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WoW Paintings: Alexander James Pollard
No full textWoW Paintings is a catalogue/publication/book featuring new paintings and text works by Alexander James Pollard published by the University of Brighton. The book was produced to document a public exhibition titled WoW Paintings :P held at Young Team HQ Gallery, London. A project space organised by Linsey Young (Curator of the Tate Gallery, London). The show took place 26th March - 17th April 2016
Identity and dislocation in Caribbean women's literature: a study of the writings of Velma Pollard
No full textJamaican-born Velma Pollard has been publishing poetry and short stories for nearly
thirty years. Her first poems appeared in the 1970s, her first volume of short stories in
1989, and her first novel in 1994. Despite this considerable literary output, in the evergrowing
critical literature on Caribbean women's writing Pollard's work has not attracted
any of the scholarly treatment accorded to other writers. Given this lack of critical
attention to Pollard's considerable body of work, this thesis aims to provide the first
detailed and contextualised study of her writings (excluding the majority of her poetry
and of her writings on linguistics), and to accord Pollard the recognition her work
deserves.
Chapter 1 of this thesis situates Pollard's writings in the context of Caribbean
(women's) literature, and writings on identity, dislocations and (Caribbean) migration. I
argue that Pollard's principal contribution to Caribbean literature is found in her
engagement with two main subjects, return migration and relationships (male-female and
female-female), within a wider context of debates on identity and dislocation.
Chapter 2 introduces Pollard's work by way of a general discussion of her novella
Karl, which won the Casa de las Americas literary award in 1992. I consider Karl to be
central to Pollard's work, not least because it features many of the themes explored by
her later writings, including her novel, Homestretch, which is the subject of Chapter 3.
Pollard's first novel, Homestretch, which was published in 1994, explores the themes
of identity and dislocation through the experiences of 'return migrants' and 'repeat
migrants' and their comparison of life in England, the United States and Jamaica. The
novel chronicles how these migrants come to reconnect with and accept their cultural
heritage.
In chapters 4 and 5 I discuss selected stories taken from Pollard's two collections
of short stories, Considering Woman ('Cages', 'My Sisters', 'My Mother', and 'Gran') and
from Karl and Other Stories ('A Night's Tale', 'Miss Chandra', 'Betsy Hyde', and 'Altamont
Jones'). In these stories Pollard explores male-female relationships and the lives of
several generations and a wide range of Caribbean women and men. Pollard utilises the
West Indian setting, speech, situations and conflicts in these stories to graphically
describe familiar Caribbean role models and to provide a narrative and literary
examination of the frustrations and conflicting desires of women in the region.
In my conclusion, I address the ethnographic quality and significance of her work,
and its contribution to an understanding of the Caribbean
WoW Paintings :P by Alexander James Pollard
No full textWoW Paintings :P was a visual art exhibition featuring new paintings and a text work by Alexander James Pollard curated by Linsey Young. The exhibition was exhibited at Young Team HQ Gallery, London - A project space organised by Linsey Young (Curator of the Tate Gallery, London). The show took place 26th March - 17th April 2016. The WoW paintings were displayed with a fictional email conversation between the artist and the manager of a Chinese "painting factory" in Xiamen where the World of Warcraft imagery (swords) were painted. This fictional correspondence playfully examines the notion of "collaboration" between artisan and artist. The works are born out of technological networks and digital "inter-connectivity" yet the repeated mantra of the sword refers as much to mythical swords of old folklore, such as Excalibur. As we move further and further into the digital we become more and more captivated by the mythic potential of art
Paleo Fauvism by Alexander James Pollard
No full textHOP Projects CT20 is proud to present Paleo Fauvism, a collection of recent paintings by Alexander James Pollard. The title of the show points directly to the playful marriage of Fauvism and Paleo Art, rupturing established narratives associated with Modern painting in a truly positive and imaginative manner.Painted over a 12-month period in his east London studio the works reveal his desire to reconnect with a “clairvoyant” painting first explored by the artist as a pupil at the Brighton Steiner School in the nineteen eighties. Rudolf Steiner believed that painting could provide a gateway to something more than just a simple message. The methods associated with clairvoyant painting can be loosely described as a form of wet on wet painting, allowing the artist to intuitively tease out an image without having a rigid plan or relying too heavily on outlines or linearity to define forms.Pollard transfers this wet on wet or alla prima technique from water colour (used universally in Waldorf Steiner Schools) to oils, exploring mythic and archetypal imagery that echoes repetitious and ritualistic art from varying time periods and histories within World painting.A face, a Dinosaur, savannah animals, a fictional creature or hyperstitional objects such as the Piltdown Man skull emerge through an alchemical and experimental process, allowing the artist to draw new associations between seemingly disparate references and forms, moving elegantly between figuration and abstraction.Pollard paints with elan, choosing to weave imagery relating to mythic subjects such as the Beast of Bevendean, the Australian Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) and the ever-present cultural symbol of the Dinosaur together as magical archetypes that ultimately ask us to reconsider the role and potential of myth in contemporary society.The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of public workshops entitled, ‘The Clairvoyance of Painting’, as well as a publication that will be released later in the year. The book will feature a full-length interview with curator Linsey Young (Tate Gallery) and an essay exploring some of the themes and ideas within the exhibition by Dr Craig Staff (Reader at University of Northampton)
James Pollard (class of 1967)
No full textA photograph James Pollard, class of 1967 of Springfield College. Mr. Pollard appears in football uniform in a receiving pose, holding a football. Mr. Pollack was part of the Springfield College 1965 football team, which went undefeated and remains the only Springfield College Football team to have an undefeated, untied season.The team finished the 1965 season with an undefeated record, winning all 9 games. The team was led by head coach Edward (Ted) Dunn, and co-captains Gary Wilcox (class of '66) and Scott Taylor (class of '66). In the only undefeated season in Springfield College football history, the chiefs outscored opponents 252-87. In one of their “best games of the year”, they defeated Northeastern with a final score of 16-14 in front of 12,000 fans. The team was named New England College Division Champions and Dunn was named New England College Division Coach of the Year.Photograph not in Archives Collection. For copy of original photograph contact Alumni Relations Office
The marriage record of Pollard, James B. and Lewis, Sarah E
No full textMarriage license for Sarah E. Lewis and James B. Pollard. G.N. Mitchell was the officiant
Newspaper Laws of Ohio -- James E. Pollard and Ed. M. Martin. Ohio State University Press
No full textReview of "Newspaper Laws of Ohio" by James E. Pollard and Ed. M. Marti
Engraved portrait of James Nayler (1618–1660)
No full textEngraved portrait of James Nayler (1618-1660) by Robert Grave (1768-1825). Inscribed, 'Born at Ardesloe, near Wakefield, in Yorkshire. Was an Independent and served Quarter Master in ye Parliament Army, about the Year 1641. turn'd Quaker in 1651. Punish'd as a Blasphemer 1656. Author of many Books & Dyed at Holm in Huntingtonshire 1660. Aged 44.
President Truman and the Press
No full text The author of The Presidents and the Press brings the record up to date with this account of Presidential press relations during Truman's first six years in the White House. Dr. Pollard is director of the School of Journalism at Ohio State University, and also author of a standard work on newspaper management. </jats:p
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