Some more information about some of the artists taking part in our forthcoming exhibition, ‘Modern Madonnas’. Information about the dates, times and how to find us are given below. The private view is on Thursday 31 May, 6.30 – 8.30pm.
Today’s artists:
In Sophie Morgan’s delicate line drawings, drawn ‘blind’, without taking the pen off the paper, Sophie feels she is able to allow an internal image to form more freely than if she could see what she was drawing. This results in a pleasing awkwardness, which perhaps expresses the vulnerability and contradictions felt by a wheelchair user who is also a mother.
In Debi Retallick’s ‘Mother and Child’ an oversize pear looms like an enormous pregnancy, gestating a family of miniature pears. Debi works with the contrasting methods and materials of metal-casting, carving, making handmade felt; using wool fibres and papier mache, often pitting hard and soft materials against each other to explore the narrative of her work.
Maggie Rose makes installations which draw on folklore, symbols and dreams to create new interpretations of our rites of passage. In ‘Eating Eggs’, she has filmed herself eating an egg in the kitchen; a place where many women spend time creating nourishment for the family. The egg is a symbol of fertility and reproduction and suggests ideas of the Earth or Mother Goddess. By running the film backwards, the result looks like a conjuring trick as she manages to produce a perfect egg from her mouth, but is this really so different from the miraculous act of giving birth to a baby?
Set in the historic St George’s Church, Esher, which, over the past five years has been building its reputation as a showcase for cutting edge art, ‘Modern Madonnas’ includes paintings, prints, photography, video, sculpture and installation.
‘Modern Madonnas’ runs from 26 May – 17 June, 11am-3pm Mon-Sat, excluding bank holidays. (Private View: Thursday 31 May, 6.30 – 8.30pm)
There will be three related art workshops:
Back-to-Art Mothers: Sat 26 May
Parent and Child Art Workshop: Fri 8 June
Modern Madonnas Art Workshop: Wed 13 June
For more information, or to book for the workshops, email[email protected], phone Rebecca Price on 01372 464881 or visithttp://stgeorgesarts.wordpress.com.
St George’s Arts, St George’s Church, Esher Park Avenue, Esher KT10 9RQ, is near the junction of Claremont Lane (the A244) and Esher Park Avenue, behind the Bear Public House. Esher is just on the border of South West London.
