At the end of last year I was asked to curate a space as part of UCL Art Museum's Vault exhibition. It was a real pleasure working with the fantastic staff there and delving into the archive of work of the Slade School of Fine Art. I focused my cabinet on printmakers and brought together pieces from different decades in the 20th century to think about how mechanical reproduction of art works alongside the changing faces of urban life. In reaction to these pieces from various printmakers, including the master Eduardo Paolozzi, I created my own new piece. Crane #2 is based on a construction site in Bloomsbury, London. It rotates around an axis and is underpinned by abstract shapes which cut into each other. With this piece I attempted to capture a sense of the inevitability of change in the urban environment and how we as citizens and artists, attempt to force order upon this. I used hand-cut stencils for the piece along with the sharp, skeleton like image of the crane and, in doing so, I hope that I have brought into focus the contrast between the order we try to mentally impose on urban life and the reality that gentrification and the economy are the real masters of this space. This was a really satisfying project and I'm glad that the cabinet and my own contribution managed to spark a few thoughts and ideas, and brought together fascinating pieces from the Art Museum collection.
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Tadhg CaffreyI'm an Irish printmaker, living in North London and focusing on urban landscape, construction and abstract geometry. My first name sounds like "tiger" without the last bit.
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