CURRENTLY showing at Arlington Arts, Snelsmore, until April 25 is the exhibition Pilgremage.
Rennie Pilgrem, from East Sussex, was in a rave band in the early 90s and played a many of the huge raves that swept the country at that time.
He owns the dance music label TCR, widely recognised as the most important in the world for its genre: Breakbeat, based on funk/hip hop/ reggae.
He still makes music, DJs in the UK and abroad, but now spends most of his time creating visual art.
“When music became available digitally people stopped buying music and it became (is) stripped of its value. Shortly after I began doing art quite seriously.
“I like the idea that people could own a piece of your work that was physical (like vinyl had been).
“I found could easily transfer my music-making skills over to digital art.”
He entered and had work accepted at the Royal Academy Summer show and for the next 10 years started making art professionally.
His art is graphic and often witty, and he’s equally at home with painting, making sculpture or creating photographic/digital limited editions.
Take a look at https://renniepilgrem.com/allart
Pilgremage is free to view, but you must book. Visit https://arlington-arts.com
ARE YOU AN ARTIST?
Are you an artist? Would you like to exhibit at Arlington Arts? If you would, contact boxoffice@arlingtonarts.co.uk expressing your interest and providing examples of your work.
