Ian Chamberlain’s work reinterprets manmade structures as monuments placed within the landscape, acting as architectural metaphors of past and current technological achievements.
Ian has had a longstanding fascination with technology and architectural forms, these have included structures within industry, agriculture, science and the military.
There is Specific interest in sites of historical significance and Some of the subjects represented are now defunct or have been reconfigured for different uses the unrelenting pace of technology leaving these monuments behind.
Past bodies of works have given a notion of preservation and conservation, considering the work as a graphic historical record. The work acts as an introduction to these locations and their histories, bringing them back into the cultural imagination.
Past locations of interest have included Goonhilly Earth station, The Lovell Telescope, The Maunsell Sea Forts, The North Atlantic wall and the Acoustic Sound mirrors.
Ian Chamberlain’ s prints and drawings are held in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Bristol Museum; Royal West of England Academy, Bristol; Pallant House Gallery, Chichester; The University of Chichester collection; and Chippenham Museum.
Ian lives and works in Bristol, UK. where he is a Lecturer in MA Fine Art Printmaking, UWE, Bristol, UK.
Ian Chamberlain’s work reinterprets manmade structures as monuments placed within the landscape, acting as architectural metaphors of past and current technological achievements.
Ian has had a longstanding fascination with technology and architectural forms, these have included structures within industry, agriculture, science and the military.
There is Specific interest in sites of historical significance and Some of the subjects represented are now defunct or have been reconfigured for different uses the unrelenting pace of technology leaving these monuments behind.
Past bodies of works have given a notion of preservation and conservation, considering the work as a graphic historical record. The work acts as an introduction to these locations and their histories, bringing them back into the cultural imagination.
Past locations of interest have included Goonhilly Earth station, The Lovell Telescope, The Maunsell Sea Forts, The North Atlantic wall and the Acoustic Sound mirrors.
Ian Chamberlain’ s prints and drawings are held in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Bristol Museum; Royal West of England Academy, Bristol; Pallant House Gallery, Chichester; The University of Chichester collection; and Chippenham Museum.
Ian lives and works in Bristol, UK. where he is a Lecturer in MA Fine Art Printmaking, UWE, Bristol, UK.
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