Falmouth Art Gallery

FAMAG 2008.38

More information about the frame

The frame was designed and made by Penna in 2009. It reflects the sculpture in the photograph and was constructed using the same methods and materials. He used waste off-cuts of coloured linoleum that can be traced to specific public buildings in Cornwall which had linoleum flooring laid between 2000 and 2006, including Camborne Space Centre and the Eden Project. Both the frame and the sculpture are a document of this time and have therefore become a historical record. They are abstract pieces and the palette used depended on the colours used at the different flooring jobs. Linoleum is an environmentally-friendly material as it is biodegradable.

About the Artist

Vince Bevam is a freelance photographer, now living in Cornwall after being based in London and Wales. He specialises in photojournalism and also works extensively in commercial, portrait and landscape photography, undertaking commissions worldwide. His pictures have been published in many newspapers, magazines and books, including the Guardian Weekend Magazine, the Independent Magazine and New Review, The Times and the Daily Telegraph. He has exhibited at many UK venues including at the British Library, Museum of London and the National Eisteddfod of Wales, and has won awards from Nikon International and Cosmopolitan. Ian Penna was born in Cornwall and originally trained as a flooring specialist. After working on prestigious flooring jobs in London and Norwich he returned to Cornwall in 2004 to study Fine Art at University College Falmouth. He is a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists and has undertaken commissions for Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery and Falmouth Art Gallery. In 2007 he won the Midas award for Sculpture and in 2008 he was awarded the 'RBS Bursary Award' by the Royal British Society of Sculptors. He creates art that is playful, experimental, inventive and not inhibited by any formal language.