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James J Millichamp BA(Hons), MA Fine Art
I produce prints, photographs and drawings based on daily life in the twenty first century. By presenting the incidental or mundane I aim to engage the viewer: allowing them to recognise aspects of their own experience, exploring the relationships between seemingly banal memories, there signifignance and shared experiences. I have presented this work in an intentionally minimal way, forcing a contradictory juxtaposition of personal imagery expressed through impersonal forms of communication. I want to avoid and delete from the work any sentimentallity or atmosphere and this hopefully allows the viewer to connect with the object being described and their own associations with it, rather than a suggested narrative based on artistic expression. I often employ fine art techniques to present ideas and am also interested in exploring conceptual issues of communication through my work. Recently I designed a project based, on part, on my experience of teaching art at secondary level. I completed an A level qualification in Art and Design. The subsequent presentation of school quality artwork formed alongside the accompanying research, a critique of the exam culture in which we operate in twenty first century Britain. When displayed as part of my master's final show this project was highly commended by my tutors and by the external moderator David Rayson.
Exhibitions
Moment an exhibition of painting
The Viner Gallery
Wolverhampton Grammar School
October 8th 4.30 - 7pm
Sympatric
James J Millichamp and Gail Britt
Saturday 15th August - 12th September 2009
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Wolverhampton
Out of Darkness
Solo exhibition
Monday 12th January - 6th February 2009
The Viner Galley
Wolverhampton
Mystery and Melancholy
M.A. Skirving and Alex Lydon with the Something Foundation
Saturday 20th - 21st September 2008
The Churchill Citizens Club
Acocks Green
From Left to Right
Group show curated by Beckie Mayers and James J Millichamp
Thursday 11 - 26th September 2008
Eagle Works Gallery
Wolverhampton
Sex, Sleep, Eat, Drink, Dream
Saturday 9th - 22nd August 2008
Eagle Gallery
Wolverhampton
Pass
MA Art and Design Graduation Show
Friday 7th - 13th September2007
School of Art and Design
University of Wolverhampton
Lyndsey Searle
Rocking Form
Mixed Media
Size: 7ft x 4ft approx
Untitled Concrete
Concrete Wax and concrete
Size: 70 x 60 x 50 Dimensons variable
Plinth 01 Plinth 02
Compressed powder Compressed powder
Size: 30 x 90 x 28 Size: 30 x 90 x 28
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