"Magmatism is a fusion of the expressive and conceptual processes"
Founded by Annie Zamero in 2011, the group's name was inspired by the idea that the hot fluid within the earth's crust - magma - is analogous to the internal heat and flow of the creative process. Also the formation of magma by the intense pressure of geological forces may be compared to the pressures and forces exerted on each of us in our daily lives. These pressures shape the creative process.
The aims of the group are to provide an alternative gauge for contemporary expressive art and a showcase and international network for artists whose work fuses expressive and conceptual qualities.
As Annie Zamero says, "We embrace concepts in our work but don't leave solely them in the realm of the intellect. We want to make concepts visual in a highly expressive way."
The group consists of 14 artists and their work ranges between the figurative and abstract; it is international and includes members who have shown at the Venice Biennale. Countries represented are:- China, France, Germany, Cyprus, Spain, UK and USA.
Founded by Annie Zamero in 2011, the group's name was inspired by the idea that the hot fluid within the earth's crust - magma - is analogous to the internal heat and flow of the creative process. Also the formation of magma by the intense pressure of geological forces may be compared to the pressures and forces exerted on each of us in our daily lives. These pressures shape the creative process.
The aims of the group are to provide an alternative gauge for contemporary expressive art and a showcase and international network for artists whose work fuses expressive and conceptual qualities.
As Annie Zamero says, "We embrace concepts in our work but don't leave solely them in the realm of the intellect. We want to make concepts visual in a highly expressive way."
The group consists of 14 artists and their work ranges between the figurative and abstract; it is international and includes members who have shown at the Venice Biennale. Countries represented are:- China, France, Germany, Cyprus, Spain, UK and USA.
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ANNIE ZAMERO
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ROBERT MELDRUM
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LAURENCE VERDUCI
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KATERINA STAVROU
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SHIROMA RATNE
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ZACHARY PEIRCE
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MOICH ABRAHAMS
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LE GUO
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GILLIAN DRINKWATER
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DOLORES SANCHEZ CALVO
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COURTNEY ADAMS
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ELI ACHESON
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MORE ABOUT THE ARTISTS
The artists' works can be considered under four main categories:
Energy - Conflict and Politics - Processes - Style.
ENERGY
Dagmar Dost-Nolden's work involves streaming universal flows of energy, which are ever changing. For her, ideas and emotions are not divisible - they are one. The work involves a fusion of knowledge and intuition.
Gillian Drinkwater's stone carvings are about a combination of energy and resistance. She uses energy from the stone, fused with her own energy. The stone she selects has layers of time and history fused into it by extreme natural forces.
Shiroma Ratne's work explores rhythmic energy and the language from the unconscious towards the unknown and unseen. There is a fusion of ideas from quantum physics (Hameroff's Theory of Consciousness based on quantum computations) and ideas in Buddhism and spiritualism, which enable her to explore her inner self.
CONFLICT & POLITICS
Eli Acheson explores notions of feminine freedom in her Saudi Paintings as well as issues of territorial ownership of land in the Middle East. As she says about her work, she makes "...visual an expression of feelings relative to a profound filtering of …ideas, passion and the flow of blood through our veins."
Dolores Sanchez-Calvo looks at the politics of trauma and mourning. Her images decontextualise the original cause of trauma leaving an iconography of man's alienation from himself, society and his environment. These ideas fuse with the Zeitgeist of gloom, depression, conflicts and disasters.
Laurence Verduci's work considers notions of socialisation and its shortcomings. Themes of violence and madness often appear in her work. She fuses ideas on conflict and the psychic landscape as she explores the ruins of socialisation.
Annie Zamero's main themes are of conflict and opposites or opposing forces. In her paintings the opposites are in the form of irony always set in an art historical context. She fuses satire and art history to create cartoon-like images of public figures, which are selected because of their personal power; they are often iconic figures.
PROCESS
Courtney Cornelius Adams' 'Chopin' series considers fusion as a process joining music and the mind to express the unconscious. His 'Robot' series suggests people as machine-like, lacking the mystery of the unconscious.
Katie Elder explores the intricacies of the human body and considers the human form in a constant state of transformation. She often uses the concept of the hybrid or crossbreed (a fusion of forms), which develop their own imaginative space and seem to float into being.
Le Guo suggests painting is a mode of thinking or action, which fuses or interplays with physiological and psychological processes. The works' forms seem to be continually changed by these dynamic processes, hence the works appear to be in a state of flux.
Robert Meldrum explores the fusion of the physical and pyschic in his semi-abstract landscapes. This process involves slowly eroding the boundaries between the natural and technological/industrial worlds to create a sense of unease or elation.
Zachary Peirce explores the strange fusions occurring in the region around Chernobyl as a result of the world's worst nuclear disaster. Processes of nature fusing with architecture, and of the slow decay of the ghost town Pripyat, which remains soaked in radiation, are the subjects of a series of works.
STYLE
Moich Abrahams combines the spontaneous and playful with deeper notions of the unconscious. He unwraps the mysterious, reinventing child-like expressiveness. For him, drawing on his formative life experiences, the strongest emotions emit the strangest images.
Katerina Stavrou fuses the abstract and figurative in playful suggestion and combines the philosophy of automatism with abstract expressionism. Her work is an immediate reaction to the experience of life, but she is not delivering an image or idea; she is sharing her passion.
The artists' works can be considered under four main categories:
Energy - Conflict and Politics - Processes - Style.
ENERGY
Dagmar Dost-Nolden's work involves streaming universal flows of energy, which are ever changing. For her, ideas and emotions are not divisible - they are one. The work involves a fusion of knowledge and intuition.
Gillian Drinkwater's stone carvings are about a combination of energy and resistance. She uses energy from the stone, fused with her own energy. The stone she selects has layers of time and history fused into it by extreme natural forces.
Shiroma Ratne's work explores rhythmic energy and the language from the unconscious towards the unknown and unseen. There is a fusion of ideas from quantum physics (Hameroff's Theory of Consciousness based on quantum computations) and ideas in Buddhism and spiritualism, which enable her to explore her inner self.
CONFLICT & POLITICS
Eli Acheson explores notions of feminine freedom in her Saudi Paintings as well as issues of territorial ownership of land in the Middle East. As she says about her work, she makes "...visual an expression of feelings relative to a profound filtering of …ideas, passion and the flow of blood through our veins."
Dolores Sanchez-Calvo looks at the politics of trauma and mourning. Her images decontextualise the original cause of trauma leaving an iconography of man's alienation from himself, society and his environment. These ideas fuse with the Zeitgeist of gloom, depression, conflicts and disasters.
Laurence Verduci's work considers notions of socialisation and its shortcomings. Themes of violence and madness often appear in her work. She fuses ideas on conflict and the psychic landscape as she explores the ruins of socialisation.
Annie Zamero's main themes are of conflict and opposites or opposing forces. In her paintings the opposites are in the form of irony always set in an art historical context. She fuses satire and art history to create cartoon-like images of public figures, which are selected because of their personal power; they are often iconic figures.
PROCESS
Courtney Cornelius Adams' 'Chopin' series considers fusion as a process joining music and the mind to express the unconscious. His 'Robot' series suggests people as machine-like, lacking the mystery of the unconscious.
Katie Elder explores the intricacies of the human body and considers the human form in a constant state of transformation. She often uses the concept of the hybrid or crossbreed (a fusion of forms), which develop their own imaginative space and seem to float into being.
Le Guo suggests painting is a mode of thinking or action, which fuses or interplays with physiological and psychological processes. The works' forms seem to be continually changed by these dynamic processes, hence the works appear to be in a state of flux.
Robert Meldrum explores the fusion of the physical and pyschic in his semi-abstract landscapes. This process involves slowly eroding the boundaries between the natural and technological/industrial worlds to create a sense of unease or elation.
Zachary Peirce explores the strange fusions occurring in the region around Chernobyl as a result of the world's worst nuclear disaster. Processes of nature fusing with architecture, and of the slow decay of the ghost town Pripyat, which remains soaked in radiation, are the subjects of a series of works.
STYLE
Moich Abrahams combines the spontaneous and playful with deeper notions of the unconscious. He unwraps the mysterious, reinventing child-like expressiveness. For him, drawing on his formative life experiences, the strongest emotions emit the strangest images.
Katerina Stavrou fuses the abstract and figurative in playful suggestion and combines the philosophy of automatism with abstract expressionism. Her work is an immediate reaction to the experience of life, but she is not delivering an image or idea; she is sharing her passion.