This exhibition brings together a group of multi-disciplinary artists who share an interest in experimental approaches to image-making and form and a passion for enquiry through the thoughtful and innovative uses of materials.
Responding collectively to the concept of State of Flux, The Five use print, paper, fibres and found objects to ask and answer questions through art, such as ‘what if?’ and ’when is a work finished?’
There are references throughout the exhibition to a sense of place, memory, time and landscape. Themes of this exhibition include; a sense of place, memory, time, repair and landscape. The Five came together four years ago as a result of their interest in using forms of printmaking in their practice.
Sinclair Ashman is a printmaker who says of his approach that ‘uncertainty is always embraced and perfection (whatever that means) is never sought’. His metallic reliefs re-purpose paper fragments typically intended for use in prints, whilst his folded paper sculptures or ‘Flexures’ are created by pre-creasing paper in different directions. The final form is only one of thousands of possible outcomes.
Sarah Mander is a printmaker whose interest lies primarily with the built environment and made objects. Specifically the way that these decay and erode caused by the passage of time and environmental conditions. Also, how objects such as tools and items of clothing become worn due to use. Works in this exhibition will focus around the ways that these buildings, objects and fabrics have been repaired or patched up. Sometimes the repair is functional and to make do. At other times it is made obvious and celebrated.
Kay Senior is a printmaker and sculptor experimenting with collagraph, papermaking, found materials and casting to discover gestural and expressive forms. Her paper mouldings combine with print to make intriguing free-standing sculptures. She explores how art making can express emotions, reflect states of mind and be a bridge between internal and external worlds.
Consuelo Simpson is a multidisciplinary artist and maker. She describes herself as a ‘forager and finder of orphaned objects honouring histories and reweaving stories of place and time’. Incremental transformations probe the narrative of the network that binds us through place and time. Connections with past and future via objects, materials and skills, feels potent, and where she finds inspiration and moments of contentment.
Sally Tyrie is a Fine Artist working mainly with printmaking, photography, mixed media and bookmaking. Her main interests lie in interactions of material and process, through iteration and juxtaposition. The mixed media prints for State of Flux are informed by images from historical and derelict buildings in and around Portsmouth’s Naval Dockyard. Her investigation asks: ‘what is it about ruins that we can find so appealing?’
Meet The Artists
Sunday 8 June 12.00 - 15.00.
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