Lewk Wilmshurst

Parallax Art Fair 2011

2011-08-26T14:44:00.000-07:00

Lewk will be showing selected works at the Parallax Art Fair this October.

Destination Two

2011-05-24T13:56:00.000-07:00

A 2 metre by 3 metre Orangutang drawn with light, The Hardy-Weinberg Equation, Buffalo ploughs, Scuba diving dogs, Rodeos, Cowboys, Fighter jets and doves.

Destination Two, the summer show from Oxford Artist Lewk Wilmshurst.

Following the success of the Tourist exhibition, the prize winning artist presents a collection of new work encompassing his focal interest in mans’ relationship with the natural world and its future. Destination Two will also provide a second chance to view work from Tourist.

From box framed primate prints to imbalanced marine assemblages of reef shells and ticking clocks, the exhibition will showcase the next instalment from this up and coming artist.

Revealing a different aspect of the artists practice, Destination Two explores Lewk’s interest in our more cancerous human behaviour, asking how long can nature sustain our equilibrium?

8000 Years // From Axe to iPhone

2011-04-19T02:11:00.000-07:00

8000 Years // From Axe to iPhone

2011-04-19T02:06:00.000-07:00

8000 Years // From Axe to iPhone

2011-04-19T02:01:00.000-07:00

Tourist Postcard

2011-03-15T04:54:00.000-07:00

Postcard and flyer for Lewk's first solo exhibition, 'Tourist.'
Running from the 1st - 14th April 2011 at FREVD Oxford. See poster for details.

Design by GarryEdisonCook

Tourist Exhibition

2011-02-27T16:01:00.000-08:00

Lewk's first solo show, to be held in FREVD Oxford this April.
Poster design by Garry Edison Cook

' Deer Chicago EP ' Sleave Design 11.10

2011-02-22T09:10:00.000-08:00

' Deer Chicago EP ' Sleave Design 11.10

2011-02-22T09:01:00.000-08:00

'Blue Apple' 10.09

2010-11-13T12:21:00.000-08:00

01/39

£150
Contact: lewk_wilmshurst@hotmail.com

'Blue Apple' 10.09

2010-11-13T12:19:00.000-08:00

'Blue Apple' 10.09

2010-11-13T12:17:00.000-08:00

'Blue Apple' 10.09

2010-11-13T12:11:00.000-08:00

‘Blue Apple’

The apples are a tongue in cheek, satirical comment upon the role of marketing and merchandising in the art world. The parody of selling a pretty, but pointless object. Although they are all hand made, they are intended to look uniform and attractive, in a utilitarian, special, but accessible way.

I chose an apple, not only because it was the most utilitarian, benign and available market symbol I could use, it also references the sexy presentation of ‘Macintosh chic’. But the central reason for its use, was its jarring dysfunction.

Cast out of jesmonite, the apple is inedible. Its colour broadcasts this contradiction. Its size to weight ratio, polished surface, electric colour, and slick vacuum package, are designed to stimulate our pre-conditioned checklist for object fetish* desire.

Each apple is individually signed and numbered, originally forming part of a ‘point of sale, shop display’. I priced them, (the garish orange sticker is part of the piece) as if they were an ‘Apple’ accessory, like a case or charger cable: dispensable, disposable and purchasable without thought or consequence.

The piece formed part of a show, titled ‘Shopfloor’ exhibited in Bath 03.03.2009.

*’Fe¢tish n. inanimate object worshipped by primitive peoples for its supposed inherent magical powers or as being inhabited by a spirit; principle etc. irrationally reverenced; (Psych.) abnormal stimulus, or object, of sexual desire; hence ~ISM (3), ~IST (2), ns., ~i¢stIC a. [f. F ¦etiche f. Port. ¦eitico charm, orig. adj. = made by art, f. L ¦actitious FACTITIOUS] ‘ – THE CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY

'Coordinate' 07.10

2010-08-10T04:04:00.001-07:00

'Tourist' Dark // Light 07.10

2010-08-10T03:43:00.000-07:00

Orangutan Routing 07.10

2010-08-10T03:29:00.000-07:00

'Science' 07.10

2010-08-10T03:24:00.001-07:00

'Gutted' 05.10

2010-06-10T11:17:00.000-07:00

'Forever' 03.10

2010-06-10T11:00:00.000-07:00