23 November 2008

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Website: www.atelierstlouis.com

College / University: RCA, Oxford, University of Wales

Program: Fine Art

Member type: Artist

If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?: Painting, Printmaking, Video

About my artwork: The theme of my work is landscape, expressing awe at the overpowering force of nature, juxtaposed against its fragility and stillness. My works alight on details that usually pass us by: uneven, weathered stone textures, cracks in rocks and dry earth, moving grass and trees, drips revealing the passage of time: the simplicity and elegance of nature. I draw upon journeys, the interplay between the experience and memory of the natural world, revealing conflicting ideas of intimacy and enormity, familiarity, mystery, fragility and power. My work explores issues of personal identity in a collective society, in particular I examine places where history is written in the landscape.

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Current Project by Jonathan Moss: Rivesaltes (Shoah)

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A place between the Mediterranean and the mountains, just a few miles from Perpignan, on the edge of a motorway. A place left to remind us of the Holocaust. From this camp in Rivesaltes thousands were sent to Auschwitz and on this land thousands were abandoned to die. Shockingly, a section of this camp is still used today as a detention centre for illegal immigrants.

This work depicts walks through the ruined buildings and across the undergrowth of this camp where many have walked before under desperate circumstances. Beautiful images belie a dark history. The natural sound of footsteps has been distorted to evoke the sense of disquiet.

‘Rivesaltes (Shoah)’ is a journey exploring this land, its clandestine history and the artist’s heritage through an installation of paintings, prints, videos and sound.

An interview on this project can be downloaded here: http://www.digitalmediacentre.org/podcast/gene_pool_podcast_01_08.m4a
(Surveillance Exhibition, South Hill Park Arts Centre, UK, Jan 2008)

Above: Video still

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At 4:06pm on 29th September 2008, TREVOR GEORGE SEWELL said…: J - take a look at my friend Emily's website on Artreview. Hope you all ok - Trevor Sewell [also have a look at my new paintings on the site as well].

At 9:31am on 25th March 2008, Henry Fogarty said…: Hi there, thanks for the add, nice to meet you!

At 11:20pm on 22nd March 2008, Samantha Sweeting said…: hello jonathan -
i'm off to america next week:
http://www.2gyrlz.org/presentations/index.html

hope you're both well
sam

At 7:39am on 12th March 2008, Thomas Ziorjen said…: Really like the Rivesaltes (Shoah) series. How's the resolution? Could they be projected on a gallery wall?

I checked out quite a few galleries in LA last year -- Culver City, Bergamot Stn. etc. Several galleries had darkened the space to do big wall projections -- stunning!

The art museums have been doing it for years, of course, but I hadn't seen it in the smaller galleries.

t/