Something Blue, Cultivate, Opened 08/08/2017

Abstract

Something Blue, An Art Exhibition… The notion is simple, an on-line curated art exhibition, a group show of artists and a carefully selected curated show united via the vague theme of “something blue”.
A collection of painters, print makers, video makers, sculptors and more, a simple notion, please explore and enjoy (Sean Worrall, Cultivate, August 2017)The Something Blue show opened almost two weeks ago now, the third in a trilogy of experimental art shows from Cultivate that started in February with the Red show, carried on in April with Something Black and continued this August with Something Blue.
The Something Blue show, featuring around 50 artists and 130 or so pieces of art, has now been visited by over 10,000 people from all over the world, meanwhile the red and black shows continue to be regularly viewed via both the Organ magazine website and the Cultivate website. Response to all three shows has been rather positive, I think we can say the experiment is working in a rather positively interesting way, I rather think there might be more carefully curated on-line art exhibitions from Cultivate and Organ in the future. The on-line shows are not meant to replace the physical art exhibitions, of course they aren’t and art really does need to be be viewed in the flesh, it really needs needs to be there hanging on walls or standing there living and breathing in three-dimensional space, you need the smell, the sound, the texture, the atmosphere, but but but the internet exists, we all view art on line, we discover artists on line, we even buy the art we collect on line, we decided what we’re going to go and explore in flesh by looking on-line.

Mark Parkinson
Living on inner city estates has heavily influences his work, drawing on experiences, memories and a sense of place, within it notions of working class identity. The imagery in his work is driven by responses to situations and cognition.
His latest paintings use geometric shapes and colour to investigate fear, anxiety, stress and the constraints of living within these estates, the memories that taint his past and effect his future