Anna Alcock exhibiting etchings at Tokarska Gallery

1. SPECIAL Press Preview: 15 March 12-5pm. Please RSVP

2. Private View: 15 March 6-9pm

3. Artist Talk: 22 March 6-7pm

4. Etching Workshop with Anna Alcock: 17 March 4-7pm. Taster Etching Workshop at Tokarska Gallery: All materials provided. An opportunity to do your own little etching using ferric chloride and then printing it with an etching press onto 100% cotton paper. You get to take your prints and plate home. Booking essential. £20 per person

The second edition is limited with each book being signed with the edition number, and stamped.

You can buy our book for £12 from the following outlets or from the annaalcock.com shopping cart:

E17 Art House
Penny Fieldings Beautiful Interiors
Inky Cuttlefish Studios
Tokarska Gallery

Original unique artwork framed: £250 each from Anna’s shopping cart

PRESS RELEASE: MYTHOLOGY IN LONDON. An Exhibition of Etchings by Anna Alcock at Tokarska Gallery

163 Forest Rd., Walthamstow,
London E17 6HE
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8531 5419

www.tokarskagallery.co.uk

15 March – 31 March 2012

Private View: 15 March 6-9pm

Opening Hours: 12-7pm

Anna Alcock is delighted to be showcasing a suite of etchings based on Classical Greek and Roman mythology at Tokarska Gallery. Tokarska Gallery in Forest Road is a few minutes from Inky Cuttlefish Studios where Alcock works and does her fine art printmaking.

Alcock’s love of stories and mythology started when she was young and continued to grow through her studies in South Africa when she majored in Classical Civilisations as part of her BA Fine Art (Hons) degree. She completed a MA Printmaking in London in 2004. Alcock exhibits regularly and her art are in private and public collections around the world.

The word myth comes from the Greek word mythos which means speech, message or word. Myths are stories that would have originally been handed down from one generation to another orally. Most  cultures have myths, which explained natural phenomenon or things that were of collective importance to culture and the human experience. Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud used mythology to identify

archetypes of significance in human psychology. The Renaissance was marked by a rebirth of interest in Greek and Roman mythologies with their allegorical and moral lessons.

Alcock uses Greek and Roman mythological images and populates them with modern day narratives that are of significance to her living in London now. The exhibition will also include an exclusive bound suite of 15 etchings, which will be exhibited alongside etching collages and tabloids of myths with personal modern day stories that Alcock imbues with her unique style and bold colours.

By using Alcock’s experience in  London and applying ancient Greek and Roman cultural thinking the theme of mythology is applied to everyday events for example the loss of status of bankers is illustrated by the myth of ‘Icarus’. Archetypes are found in our unconscious daily lives as shown in ‘Demeter’, the story of a mother’s search for her daughter ‘Persephone’ and the resulting winter of her grief.

For more information or images about the exhibition please email or call anna@annaalcock.com 07753686331.

IMAGES:

Icarus 2012 (Etching  A/P  20x20cm plate size)

Persephone 2012 (Etching A/P 20x20cm plate size)

Spring 2012 (Etching A/P 20x20cm plates size)

An artist printmaker born inSouth Africa, Alcock completed a four year Fine Art Degree from the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg receiving a First Class Merit Certificate and Dean’s Commendation. She left South Africain 1999 to study further.

Alcock lives inLondon, where she is co-founder and Director of Inky Cuttlefish Studios. She graduated with Masters in Printmaking from University of the Arts London in 2004.

Education Background

Masters – Printmaking (2002 – 2004)
CamberwellCollegeof Arts,London

Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art 1st (1995 – 1998)
Universityof Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Majored in Printmaking, Drawing, Classics and History of Art

The Kitty Cat Monster
Written by Lisa Vance and illustrated by Anna Alcock
Publication of second edition, March 2011
Publication of limited edition book, Aug 2010
Included in British Library Modern Collections

 ‘Art in the Community’, August 2010
Presented by Rt. Hon. David Milliband,LondonBorough ofWalthamForest
Award for contributions towards community art and work with disabled artists

 Inky Cuttlefish Workshop Facilitator (2006 – ongoing)
Walthamstow,London
Delivering printmaking workshops to the local community and schools

Inky Cuttlefish (2007 – ongoing)
Walthamstow,London
Co-Founder and Director of Printmaking Studio, Gallery and Artist Studios in Walthamstow.

WF MENCAP Art Project Co-ordinator(2006 – ongoing
WalthamForest,London
Disabled Engagement in the local community. Using art as a medium for engagement within the local community and common meeting point across boundaries.

Young People’s Fellowship Challenge Exhibition and Waltham Forest Caribbean Carnival (2008-2010)
Walthamstow,London
Delivering art workshops to young children, disabled children, disabled adults and adults with learning difficulties as part of the Cultural Olympiad leading up to the 2012 London Olympics