It's a frog's dream
an exhibition of prints by J & M Grant

and a book launch in conjunction with Hibrida Press

Saturday 7th October - Saturday 28th October 2006

Preview and book launch Friday 6th October 7-9

Artist's statement

J & M Grant have worked as a collaborative partnership since the year 2000.

One of their concerns has been the exploration of new technologies, working alongside traditional processes within the parameters of printmaking.

This present project based upon digital imagery, inkjet and silkscreen printing also looks at other combinations. Peter Suchin, in his essay: The Grain of the Frame: History and Allusion in the works of J & M Grant suggests that

a series of oppositions runs throughout these works; the natural and the unnatural, the present and the past, the scenarios of war and peace, the authentic and the fictitious or false, presence and absence, the magical and the mundane.

This last combination takes us to the point of departure for this exhibition of prints. A small book of spells made by their daughter Anna some twenty years ago when she was aged six. Each of the twelve prints shown relate to a specific spell but also extend into a range of issues and concerns which are current in a modern, "adult" world.

The images on this page are taken from the book "it's a frog's dream" published by Hibrida Press which will be launched on the 6th October, when copies will be for sale.