HIVE Presents: Michael Cassidy and Adrian Pritchard’s

“Inertia”

Opening at  HIVE on Thursday, October 25th  ‘Inertia’, by Michael Cassidy and Adrian Pritchard.

The title of the show “Inertia” is based on Newton’s first law of motion which describes the movement of objects and how they are affected by applied forces. It describes the resistance in objects and their change in direction and speed.

With both Adrian’s and Michaels work we can see a play with motion and performance allowing the paint to be itself as marks are often made via motions of drag and gravity. In Michaels’ case he drags the paint neatly twisting and turning to create snake like patterns or tracks that leave a trace event; the work is then juxtaposed from playful individual pieces into a complete random picture. This comes from Michael’s fascination with rainbows, mirrored opposites and symmetrical properties.

Adrian physically manipulates the paint by tipping and turning the surfaces allowing the paint to find its own channels under the pull of gravity. Over time the materials then settle into their own shapes and patterns creating multi-layered compositions that reference the dynamic and ever-changing forces of nature. Metallic and translucent pigments are often used to give a sensation of depth and reflect light within a chosen space.

Adrian Pritcharda local artist whose work has a deep rooted interest in physics. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in both solo and group exhibitions. In (1999) he was awarded the British Academy AHRB scholarship to study a Masters Degree at the Slade School of Art.

He was shortlisted for the John Ruskin Art Prize (2012); awarded the visitors choice award at the Neo Art Prize (2013). Adrian was awarded membership of the Kinetica Museum London (2017) and a solo exhibition at the Grundy Gallery Blackpool (2018)

Michael Cassidy is a local artist and musician.

Michael graduated at Chelsea Collage of Art ( 2007) and was shortlisted for the ‘Jerwood Contemporary Painters’ (2009) and then later took part in the Treignac Project in (France 2009;) Michael is also the newest family member of the acclaimed English post-punk band ‘Section 25’