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Rochester Art Gallery and Craft Case
Evaluation of Space
27 April – 29 June 2012
Andrew Mackenzie, Oliver Barratt, Rosie
Lesso, Dan Stafford
Craft Case: Bud Latven, Lesley
Risby
Evaluation of Space explores transformation in the context
of interior and exterior space, and how this translates between the
imagined and the experimental. The exhibition brings together
painting, drawing, sculpture and applied arts that provoke
curiosity and question ideas surrounding space and the built
environment.
"In the age of post-mechanical
reproduction, with such an explosion of visual material available
on the internet and when even rooms in galleries can be visited
online, is the desire to experience works of art first hand really
necessary, or can we come to know them through reproduction alone?
The way many of us experience an art work in front of us today is
tied to our own physicality. In contrasting aesthetic qualities
like scale, texture and form with that of our own, we come to
understand better what is before us." Extract from essay
for Evaluation of Space, by Rosie Lesso, 2012
Andrew Mackenzie captures a tension between
nostalgic and romantic associations with landscape painting and
modern-day life, through his curious, uninhabited spaces and
utilitarian structures.
Rosie Lesso’s drawings explore the
boundaries between realism and abstraction by bringing together
broad subject matters, encompassing her fascination with the colour
black, performance, outdoor intervention and writing.
Oliver
Barratt’s sculptures are elegant and uncluttered. Their fluid lines
and forms grow and fall, loop and swell, suggesting familiarity, as
if straight from nature. Dan Stafford’s sculptural ceramics are
about the manipulation of perspective in sculptural form. He
employs subtractive processes, masking and stencils, to build up
and take away intricate patterns and contrasting textures.
Craft Case
Lesley Risby examines fragility and
vulnerability with her ceramics. Their skeletal nature represents
the susceptibility of living organisms to natural and man-made
environmental forces.
Bud Latven, an internationally acclaimed
sculptor, creates beautifully crafted woodturned forms. Influences
include Southwest Native American ceramics and prehistoric and
contemporary culture surrounding the vessel.
Free family workshop
Saturday, 9 June 2012, 12.30 - 3.30pm
Join artist Wendy Daws on a journey to explore Evaluation
of Space and create your own artworks using techniques inspired by
the exhibition. Suitable for ages six-years-old and older. Under
16s must be accompanied by an adult. Booking is essential as
places are limited. To book, phone 01634 338319 or
email arts@medway.gov.uk
Photo (top right) Clearfell 4, 2011, Oil on panel,
Andrew Mackenzie
Photo (top left) Thinking Aloud, 2005,
Ceramic, resin, wire and paint, Oliver
Barratt
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