the pocket

Sunday, 11 September 2011

Jon Groom

http://youtu.be/a8hi2Z8p8wo

http://youtu.be/brVpnOsHV7E

http://youtu.be/S0aZOh8QEEk

Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Monday, 5 September 2011

'Through the igloo motif Merz explores the fundamentals of human existence: shelter, nourishment and humanity's relationship to nature. He examines the lost purity of pre-industrial societies as well as the changing, nomadic identity of modern man. Merz's igloos are comprised of diverse materials including the organic and the artificial, the opaque and the transparent, the heavy and the lightweight.' http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/britannia-street-2006-02-mario-merz/

Sunday, 4 September 2011

Anna King

'NESTS

Baskets - what are they? Traditionally thought of as utilitarian objects for containing, storing and transporting goods. They are also used ritualistically in what is considered to be the more primitive cultures - N & S America, Australia and Polynesia, for example.

NESTS - a theme I have been working with for the last few years. Many of the pieces I have made fit the context of the coiled basketry technique: enfolding, enclosing, protecting and sometimes even excluding. I have based this series on collected materials - feathers, felted wool and hair, shells and other ephemera. None of these decorative additions is arbitrary — they generally relate to walks and places I have visited: collected in the field, imbuing each basket with its own identity and sense of place.

My baskets are allowed to be whatever they want to be; what you see is what you want to see.'
http://www.scottishbasketmakerscircle.org/annaking.html

Tuesday, 22 February 2011

Louise Greenfield

http://www.louisegreenfield.com/

Bianca Brunner

'With digital and 3D technology now the norm, can unaltered, analogue photographic prints still seduce, using only the basic perceptive trick of replicating a three-dimensional space in two dimensions? This small but well-chosen selection of photographs by Swiss-born artist Bianca Brunner pleasingly shows how they indeed can, simply by both representing and yet confusingly misrepresenting light, depth, solidity and surface.' time out

Katrin Sigurdardottir

Susan Collis

One of my favourite artists
'Collis' practice involves a subversion of time frame and visual perception through the manipulation of everyday objects. In the piece 'Paint Job', what initially seems like a collection of careless splashes and stains upon the fabric of utilitarian worker's overalls are, on closer inspection, meticulously stitched marks replicating the accidental and spontaneous moment. Further to this, Collis enjoys playfully positioning the works in overlooked areas of an exhibition space, to heighten the potential for an initial misreading. We, the viewer, are then forced to rewire our visual and mental understanding of a particular mark, thus elegantly extending our viewing experience.'

Susan Collis represented by Seventeen Gallery-London

Rock bottom riser

2007

6 meters installed

Mother of pearl gemstones

Waltzer DETAIL

2007

127.5 x 37 x 11 cm

Wooden broom, opals, turquoise, garnets, seed pearls, mother of pearl, black diamonds, white diamonds, fresh water pearls, coral, black onyx, marcacite.