In An Abstract Way - Photography by Colin Serjent
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New photographs by Colin Serjent
A series of new photographs, taken during summer 2009, have been added to this website. To view them access the 'Photography' section and click on 'New Work'.
Serjent in Postcard exhibition
Along with over sixty other visual artists, including Rolf Harris!, I
am exhibiting at the 'Pre-paid 2009' exhibition, taking place at the Cornerstone
Gallery, based in the Liverpool Hope University campus in Everton.
Following the success of last year's event they are staging another exhibition
and blind auction of small donated artworks on postcard by artists from
Liverpool and beyond. Once again the proceeds will be donated to The Artists'
Benevolent Institution.
The works can be viewed at www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstonegallery/postcards2009
until 4pm on Wednesday 9 December.
On that date the gallery opens with refreshments and a blind auction,
hosted by Paul O'Keefe, starting at 6-30pm, which will provide visitors
the opportunity for them to bid for those works they are interested in.
Can you work out which is my image?
My photographs at Liverpool 08 Place
Three artists from Red Dot exhibited their work during the summer of 2009 at the 08 Place,
Liverpool's Visitor Information Centre.
The show included nature-based and urban-based abstract photography by Colin Serjent,
acrylic paintings by Jane Fairhurst and abstract expressionist photography by Jon Nash.
My first solo show of my abstract work
I
staged an exhibition of my abstract photography at the Unity Theatre in
Liverpool during February 2009.
I previously had an exhibition of my music-themed photography staged at
the Unity several years ago.
Involved in group show at Liverpool Contemporary Urban Centre
My photography work was featured in a Red Dot group show, titled 'Migration',
at the Contemporary Urban Centre in Liverpool, which ran from December
2008 to January 2009.
I exhibited four new abstract works.
Art-related Recycling Week
I ran a Recycling Week on behalf of Liverpool-based artist collective
Red Dot during Septmember 2008. It was the first-ever Recycling Week to
be staged in Liverpool.
A high profile launch of it took place at St Luke's Church, known locally
as the bombed out church (it was hit by an incendiary device in 1941),
in Liverpool city centre on Friday 19 September.
Liverpool-based Urban Strawberry Lunch ran a workshop, in which participants
created musical instruments from waste materials and found objects.
Red Dot then ran further art-related recycling workshops at the Liverpool
Centre for Arts Development (LCAD) from 22-26 September.
There was also a field trip duriing the week to Gaskell'e recycling centre
in Bootle.
Hearts And Minds - New work on show
A number of my new abstract-oriented photographs were exhibited for the
first time during a new Red Dot show - I am a director of the Liverpool-based
artist collective - held at the Liverpool Academy of Arts. The Academy,
which is based in a former paint factory, is located in Seel Street in
Liverpool city centre.
Titled 'Hearts And Minds', the exhibition featured work by over twenty
of its artists, and included photography, paintings - mainly abstract
-mixed media work and installations.
Hearts And Minds ran from 7th May until 23rd May 2008.
Link up with Arab artists
As well as other members of Liverpool-based artist collective Red Dot (www.red-dotexhibitions.co.uk), I took part in an exhibition at the International Gallery in Slater Street, along with a number of Arab artists, from various Arabian countries, who visited Liverpool in July. They are took part in an Arab contemporary art event, titled PAX (Planet Art Exchange) that was held in the city.
