31st August – 11th September 2016
Preview: Friday 2nd September 2016, 6-9pm

Frederic Anderson, Andrea Coltman, Daniel Curtis, Antony Dixon, Cara Jean Flynn, Sarah Hawley, Jacquelyn Hodges, Benjamin Martin, Tom Waring

The nine artists in this exhibition explore the idea of interventions within the gallery space. Their individual practices, through a variety of different languages and media, are very diverse, yet the artists search to reveal a dialogue, a connection and thread. The group are interested in the relationships between how their works create a visual discourse and how by placing their works within a common space the interventions of their works create yet another layer and language. These artists are searching for hidden dynamics that create new understandings, correlations and connections.

Frederic Anderson’s drawings inhabit the space between figuration and abstraction, between how we believe things to be and how they actually appear – the space in which, under persistent observation, things begin to fall apart.

Andrea Coltman’s paintings muse over societal issues, she regards herself as a social observer. Andrea paints what she sees, the ordinary and expected. Through crosshatchings of realism and abstraction in her paintings Andrea interrogates empathy, space and place exploring how we communicate and interact.

Daniel Curtis’ practice is driven by form. Through composition he explores tensions and relationships between found and low status objects. In recent work Curtis has searched out subtle elements of character or history in these objects and uses that to charge his compositions with a peculiar presence.

Antony Dixon explores the inherent qualities of materials and things. He collects and references fragments of human activity by taking imprints, making casts, assembling and re-assembling. Interested in the linguistic interface between materials and things, Antony describes his activity as “archaeological in nature, exploratory yet rooted in history.
Cara Jean Flynn creates prints, video, sculptures and installations using a combination of natural and man-made materials. Flynn’s work focuses on our relationship with the natural world. She is particularly concerned with our control of the natural environment and our perceived dualistic thinking of ourselves, separated and elevated above it.

Sarah Hawley’s collages have the ability to bring order out of chaos as well as integrate various patterns, colours, designs and materials from different origins that together can create a uni ed composition. This mimics a multicultural society, where a diverse group of individuals of many cultures co-exist within a community.

Jacquelyn Hodges’ subject is in painting and sculpture and where they intersect. She works in a range of mediums because her interest is to take her subject and nd new methods of intersection. Jacquelyn assembles materials that may seem like they have nothing to do with each other but looks to nd the tension and overlap.

Identity is the central axis of Benjamin Martin’s practice, around which revolves notions of childhood, gender and the artificial. Benjamin is interested in how the social and political shape us from an early age and in how the landscapes that surround us create both physical and psychological scars. What shapes us?

Tom Waring’s paintings explore an imagined world where the boundaries between the present and future have disappeared. Projections of the now, into the future, create a fertile ground for exploring our present condition in our real world of unrivalled capitalism and ecological decline.

Preview: Friday 2nd September 2016, 6-9pm
Exhibition open:
31st August – 11th September 2016
Wednesday to Sunday 12-6pm

Free entry
Step-free access