The Skinny Showcase: Platform 7

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Somewhereto NW brings together artists and curators between the ages of 16-25 for The Skinny Showcase: Platform 7 in the Dickens Gallery, St George’s Hall until 25 November.

The displayed work is split into two rooms with Platform 7 artists occupying the first art space whilst The Skinny artworks are located in the second room.

With an original submission of fifty emerging artists for this project the curators (employed by Somewhereto) provide an eclectic mix of photography, illustration and textiles demonstrating the varied background and influences of both artist and curatorial contributors.

The Edinburgh-based artist Jamie Johnson’s work is found in The Skinny collection and is inspired by the townships of Johannesburg as well as the allotments of his native Leith.

Everyday Submegence - Hannah Topalian

 Johnson presents a mixed-media body of work designed specifically for this project incorporating fine-line drawing, collage and watercolour creating pieces which display an otherworldly narrative.

This notion of otherworldliness is echoed in Hannah Topalian’s arguably sublime contribution to Platform 7 with her work Everyday Submergence taking the form of digital photographs depicting ink and milk dropped into water to illustrate “the power and spontaneity of the fleeting moment.”

Topalian’s striking and contemplative work allows the viewer to apply their own interpretation to the organic abstract formations which the ink and milk solutions create.

The clear focus of Somewhereto NW is to provide artists and curators with an opportunity to fulfil their potential and showcase their talents to the public; a challenging and constructive move in an industry whose emerging participants may otherwise struggle in an uncertain financial climate where Art Council funding is repeatedly slashed.

With The Skinny Showcase: Platform 7 Somewhereto NW assists the aspirations of emerging artists as well as providing the city of Liverpool with works of some of the UK’s newest youth art contributors.