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Govinda Sah
Friday, 12 March by Chelsea Pech.

Govinda Sah's captivating cloud themed paintings are on display now at jotta's Land Without a Map exhibit at the Affordable Art Fair.  The Nepalese artist embarked on a four-month, solo cycle tour in 2000, from east to west Nepal on an art campaign for peace.  Whilst visiting schools to increase awareness on the value of art, Govinda painted a collection of his own works throughout the journey. Here Govinda tells jotta about the metaphysical and religous aspect of his pieces and the role his heritage plays in his work.

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Stuart Bailes
Thursday, 11 March by Lucile Dupraz.

Stuart Bailes talks travels, literature and popular science as 'Land Without A Map' opens to the public today. Visitors to this graduate showcase at the Affordable Art Fair will discover Stuart's new body of work, 'Of Walking In Ice'. Here the artist reflects on the discrepancies between true experiences and how they are ultimately perceived.

Julia Kubik
Thursday, 11 March by Chelsea Pech.

Julia Kubik's politically and environmentally driven ceramic work is on exhibit now in Land Without A Map, jotta's recent graduate showcase at the Affordable Art Fair.  Here Julia tells jotta the story of her discovery of the materials she uses in her stunning ceramic piece, 'The Singing Lark' - a representation of smoke through the use of ceramic pipe remnants found on the Thames foreshore. It currently hangs serenly over the centre of Land Without A Map.

Matthew La Croix
Wednesday, 10 March by Barnaby Tidman.

London-based Chelsea College of Art graduate Matthew La Croix is showing his ruptured vista’s and textured- surface paintings in Land Without A Map, jotta’s graduate showcase at the Affordable Art Fair 2010. Matthew spoke to jotta about the imagery he sources for his works and the methods he uses in their aesthetic transformation, into “petrified archetypes in a state of collapse.”

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Myles Painter
Wednesday, 10 March by Barnaby Tidman.

Camberwell College of Art graduate and Hannah Barry Gallery represented artist Myles Painter shows at jotta's Land Without A Map exhibition at the Affordable Art Fair this week. Myles' two sculptures are taking pride of place at the entrance of the fair in Battersea Park. Myles tells jotta about his inexplicable fascination with history, and the influence of Brutalist architecture on his scultpure and video works.

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