, But It Wants To (Tagged)
Shield
Medieval style shield featuring a lion, red flower, lemon tree and a fox.
… ShieldYou want to be what you see
Quincy Jones
Movie Tabloid Collages
A collage series that elevates the ‘researcher’ to occupy the same level of visual space as the ‘celebrity’.
… Movie Tabloid Collages
Land of Plenty
Reappropriated ‘Fromaiges et Vignobles’ (Cheeses & Wines) antique-style Daniel-Louis Derveaux map of France (1963) showing the wine regions and important cheese-makers of France. Oil, house paint and wine on map.
… Land of Plenty
New York
Street photographs shot on 35mm film in New York, USA.
… New York
Levade
Mixed media painting comprising of materials salvaged from around Bristol Temple Meads.
… Levade
Paris
Street photographs shot on 35mm black and white film in Paris, France.
… Paris
Nichols
Reappropriating the symbols of the manufacturing economy to reflect ‘the personal’.
… Nichols
King Tino
Reworked King of Hearts playing card.
… King Tino
Screen Book Tabloid Poster
Reappropriated page from the Screen Book Tabloid reimagined as a poster.
… Screen Book Tabloid Poster
Curating Research Seminar
Whilst academic texts, like books, papers and journals, do a good job of being a mothership or bible to underpin research, they do a bad job of catching ones eye, seducing a consumer or getting information efficiently in to the public consciousness. They are but one thing on a huge spectrum of potential research outputs.
… Curating Research Seminar
Court Painter Residency
A series of large-format photographic portraits made during a week-long residency at the Royal West of England Academy or Art.
… Court Painter Residency
Dinner for Five Glitches
Dinner for Five (2001-2008) was a talk show set in various Hollywood restaurants in which actors, directors and musicians would dine and chat.
… Dinner for Five Glitches
Single Editions
Ongoing series of medium-format film photographs with their roots in portrait painting.
… Single Editions
Michael Pennie Films
Two short films made in conversation with curator Fiona Cassidy and sculptor Prof. Michael Pennie.
… Michael Pennie Films
Venice
Street photographs shot on 35mm black and white film in Venice, Italy.
… Venice
Living Legacies
A touring exhibition of large-format photographic portraits, commissioned by LinkAge.
… Living Legacies