Kirsty Harris - Art

RCA SECRET 2011

2011-10-25T01:32:00.000-07:00

Silhouette 2011

2011-10-25T01:25:00.000-07:00

Gouache on hand-cut paper 2011.

Commissions considered.

Orangutastic

2011-10-14T12:52:00.002-07:00

The Tapirs are taking over.....

2011-10-12T09:02:00.000-07:00

Printing, printing, printing for our show that opens this Sunday 16th October at Indo, see below for full details. Early bird print prices start at £13 and rise incrementally.
Come take a peek!

Exhibition of new Screen Prints

2011-10-10T17:55:00.001-07:00

RCA SECRET 2010

2010-12-16T01:22:00.000-08:00

I have 2 postcards in the Royal college of Art's Secret postcard exhibition 2010.
Sale starts 20th November so get registered.
Other artists/designers include Grayson Perry, Damien Hirst, Yoko Ono, Tracey Emin, Mike Leigh, Mary Quant & Paul Smith.

Things exhibition at the Wellcome Collection

2010-10-12T12:34:00.000-07:00

My painting is under January 13th.

SpeedArting

2010-09-10T17:37:00.000-07:00

SPEEDARTING WEDNESDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER

Pa

2010-06-10T02:19:00.001-07:00

Gouache on cut paper, 2010.
Silhouette commissions considered.

2010-03-24T16:39:00.000-07:00

Angela
Gouache on hand-cut paper
2010
Silhouette commissions considered.

SIDESHOW EXHIBITION

2009-10-30T02:48:00.000-07:00

"Robin Hood - The Siamese Twin Monkey" Giclee Print - 24" x 30" £130 Unframed

SIDESHOW EXHIBITION

2009-10-30T02:46:00.000-07:00

"The World Famous Painting Langoustine" Giclee Print - 24" x 30" £130 Unframed

gARTdening Private View Aug 2009

2009-10-17T03:06:00.001-07:00

2009-08-15T08:41:00.000-07:00

gARTdening - New work from Kirsty Harris
Tuesday 18th August 2009 5-9pm
Please contact me for the address of the exhibition.

Over the summer the garden became Kirsty's second studio. The pull of the outdoors was too much to bear and sitting down at a desk to work became a less frequent scenario. There was nothing to do but embrace the situation and she began experimenting with text pieces in the space.
A poem lurks in the undergrowth and many cress works have come and gone as she literally ate her words.
The piece specifically made for this evening, from approx 10,230 seeds, will not last. Before Friday it will outgrow its form and be rendered unreadable - transformed back into food. The passing of time can be a threatening concept for most of us, yet for a gardener it reaps rewards. For the artist it provides a temporary platform through which she can exhibit.
Harris hopes to expand the work into a more public arena. The flats and forest nearby provide rich pickings for sites and she revels in the thought of a dog walker's random discovery.

The answer to the question written in soil is, at once, the most simple and the most inconceivably complicated. Regailling different responses - the notions of parallel universes or many-worlds can be dismissed as simply absurd but, the "what if" scenario delightfully tortures us all.

There is only a certain amount of control she can exert over the success of her work in the garden. Patience and a healthy friendship with frustration are critical. A mischievous squirrel completely destroyed some of her pieces, literally rolling around on them before devouring one of the sunflower faces.
A profound fear of failure has often shadowed Kirsty in the past and so the practicalities of actualising this work help to confront it head on. There are many ways in which the piece could fail; not enough sunshine, too much heavy rain/wind, hungry blackbirds or a infuriatingly curious fox.
The success of the piece is at the mercy of mother nature. Can they work together?

Of course, in one parallel universe it came out perfectly.

Further reading etc;
Flatland - A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott.
The Universe in a Nutshell - Stephen Hawking.
Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll.
Einstein's Dreams - Alan Lightman.
Licey's Story - Stephen King.
The Time Machine - H. G. Wells.
The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams.
Donnie Darko - Richard Kelly & related text - The Philosophy of time travel and Donnie Darko.

Recommended Wikipedia searches;
"many-worlds interpretation"
"quantum suicide and immortality"
"Schrödinger's cat"
"objective reality"
"Copenhagen interpretation"

http://www.kirstyharris.blogspot.com for images of other works. Contact - kirstyharris4@hotmail.com 07990688957

2009-07-07T13:36:00.000-07:00

2009-07-07T13:26:00.000-07:00

Parallel Universe
May 2009

2009-07-07T13:23:00.000-07:00

New work - gARTdening

"Welcome"
Cress, soil, water and sunshine
July 2009

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD DRAWINGS

2009-03-01T15:33:00.001-08:00

ALTERNATIVE LIFE DRAWINGS (20 mins each)

2009-03-01T15:13:00.001-08:00

"Middlesex" & "Curtain"

BROILER - OIL ON CANVAS 2008

2009-03-01T13:32:00.000-08:00

THE POET - PENCIL ON PAPER 2009

2009-03-01T13:31:00.000-08:00

YES HAT YES BOOTS YES JOB - ENAMEL ON ALUMINIUM

2009-03-01T13:24:00.000-08:00

SILHOUETTES - GOUACHE ON CUT PAPER

2009-03-01T13:22:00.000-08:00

PENROSE TRIANGLE - MAGIC & CARDBOARD

2009-03-01T13:20:00.000-08:00

HUMANE - FELT, VELVET & MIXED MEDIA

2009-03-01T13:17:00.000-08:00

PEACE PILE - CHARCOAL FROM THE FIRE ON WOOD FOR THE FIRE - BRITTANY

2009-03-01T13:15:00.000-08:00

THE DEVIL'S LAUGHTER - MIXED MEDIA

2009-03-01T13:14:00.000-08:00

Don't read it, it's gash.

BREAKFAST - OIL PAINT AND MIXED MEDIA

2009-03-01T13:12:00.000-08:00

ARTICULATIONS - PENCIL & GOUACHE ON PAPER

2009-03-01T13:11:00.000-08:00

MINIATURE OIL PAINTINGS 2004-2007

2009-03-01T13:06:00.000-08:00

Each measure 2.5 x 3.5"

ARTHUR - OIL ON BOARD 2008

2009-03-01T12:57:00.000-08:00

RECORD COVER DESIGNS

2009-03-01T12:42:00.006-08:00

DEATH BY INSTRUMENTS 2007

2009-03-01T12:19:00.000-08:00