tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30059356528873400162024-03-19T02:39:35.808-07:00Best of BritishSalon Contemporaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406976593716988546noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005935652887340016.post-78270609594983946522010-11-24T11:35:00.000-08:002010-11-24T11:35:02.525-08:00One of our previous winners....<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Seren Jones</span></b></span> - <span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </b></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A contemporary spin on the classical female portrait - from OBJECT to SUBJECT</span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Seren is a recent Fine art graduate from Central St Martins and is loved for her female classical portraits that will hold your gaze with much strength and mystery. These ladies all have their own stories to tell and draw you in to their strange and captivating virtues. </span><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span> www.serenjones.com</span></span></div><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Miss Jones was the winner of 'Best of British' in 2009 and is currently exhibiting works for her debut solo show at Salon Contemporary. The show has been a SELL OUT!</span></span></span><br />
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</span>Salon Contemporaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406976593716988546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005935652887340016.post-68234190548032099102010-11-24T11:19:00.000-08:002010-11-24T11:19:03.960-08:00Seren Jones - Best of British winner<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GyKMl8OiYqs?fs=1" width="480" frameborder="0" height="295"></iframe>Salon Contemporaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406976593716988546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005935652887340016.post-43176785645487431082010-11-24T10:48:00.000-08:002010-11-24T10:48:46.797-08:00Our previous winners.....<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">StrangMacfarlane - </span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">The fearless duo and their 'distinctively British Work'</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Showtime, UCL)</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Artists at Salon Contemporary this Summer</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></span><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>'Charmingly obnoxious, with again an intelligent use of spectacle the works were attractive in precisely the same way as the visual branding and marketing the works were irreverently interrogating.' </b></i></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tom Clack on StrangMacfarlane's St. Martins degree show<i><b><br />
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</style><span style="color: #666666;">Salon Contemporary is on the search to discover the brightest and best art students ready to be thrust into the international art scene as part of an exciting exhibition opening in </span><b style="color: #666666;">April 2011</b><span style="color: #666666;">. </span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The gallery will be looking at work submitted by thousands of artists nationwide in their final year of BA/MA education to scope out this years most exciting and original works. Selected artists will be given the opportunity to really develop their current practice, to work towards a stimulating goal and produce some of their strongest work to be displayed at Salon Contemporary in Spring 2011. <b>Best of British</b> allows for national exposure before the degree show, experience in preparation, and future opportunities as an artist.</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The highly regarded reputation of Salon Contemporary’s past exhibitions displaying new talent has spread worldwide and seen previous year’s artists invited to tour to the White Box Gallery in New York in a show widely described as ‘a roaring success’. </div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>This is not just any <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city> show; “Best of British” heralds the arrival of the next generation of precocious, era defining artists.</b></span></div>Salon Contemporaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406976593716988546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005935652887340016.post-19874650328862835522010-11-20T04:27:00.000-08:002010-11-20T04:27:24.882-08:00A sneak peak at last years Graduate Show<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MkQjBm54xjk?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Salon Contemporaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14406976593716988546noreply@blogger.com0