FARU member 'ramps up' to win national recognition
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Tom Dale, a PhD Fine Art research student at Anglia Ruskin University has recently been awarded the prestigious accolade of Artist of the Week by The Guardian newspaper. Skye Sherwin of The Guardian writes that "Dale's diverse, exuberant works ooze rock'n'roll bravura but show what lies beneath: the destructiveness of roads to nowhere". The exhibition has also featured in a review by Interface.
Originally from Cumbria, Tom, 37, now works in London but continues to conduct extensive research at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge; commending his experience at the university and describing it as "unique", giving him "time, a support structure and testing ground" for his own research.
Much of Tom's work is inspired by his fascination with stuntmen and the grandeur surrounding this profession; an interest in the life of Evel Knievel has stimulated much of the work Tom has produced for his most recent exhibition Memorial Drag Strip at Poppy Sebire Gallery, London, including twisted, oversized and obviously unusable stunt ramps.
Tom has clear visions of what the ramps symbolise and how they reflect political situations and ideologies: "to me the ramp is more about belief. The leap we make when we choose to believe something, or someone, invariably means that we have chosen to ignore other things." Uncertainty and instability, paramount in today's political climate are exuded through Tom's work, "Built for take-off, these sculptures are only really completed when we consider the landing of the ideas they launch, both good and bad."
A key piece in the exhibition is video work called Shot Through. It shows a pristine new drum kit being blown to pieces by a hunting rifle in an otherwise tranquil forest setting, again conveying the idea of uncertainty and potential destructiveness.
This award has brought a new level of attention to this talented artist's work; already leading to the offer of a solo exhibition at the Centre for Contemporary Art in Neuchatel, Switzerland this February.
Tom Dale's current exhibition, Memorial Drag Strip, is at Poppy Sebire Gallery, London, 2 September - 1 October 2011.
Originally from Cumbria, Tom, 37, now works in London but continues to conduct extensive research at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge; commending his experience at the university and describing it as "unique", giving him "time, a support structure and testing ground" for his own research.
Much of Tom's work is inspired by his fascination with stuntmen and the grandeur surrounding this profession; an interest in the life of Evel Knievel has stimulated much of the work Tom has produced for his most recent exhibition Memorial Drag Strip at Poppy Sebire Gallery, London, including twisted, oversized and obviously unusable stunt ramps.
Tom has clear visions of what the ramps symbolise and how they reflect political situations and ideologies: "to me the ramp is more about belief. The leap we make when we choose to believe something, or someone, invariably means that we have chosen to ignore other things." Uncertainty and instability, paramount in today's political climate are exuded through Tom's work, "Built for take-off, these sculptures are only really completed when we consider the landing of the ideas they launch, both good and bad."
A key piece in the exhibition is video work called Shot Through. It shows a pristine new drum kit being blown to pieces by a hunting rifle in an otherwise tranquil forest setting, again conveying the idea of uncertainty and potential destructiveness.
This award has brought a new level of attention to this talented artist's work; already leading to the offer of a solo exhibition at the Centre for Contemporary Art in Neuchatel, Switzerland this February.
Tom Dale's current exhibition, Memorial Drag Strip, is at Poppy Sebire Gallery, London, 2 September - 1 October 2011.
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