Alan Christian-Aass
Images from Ten Parishes
- About the Event
- Alan Christian-Aass freely makes delicate and intricate drawings that elevate the making of marks on paper to a fine art, creating works of extraordinary complexity and beauty.
- Event Type
- Exhibition
- Disciplines
- Painting/Drawing/Illustration
- Telephone
- 01984 629223
- Opening Times
Fri 7th Sat 8th Sun 9th Mon 10th Tue 11th Wed 12th Thu 13th Fri 14th Sat 15th Sun 16th closed 12pm - 11pm 12pm - 11pm closed 12pm - 3pm, 6pm - 11pm 12pm - 3pm, 6pm - 11pm 12pm - 3pm, 6pm - 11pm 12pm - 3pm, 6pm - 11pm 12pm - 11pm 12pm - 11pm - Further Info
For many artists, drawing is integral to the creative process. Traditionally, drawing facilitates looking and understanding a subject before it is translated into another medium and, as such, often holds a secondary position to painting, printmaking and sculpture. Alan Christian-Aass, however, elevates the making of marks on paper to a fine art, creating works of extraordinary complexity and beauty.
Whilst his formal vocabulary is largely derived from his love of the West Country - the sensuousness of hillscape, the density of hedgerow, the gnarled tree, the capricious quality of light - his work transcends the mere representational. Instead, he appropriates the line as his vehicle for communion with the metaphysical in nature - a mystery, he says, that can never be unveiled completely but only glimpsed iri passing, out of the corner of one's eye.
Indeed, Alan Christian-Aass' work suggests rather than depicts, utilizing natural idioms to trigger emotional associations. For him, the act of drawing is a kind of meditation where the rational mind is suppressed and chance and accident are allowed to dominate, giving free reign to the subconscious. Form is then teased from the surface by the layering of marks in a variety of inks. At times, colour is introduced to solidify that form but also to heighten its sense of ambiguity. Creation becomes a meeting of emotion and spirit, life and illusion, reality and dream. Ultimately, meaning is derived in reciprocity between the emotional content of the image and the imagination of the viewer.
Alan Christian-Aass was born in 1943 to a Welsh mother and a Norwegian master mariner father. His youth was spent in Pembrokeshire and Kenya, informing his love for nature and mysticism. He was educated at the West of England College of Art, Bristol and the University of Plymouth, Faculty of Arts, Exeter.
He cites the works of Goya, Samuel Palmer and William Blake as well as the German school of draftsmen amongst his influences.
Venue Information
- Address
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The Globe InnFore StreetMilvertonSomersetTA4 1JX
- For Venue Information
- 01823 400470
- Directions
- From roundabout on B3227 proceed up hill into village. Straight ahead at junction. The Globe is on the left.
- Parish
- Milverton
- Disabled Access
- Good
- Refreshment Details
- Quality restaurant/snacks available during licencing hours
Events At This Venue
| Event Type | Event Title | Disciplines | Dates (see event page for full info) |
| Artist | Alan Christian-Aass - Images from Ten Parishes | Painting/Drawing/Illustration | 8th, 9th, 11th, 11th, 12th, 12th, 13th, 13th, 14th, 14th, 15th, 16th |
| Artist | John Foster - Images from Ten Parishes | Painting/Drawing/Illustration | 8th, 9th, 11th, 11th, 12th, 12th, 13th, 13th, 14th, 14th, 15th, 16th |
| Artist | Susie Needham - Images from Ten Parishes | Photography/Film/New Media | 8th, 9th, 11th, 11th, 12th, 12th, 13th, 13th, 14th, 14th, 15th, 16th |